The "drivel" doesn't change because the situation doesn't change. Novelty is fine, but there has to be some connection between the opinions being expressed and the actual state of the real world.
I do agree with you though, about the monotony. The same issues are being debated between the same parties
ad infinitum, over and over and over again, long past the point when one or both of the antagonists ought to have realized that nothing new is being added and it's long past time to have dropped out of the cycle. I wonder if that wouldn't just result in a resounding silence in this group - - there really isn't enough meat in the duller issues to sustain us. Also, speaking only for myself, I seem to be constitutionally unable to leave the last word on the subject to someone whom I believe to be abysmally misinformed, ignorant and just plain WRONG on most issues.
<<If you mean other similar but related issues such as whether the US is the greatest nation on Earth, then you are in the minority.>>
Personally when the debate is whether the U.S. is on the wrong path, I think the obvious frame of reference is the disaster of the Iraq War and its "war on terror" penumbra - - invasion, disrespect for UN, unilateral action, disrespect for international law generally (Geneva Conventions,) torture, illegal eavesdropping, etc.
<<Perpetual naysaying is an attribute of a weak mind and superficial analysis.>>
I think you don't get that the "perpetual naysaying" is a reaction to perpetual yeasaying.
