Well said, pisshead. (Never thought I'd write that particular phrase :-)
People seem to think by being liberals or Democrats they can somehow be on the "right side" and be "OK" while things go to hell. The parties are a pincer movement. Policiticans are the bad guys. Power freaks are the bad guys. Gore and Bush are sons of energy barons--Gore's wife led the campaign to censor rock lyrics. "Taking a side" along those lines is just enlisting in the system. The thing to do is ignor the parties and try to affect change in tangible things. Like stopping the fucking wars.