(This diary entry began as a comment in AntonBursch's Diary "What Happened to the Energy of Hope Here at Daily Kos?" I started to respond with a comment, but found that I had more to say)
"Energy of Hope"... nice metaphor... IMHO...
We the people... and our elected representatives... have burned through/squandered the supply of Fossil Hope for generations to come... we are so addicted to Fossil Hope that we have allowed all manner of psychologically/environmentally unsound techniques to be employed by our elected representatives to keep Hope Flowing....
....We're Fracking for Hope... drilling deep into the bedrock of our society and injecting a political toxic slurry of fear, greed, and racism to fracture our foundations and suck out those last wisps of individual Hope...
....We've even allowed our government to construct huge Data Pipelines and Tank Farms to collect and store every bit of Hope shared from person to person... even to process Hope sands... the toxic detritus of the shattered dreams of our neighbors... just to keep the Hope flowing and make us into the largest exporter of Hope in the world...
... Yet, the cost of Hope continues to rise on your Television/Media pump... And it's just about all mixed with Ethanol nowadays to stretch it out and have us all make do with less...
... But, here's where the metaphor breaks down, thankfully... The Fossil Hope of our ancestors that we seem to be addicted to, is but a drop in the bucket... Hope is a totally renewable fuel! Very much solar and wind powered... all one has to do is turn off the TV/Media pump, and be allowed the freedom to go out and experience Renewable Hope!
... Our problem in America, and perhaps the Microcosm of DKos, is that We are dependent upon the Hope supplied to us by our Government, Politicians, and Corporations rather than the FREE sources available to us all...
... Buried in the news yesterday was another offshore rig explosion in Louisiana... another "Blow-Out Protector Failure"... The Oil and Gas industry engineers need to have a sit down with our government and discuss how politicians' "Blow-Out Protectors" for Hope are so successful... All through out the middle east in the last few years and again this month in Egypt we saw dramatically what happens when "Hope Blow-Out Protectors" fail.... Hope floods into the streets, head deep, and results, sometimes, in loss of life, and, with certainty, costly and protracted clean-up efforts by governments.... We have incredibly effective "Blow-Out Protectors" here in America...
... In response to AntonBursch's original question about Hope Energy on the Daily Kos, my opinion is it's still here and growing. The number of users/readers is phenomenal and certainly increased since the time I joined... most of the discordance here, IMHO, is because of the Societal "Hope Blow-Out Protectors" that we all experience in our real lives...
... myself, I have more than enough Hope, and I'm happy to share.. I'm learning more everyday about how to derive it from personal renewable resources... as such, fracking doesn't really work on me anymore... I am less and less dependent upon Obama or anyone else in power for my Hope...
...This country is set to "Blow"... it will be Glorious, and I've Hope I'll be around to see it... ;)