<<He complains about "FUTILE self -righteous indignation" and then proceeds to give a rant that is little else. >>
Obviously, you have little understanding of frustrated impotent souls. I'm plenty frustrated and outraged, can't do a God-damned thing about it (because I recognize the futility of trying, being the realist that I am) and yet nevertheless love to rant and rage and vent and bitch. WTF else can I do? My point in singling this guy out was that I felt he represented an untapped audience for somebody with the balls and the genius to earn trust after endless betrayals, give voice to that rage and frustration and build on it.
<<And apparently he thinks lynch mobs should be killing people with some regular frequency. ("If this nation had any BALLS WHATSOEVER, there would be a trail of DEAD MEN SWINGING FROM THE ENDS OF ROPES leading from AIG, thru WALL STREET, the not-so "Federal" reserve, the 9/11 commission, and right through every other set-up con-job you people just buy into like a bunch of CATTLE BEING LED TO SLAUGHTER.")>>
Nonsense. He's obviously voicing his rage and frustration through the language of violence, at worst, kind of carelessly. The Chinese execute fraudulent businessmen, no reason they can't be legally executed here, although I don't even think he's calling for executions of any kind here, just using metaphor, perhaps carelessly, to express his anger and rage. I'll concede that his metaphor leans more toward lynch law than towards legal execution after trial and conviction, but I did not take him literally at his word. Even if he MEANT lynchings, although I'd certainly want to distance myself from that, my point would remain valid that there is plenty of rage waiting to be harnessed on the left, as the Tea Party movement has harnessed the rage of the racist and fascist right.
<<And he is apparently ignorant of the fact that the health insurance industry is in love with idea of the government making health insurance mandatory.>>
I think at bottom the guy is outraged at all of the compromises that have been made to accommodate the insurance industry, including mandatory coverage being introduced in the absence of a single-payer system. The present proposals are so badly compromised that they aren't really health-care reform anyway, just some shiny beads dangled before the sheeple as if they were.
