In the last eight years, the leaders of the Republican Party have rewritten the Constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that corporations have the right to free speech, and since they do not have a natural voice, they can use their money instead. With this outrageous ruling from the Supreme Court, we have been bought and paid for. I heard a suggestion that now we should require corporate patches on the congress and senate clothing, like NASCAR, to denote their sponsors. At least that would be honest. The ruling flies in the face of all the finance reform which has been sought by the American people.

 

We fight the good fight.

As disheartening as this week has been, we need to remember several things. Change is not easy.  We have made several strides. Lily Ledbetter Act is now law. The stock market is up 40% since President Obama took office. We are scaling down the war in Iraq. Credit card reform is on the horizon.  We need to remind all that the Democrats were left with two wars, a recession, and a banking failure which the world has not seen since the Great Depression. We live in a world of fast food, fast gratification, and fast electronics. But with eight years of what brought us here, it will take time to correct. We need to fight harder than ever to make the changes we need. God may have made the world in six days, but He didn't have to deal with the Bush policies.