We can't leave these issues to the politicians of any party. They're all rich and greedy anyway. If we want to deal with this, we have to do it ourselves -- and unfortunately, I have no clue of how to do that.
This is the part that most interested me. It's one thing to bitch and moan about idiot politicians (I mean, c'mon, Bush is the same man who asked Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso "Do you have blacks, too?" and told the press corps "First let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill.") It is something entirely different to do something about it.
Since technically we control the people who control the government we need to get them out of office. That of course is the simple answer.
Take money away from causes you don't support by selectively shopping institutions that don't contribute funds to said causes (buyblue.org). Volunteer time if not money to lobbiest groups and local grassroots campaigns you support. Be a squeaky wheel and write your reps and anyone else you want in Washington again and again until you are heard (I'm currently working through all the senators who approved that war criminal Gonzales as Attorney General). And most importantly, mobilize your friends and your friends' friends into a voting bloc and start getting people into place who actually, I dunno, represent your views?
I'm heartened to see that Dean has wrapped up the DNC chairmanship. Let's see if he can implement some of those strategies into the party at large as he did in Vermont.
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Date: 2005-02-10 01:34 pm (UTC)This is the part that most interested me. It's one thing to bitch and moan about idiot politicians (I mean, c'mon, Bush is the same man who asked Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso "Do you have blacks, too?" and told the press corps "First let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill.") It is something entirely different to do something about it.
Since technically we control the people who control the government we need to get them out of office. That of course is the simple answer.
Take money away from causes you don't support by selectively shopping institutions that don't contribute funds to said causes (buyblue.org). Volunteer time if not money to lobbiest groups and local grassroots campaigns you support. Be a squeaky wheel and write your reps and anyone else you want in Washington again and again until you are heard (I'm currently working through all the senators who approved that war criminal Gonzales as Attorney General). And most importantly, mobilize your friends and your friends' friends into a voting bloc and start getting people into place who actually, I dunno, represent your views?
I'm heartened to see that Dean has wrapped up the DNC chairmanship. Let's see if he can implement some of those strategies into the party at large as he did in Vermont.
Oh yeah, and fuck Karl Rove.
I'm done.