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Because really, what else is there left to do?
Some insane Democrats have just insanely voted for an insane bill to insanely approve THREATENING Iran, which is insanely similar in enough symbolic ways to the insane AUMF to make the use of the word insane…..mandatory. And of course, the Republicans are insane too, but we all knew that. Our government is yet again ratcheting up its War Machine to attack yet another sovereign nation that has taken no direct action to harm us.
Combined with continuously giving unconditional blood money to Bush, and the FISA debacle and SOOOO many other just…..insane….actions they have taken and sane ones they have not taken…..how can anyone have ANY hope that the Democrats as a whole will in any way oppose Bush? And if THEY don’t oppose Bush, oppose war with Iran, oppose $200 Billion to kill Iraqis…..who will?
Where does that leave us….the sane people of the world? What choices do we have left?
How can we let them know of our disapproval?
How can we repudiate this latest insanity?
How can WE oppose Bush, since they won’t?
How do we keep the Blood off of our hands?
A refusal to participate in the system is all we have left.
There is a call for a general strike on November 6, 2007.
Don’t go to work. Don’t buy anything. Simple.
Tell everyone you know to do the same. Write about it. Do it.
What else is left to us to do, besides surrender and admit that we have NO power, NO voice, and NO chance for ever changing anything.
I refuse.
STRIKE!
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November 6th is election day, as in voting in your local elections. It might be a good day go do THAT, no?
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Anybody got any better ideas?
I have no objection to telling my clients to fuck off, but then I seldom do so they’re used to it.
im all in.
not all Democrats voted for this. And I’m not sure this message will be received by the appropriate people. I suggest making some day, probably not election day, a mass Progressives to Congress Day, and get as many people to meet in person with their representatives on one day or week as possible, either in DC or in their home districts, with specific demands, petitions, even, votes that we demand be made. A specific agenda presented en masse, in person, face to face. This new progressive movement has not tried this. Until it’s tried, then we ARE giving up.
can I still go to the Phil Lesh show I have tickets for? I could take a loooonnng walk there and back–and I promise not to buy any beer there!
Why the fuck not at this point.
Reading the State of the Senate resolution now, gd bastages are including crap like this:
Holy crap.
It’s getting more and more surreal.
This is overstatement.
the bill does NOT approve attacking Iran.
that is false.
There isn’t even a critical mass who will work to figure out what the heck a progressive is. And now you’re calling for a national strike?
You and what army?
And reading the comments gives me a chuckle – the theme is “I can’t because….”
I just wanted to say that after “Strike!”
How in the hell can they f—do that?
There is no more smarmy melodramatic, sexist, and cloying piece of crap to be heard anywhere.
thanks for writing about this, buhdy, here and over there.
tho I feel voting is not all that it appears to be……
not sure that without public finance of elections and a ban on lobbying by corporations…….
well not sure voting with caging list and challenges and tampering……
is voting…….