[MistyCA]

I agree! Sounds very defeatest, and since when can we not do what we set out to accomplish! It's only when we don't mean to win that we fail to do so. You start by electing people who mean to win, imo!

[Aliska]

Sorry but the cards are stacked in favor of electors electing politicians who won't address the problem . . . ever.

All the illegals are flocking in to take low-paying jobs while better-paying jobs are diminishing in this country every year.

I'm sorry I come across as defeatist, but that's the way I see it.

And I'm not sure it is morally ethical to keep them out, even though I don't like what is happening in this country.

Sooner or later the economic bubble will burst because it has been propped up artificially for too long. Then what?

[Paulie]

"It's only when we don't mean to win that we fail to do so."

These really are words of wisdom, I hope you know. If only we as a people would regain that will to win; the will to be great and do great things.

I heard a quote on tv once that characterizes the American spirit - it is: 'One characteristic of a true American is where he is able to take an idea from the conception stage - with no help- and by the seat of his pants with trials and tribulations somehow make it work.' That's not exact but pretty close.

Sorry to get off topic, but this is exactly why Ronald Reagan was a great president. He gave us a sense of possibilities; he instilled in us the will to win.