It seems that most of us are old enough to remember the sixties - the words of Bobby Kennedy seem to be the last American vestiage of calling for justice for all of our citizens. Since then the political appeal has been to make everybody dream of being rich using the shining city on the hill metaphor.

If we do indeed call out the absurdities we have to recognize that the true prophets end up dead, i.e. Abraham, Martin and John and of course Paul and Malcom. So who wants to step up and end up dead?

We all had hopes for Pelosi's leadership, Klobuchar's potential and the possibility of a newly elected congress to end this charade of a war. We have to ask ourselves how many times will the football be pulled out from us before we recognize the democrats as the same as the republicans albeit with a different cartoon character. They can talk the progressive talk to keep us strung along but they never really deliver the goods.

If the political blob guiding this country reinstitutes the draft they will be reigniting the embers of passion for justice in this country. Everything they do is based on a complacent populace. I'm sure there is a latin saying for proceed with great care when your power depends on a sheep like following.

For me it is what it is. Hope is a personal challenge / issue. Either you engage to try and define things and call and work for change or you resign yourself to complacency which means following the whims of the least capable of us. It's a daily choice.