One main thing about this convention that makes me hopeful is that we seem to have a real candidate who has America's best intrests at heart. If Obama doesn't win this election then it will truly be a sad day for the country. Of course if he doesn't after four years of McSame it should be a long, long time before another one gets in office, but let's hope the next guy (or gal) would be Barack Obama or someone of his calibre. Republicans have ruined America as we've always known it. It's time to stop the insanity (with apologies to Susan Powter).

I remember hearing that we "may" be the first generation to not do better than our parents in the early 90's, as if the boomers had reached the pinnacle to life in America and there was nowhere to go but down from there.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I've got to say looking back it seems as if these people at the top knew they were about to downsize on a massive scale, send jobs to China at an alarming rate putting people without degrees in direct competition for their jobs with people in communist countries and the 3rd world who make 15 cents per hour (and aren't allowed to unionize) and now we are seeing even certain degreed positions being outsourced to the 3rd world putting college grads in competition with those workers as well.

But if we really look at it we see that in the early 90's a lot of the big money that was backing the entertainment industry in the decades before kind of pulled out. Think about it, television and top 40 music used to be fairly diverse, and good. Now who are the big stars? Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity types. Talk radio I believe has been used to advance these notions that things that are bad for middle and lower income families have been used 24/7 to propogate an agenda that has had well meaning middle and lower income Americans voting for these things every 2 to 4 years.

We've been sold down the tubes for a quick payoff at the top, screw the long term effect on the country and it's people on down the road. Now how do we get it back from them?

I grew up in the 70's and 80's and I remember when life was at least better, when the dollar had buying power so now the boomers get to retire with benefits without a college education, "X" and "Y" can't find a pension with a degree so I can only fear what my kids in "Z" will be the last in a line of people who at least come from America as we've known it.

13 years of unabashed Republicanism has ruined this country, it's gotten us deeper in debt (to communists in China at that), it's partnerned up American business with communist dictatorships and things will only get worse if we keep it up. Anything we the people ask for in decent wages is too much now, retirement? Nah, Social Security too. The problem isn't going away, it's up to gen x & y to save it for z. Remember that Gen X tenant of "Keeping it Real?" It's time to do that. Talk to other people about this problem, get the word out, hell if you can't think of anything to say forward this post, don't just sit there one day longer and let it crumble around us!! WE KNOW THIS IS BULLSHIrT!!! WE KNOW WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS AND IT'S DOWNRIGHT TIME WE GOT OURS TOO! Even if we have to wrench it from corporate executives dirty little hands.

What do you know, a working class hero really is something to be after all. Let's get it back.