It takes citizens to build a village. A village that continues to flourish and prosper, where all voices will be heard and respected, not one gender speaking for all, but all voices speaking in unison for the greater good of all.
Accepting the task that we must all stay vigilant and committed to building a greater union for all generations. I have heard so many times, "what can I do? I am only one person." If it is one voice added to the millions who have already spoke, then we can make a difference.
We are not afforded the opportunity to sit on the couch and listen to the daily news, and yell at the TV. We are not afforded the opportunity to get into political discussions and debate our point of view if we don't get involved.
Right now the country is angry. Angry at the out sourcing of jobs, angry because 62,000 jobs were lost in the month of June. Angry because the price of gas is so high and our country has not dedicated themselves to alternative energy. Angry, at how a respected woman Senator was treated by the media and by her own political party during the primaries. Angry, that many children and adults cannot go to a doctor, as they cannot afford health insurance.
When are we going to be ANGRY enough to say enough is enough? Our political system was formed by the people, and for the people. That means ALL of us. Not the selected few. We cannot sit back any longer and leave our country as status quo. We need to get our voices ready, we need to roll up our sleeves and dig in. We can no longer sit on the couch and wait for someone to come along and change the mess we are in. We need to stand up for reform.
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Unfortunately, most people only pay attention to politics when things go badly. The real trick is to get people to care ALL THE TIME, and especially when things are working well enough. Complacency is the real adversary.
What a great site and how wonderful to be able to post your commments and action items - right now the direction is to the convention having Hillary as our nominee and then working on real reform of the Democratic Party.
Alucard
Hey Mac & alucard.
Knoxville here.
I think that the Democratic Party is unfortunately stuck with Obama as the nominee for the 2008 election.
Either way, the goal between now and August should be to point out the flaws of Obama and of all the failed party leaders and especially to focus on how they failed us by abandoning our core democratic principles.
If that's the focus, then all failed leaders who abandon our democratic principles - well beyond this election - will have to be called out as part of an effort at reform that will continue well beyond November '08.
CORRECTION: I wrote 'unfortunately' in my last comment. Bad luck had nothing to do with Barack Obama having been selected the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in '08.
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