lost in obamaland, part two. surprised by richard and benny. richard is a kindred radical spirit i seldom see and eagerly engage. the radical spirit at large is rare, endangered, almost extinct, banished to the margins, silenced—by the autocrats, the oligarchs, the land grabbers, the hucksters of capitalism, the local obamachron, the endless proxy war over there the radicals know as the great american class war. this is our life, all we have, we watch the take, we observe the breakdown from within the bellicose belly of the biohazardous machine.