No such thing as as independent voter anymore - you are bought and paid for my friend, like it or not!

Sir: In response to your statement, "I am very upset that really nothing is changing."; as James Carvel has said, "The votes aren't there"...i.e. to get something done (I believe he was speaking of the Iraq war in this instance), but...When you have only a one seat majority in the U.S. Senate you can't move in any substansive manner.

Republicans vote in lock step with the president (and in stead with corporate wishes). For instance in the recent all night Senate session / debate on Iraq Democrats needed 8 (or 10?) Republicans to join them - they only got four. Still itwas worthy to bring the issue of this war to the forefront. [Unfortunately, on some (other) issues - some moderate Dems vote against their own party which is jusr too bad - they may should be weeded out]

Then there's that turn coat LIEberman who essentially adds one more Puke in the Senate making it 50 - 50. And that's the problem:

Americans needed to go to the polls in droves to give landslide victories to the Dems (the only races not flipped in favor of the Republicans by the Diebold people/hackers - because it would look too obvious).

My only issue with the Democrats is why don't they vocalize and demand a return to PAPER BALLOTS throughtout the U.S.? It works just fine in Canada, and it can work here in the U.S.! [I guess they feel they can hire better hackers? BTW the Secretary of State in California just threw out the majority of all touch screen electronic voting machines due to "extensive security flaws that could be breached by people who want to alter election results.":

'California Severely Limits Electronic Voting'
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted August 4, 2007.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/58852/

Finally, praise Congressman Dennis Kucinich for bringing Articles of Impeachment against Dick Cheney - here' a guy who's got kahoonas!

Thanks,
Paul K.