More proof that we are losing our country.

SEATTLE — People are used to liberals running things around here. But nobody reckoned with Kshama Sawant. Ms. Sawant, a 41-year-old economics teacher and immigrant from India, took a left at liberal and then kept on going — all the way to socialism.

When she takes a seat on Seattle’s nine-member City Council on Jan. 1, representing the Socialist Alternative Party, she will become one of the few elected socialists in the nation, a political brand most politicians run from.

But Kshama Sawant (pronounced SHAH-mah sah-WANT) heartily embraces the label. Ask her about almost any problem facing America today, and her answer will probably include the “S” word as the best and most reasonable response. Socialism is the path to real democracy, she says. Socialism protects the environment. Socialism is the best hope for young people who have seen their options crushed by the tide of low-wage, futureless jobs in the post-recession economy.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/us/a-rare-elected-voice-for-socialism-pledges-to-be-heard-in-seattle.html?ref=us&_r=0More proof that we are losing our country.

Seattle is very far left so it doesn't surprise me. I hope people wake up.

Losing?

Lost.

These are just the post mortem death twitches.

Are you going to give up?

fshnski wrote:Are you going to give up?

I dunno...define "giving up".

I may have already "gave up" depending on how you want to define the term.

I think you know what I mean. I haven't given up either.

fshnski wrote:I think you know what I mean. I haven't given up either.

If by giving up you mean: forgot all this, drink beer and watch TV...no.

Couldn't do it even if I wanted to.

Sometimes you have to drink beer and watch TV or you will go nuts.

And therein lies the problem. Too many people do that and don't know anything about what's going on except the headlines of the mainstream media if even that.

I agree, sometimes you do need to take a break, fsh, or you will go crazy.

WHL wrote:And therein lies the problem.  Too many people do that and don't know anything about what's going on except the headlines of the mainstream media if even that.  

I agree, sometimes you do need to take a break, fsh, or you will go crazy.

Well, Fish thinks I'm nuts anyway...  

Anti Federalist wrote:

WHL wrote:And therein lies the problem.  Too many people do that and don't know anything about what's going on except the headlines of the mainstream media if even that.  

I agree, sometimes you do need to take a break, fsh, or you will go crazy.

Well, Fish thinks I'm nuts anyway...  

Paranoid is probably a better term to use.

Anti Federalist wrote:

WHL wrote:And therein lies the problem.  Too many people do that and don't know anything about what's going on except the headlines of the mainstream media if even that.  

I agree, sometimes you do need to take a break, fsh, or you will go crazy.

Well, Fish thinks I'm nuts anyway...  

Far from it.

See, I was going to say I don't think fsh thinks you are nuts, Anti. THe nuts are the ones who think everything is wonderful.