Who, pray who, will help the children?
I tried like hell to post this last night, but couldn't uplod to blogger. -- d
They say Democracy is a full contact event. Over the past five years, we Americans and the world have been numbed by historical events. We've endured a great loss; the loss of our perceived invulnerability, and our security. When afraid, humans are at their most bestial.
With us in the grip of this great Fear, our leaders have manipulated events, facts, and anything else necessary to attain their ends. The Downing Street memo is hardly spoken of here in the US, yet it doesn't allege anything, it out and out states that the Bush Administration was intent on invading Iraq long before they had "exhausted" any peaceful efforts.
In the Military, one must be prepared, for any number of contingencies. Having forces stationed in the Persian Gulf for a decade, of course there have been plans to invade Iraq, There have probably been plans for repulsing another invasion of Kuwait. Any number of things regarding a hostile nation need to be thought of and planned for. It's the way things are done. It's good to have a plan.
The difference between a contingency plan and manipulating data, facts public opinion, is like comparing practicing martial arts, and carrying a gun looking for trouble.
We have ample evidence that reports and scientific studies are being edited to fit policy are appalling. The Bush Administration isn't even bothering to try to cover it up. We The People have been led astray. We The People have been cowed, we're numb. We feel Helpless with a capital H. What can we do?
I'm glad you asked.
We vote.
We write letters, and email to our elected officials. We remind them that they work for We the People, no matter who gives them campaign donations, We The People cast the ballots.
The PBS fiasco got me started. Aside from public libraries, I can think of no greater service the government provides to our society. I did very little research to find the following links to places where you can make your voice heard.
Remember, in a civil society, we use civil language to be taken seriously. Writing a Representative or a Senator is different than a flame war.
But you knew that. Just thought I'd remind you.
MoveOn.Org, the group that tried to get Bush & Co out of office has an online petition you can sign to express your displeasure at the mauling of our Public Broadcasting Systems. These services include Air America, and the Voice of America, I think.
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/
In addition to MoveOn.org Here are some other links of interest.
These are the official government sites:
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
The Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
The House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
In California our Senators our Barbara Boxer & Diane Feinstein. Barbara Lee, if you recall, was one of the few dissenting votes on invading Iraq . So far it's 1700 dead and counting.
Diane Feinstein's homepage
http://feinstein.senate.gov/
To contact her
http://feinstein.senate.gov/contact.html
Barbara Boxer's homepage
http://boxer.senate.gov/
To contact her
http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
To get the contact info on your Representative go here, and type in your ZIP code.
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Finally, the Democratic Party - They're not much of alternative, but at least they are one.
http://www.democrats.org/
The #1 problem with the Dems and Liberals in general is how uppity the come across, and how intolerant of red-staters. You come across as pussies; and bitchy ones at that. We are Americans, we're rough around the edges.
It's not enough that we Californians do something. The rest of the country, if not the whole world knows how progressive we are here in the worlds fifth largest economy.
We need to get our friends and family in the rest of the country motivated. Your aunt in Michigan, that kid in Ohio you knew. Old Military friends, lost lovers you stalk from time to time, ANYBODY not in California needs to get involved as well. Even if it's the online petition at MoveOn.org
And if you know any one -- ANYONE -- who can vote in Tennessee, to get all their friends to vote against Bill Frist in the next election. It's 18 month away, but this man is particularly dangerous, he's got to go.
And if you live in Kansas, you have my sympathies. Your's is an uphill fight against the flat-earthers. If there's anything I could do to help, let me know.
I leave you with a quote from the venerable Dr. Hunter Stockton Thompson.
"All politics is local politics"
They say Democracy is a full contact event. Over the past five years, we Americans and the world have been numbed by historical events. We've endured a great loss; the loss of our perceived invulnerability, and our security. When afraid, humans are at their most bestial.
With us in the grip of this great Fear, our leaders have manipulated events, facts, and anything else necessary to attain their ends. The Downing Street memo is hardly spoken of here in the US, yet it doesn't allege anything, it out and out states that the Bush Administration was intent on invading Iraq long before they had "exhausted" any peaceful efforts.
In the Military, one must be prepared, for any number of contingencies. Having forces stationed in the Persian Gulf for a decade, of course there have been plans to invade Iraq, There have probably been plans for repulsing another invasion of Kuwait. Any number of things regarding a hostile nation need to be thought of and planned for. It's the way things are done. It's good to have a plan.
The difference between a contingency plan and manipulating data, facts public opinion, is like comparing practicing martial arts, and carrying a gun looking for trouble.
We have ample evidence that reports and scientific studies are being edited to fit policy are appalling. The Bush Administration isn't even bothering to try to cover it up. We The People have been led astray. We The People have been cowed, we're numb. We feel Helpless with a capital H. What can we do?
I'm glad you asked.
We vote.
We write letters, and email to our elected officials. We remind them that they work for We the People, no matter who gives them campaign donations, We The People cast the ballots.
The PBS fiasco got me started. Aside from public libraries, I can think of no greater service the government provides to our society. I did very little research to find the following links to places where you can make your voice heard.
Remember, in a civil society, we use civil language to be taken seriously. Writing a Representative or a Senator is different than a flame war.
But you knew that. Just thought I'd remind you.
MoveOn.Org, the group that tried to get Bush & Co out of office has an online petition you can sign to express your displeasure at the mauling of our Public Broadcasting Systems. These services include Air America, and the Voice of America, I think.
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/
In addition to MoveOn.org Here are some other links of interest.
These are the official government sites:
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
The Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
The House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
In California our Senators our Barbara Boxer & Diane Feinstein. Barbara Lee, if you recall, was one of the few dissenting votes on invading Iraq . So far it's 1700 dead and counting.
Diane Feinstein's homepage
http://feinstein.senate.gov/
To contact her
http://feinstein.senate.gov/contact.html
Barbara Boxer's homepage
http://boxer.senate.gov/
To contact her
http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
To get the contact info on your Representative go here, and type in your ZIP code.
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Finally, the Democratic Party - They're not much of alternative, but at least they are one.
http://www.democrats.org/
The #1 problem with the Dems and Liberals in general is how uppity the come across, and how intolerant of red-staters. You come across as pussies; and bitchy ones at that. We are Americans, we're rough around the edges.
It's not enough that we Californians do something. The rest of the country, if not the whole world knows how progressive we are here in the worlds fifth largest economy.
We need to get our friends and family in the rest of the country motivated. Your aunt in Michigan, that kid in Ohio you knew. Old Military friends, lost lovers you stalk from time to time, ANYBODY not in California needs to get involved as well. Even if it's the online petition at MoveOn.org
And if you know any one -- ANYONE -- who can vote in Tennessee, to get all their friends to vote against Bill Frist in the next election. It's 18 month away, but this man is particularly dangerous, he's got to go.
And if you live in Kansas, you have my sympathies. Your's is an uphill fight against the flat-earthers. If there's anything I could do to help, let me know.
I leave you with a quote from the venerable Dr. Hunter Stockton Thompson.
"All politics is local politics"
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