Not the end of the world, now what?

Ok, I have to admit just a little teeny tiny part of me was sort of hoping Saturday was going to be the end of the world as we know it.  My personal life isn't exactly going the way I would like and the stuff going on in Congress and some individual states is scaring the crap out of me. 
I haven't ever read 1984, but I have read some other futuristic novels and have seen some movies that these times are bringing back to my memory. 
I especially started thinking about this today as I listened to The Rachel Maddow show from Friday night. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/43117316#43117316  This clip shows what Wisconsin is up to now, and then there is a clip about #Ohio, and tonight there was a story about #Minnesota.  And, oh yeah, what they are doing to #Benton Harbor, Michigan. http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/29/6555892-michigan-go-ask-your-father.

The Tea Party has gotten a foothold on our democracy and if we aren't careful they will destroy it.  They do this in the name of patriotism and saving the constitution when, I'm guessing most of them wouldn't know the Constitution if you hit them over the head with it.  Coming up with impossible voter registration requirements, that some how leave out the people that tend to vote Democratic.  Cutting out workers rights, cutting back on education, to dumb us down.  And in the case of Benton Harbor, completely neutering the elected city government by appointing a city manager to unilaterally make any decisions.  I won't go into it here, but you really need to look at that.

Listening to some of these stories and seeing the clips of what is going on in these legislative sessions is making me feel like we are drowning and the people on the shore (#Koch Brothers, Republicans, Wall Street) are standing there holding the life preservers behind their backs telling us we don't need them, we should be able to do help ourselves get out of the deep end. One consolation I have is that the recalls in Wisconsin look like they will be successfull.  I can't wait to see what happens when Governer Walker can be recalled.
I really hope we wake up this next voting season and get back to the America we are supposed to be.