I like most of my neighbors, and I am proud of what our country aspires to. Alas, the rich and powerful are a huge lot of real assholes. So, yes, we're a bit

I like most of my neighbors, and I am proud of what our country aspires to. Alas, the rich and powerful are a huge lot of real assholes. So, yes, we're a bit overdue for another round to take them down a notch or two. Once in a while, things do happen in the U.S. to piss off the assholes: * abolished slavery * gave women the right to vote * changed tax structure to try to encourage more of a meritocracy (alas, largely rolled back) * overturned prohibition (again, losing ground due to war on drugs leading to Al Capone 2.0) (maybe only once every two generations or so, but there you go) Alas, there's a list of screwups that could parallel the above list, but we're trying...