It's Time to Stand Up

Americans, that is, not Iraqis. We are well into "fitness to serve territory" and it is up to us - you and me and the rest of the country who feels like we do - to put an end to this insanity.

This president will never resign and we can not abide two more years. He is pathologically bent on a Revelations inspired vision of the world, bringing about Armageddon. His pathologies regarding the middle east dovetail nicely with the interests of his friends in big oil.

We have reached a point where it is undeniable. The campaign to remove this feckless leader from office starts NOW.

On January 27th, there will be a rally on the mall in Washington against this presidents plans to escalate our involvement in the Iraqi civil war. If there is any way possible that you can get to Washington, GO. If you can't get to Washington, attend a rally in your area. If you can't attend a rally, write a letter to the editor of your local paper. Write your Senator's and Representatives. Educate yourselves and talk to your neighbors and friends and co-workers. Don't just accept this.

America was not founded by those who meekly accepted their lot, and this American has no intention of meekly accepting her lot now.

My peers and I have changed the world before and I'm game to give it another go. We got a Nuclear Freeze and we ended Apartheid. We have had the playbook for years, and now we have the netroots, so what the hell is stopping us? Only our own inaction.

We had an election to set things right, and the president refuses to acknowledge it. We want change, we voted for change and he insists on giving us more of the same plus 20%. Bullshit. I won't abide it and neither should you. Our children are the ones who will pay the price for this folly. Those who serve will pay in blood and those who do not will pay the tab to China when it comes due.

The ramifications of this presidents actions are too far reaching and too universally against the interests of the American people and it is up to us to stop it.

It's time to stand up.

New babies are so time consuming...

Not a real baby - a new website.

Come and check out Watching Those We Chose when you get a chance. Basically, I convinced some friends from the discussion boards at Political Animal to help me keep an eye on congress and post periodically so we know what they are up to.

It's the netroots, folks, and we aren't going anywhere!

Populism and the Netroots

You know, populism has gotten a bit of a bad rap from the effete and elite. Populism scares the hell out of the party apparatchiks because populist issues do not come out of think tanks on the coasts. Populist issues are fostered in Grange Halls and at high-school sporting events; at kitchen tables and in the corner booth of small-town diners throughout the land. In no political area is the saying “all politics is local” more of a truism than in populist movements. This thing has a direct effect on me; therefore I am going to do something about it. That probably means I will have to throw my lot in with that group over there that is trying to accomplish something else. Separately we fail, but together we succeed.

The netroots is a natural fit with populism. So of course we scare the hell out of Rahm Emanuel and the rest of the establishment Democrats. Howard Dean is the only one who gets us. He takes us at face value – we are dedicated and we are pissed off. We watched our parents absolutely gut our party. They sold out the core Democratic principles to become “Republican Light” (bad taste and not at all fulfilling) and they damned near appeased us out of existence.

I've said this before and I'll say it again and again and again...We are not our parents democratic party. We are our Grandparents Democratic Party.

I Thank a God I don’t believe in (you stand at the gates of Auschwitz and tell me you can still believe in any God) for the netroots and Howard Dean.

Because of the netroots, we have taken back the political process, and if you don’t believe me, just wait until the new congress takes their seats in January. You think they are going to get any free passes just because they are not-Republicans? Think again.

We put them there, and we can take them away; and if they fuck up, we most certainly will. We will be watching every vote. We will be demanding accountability. Claire had better join Emmanuel Cleaver and just put me in the email address book, because I want answers about everything.