>Keith Addison wrote: > > > > > Anyway, hadn't you guys over there better start thinking about taking > > your country back? Please??? > > > > Regards > > > > Keith > > We'd love to, but by the time we actually GET to vote, the >decent candidates >have been long outspent by the political machine that perpetuates "business as >usual".
Yes, that's one of the main things you have to take back. >Worse, many of us have been so brainwashed into believing the swill >that spews forth from Washington that our hackles raise whenever anyone >questions the wisdom of a given policy. ... and that's what a LOT of all that campaign money, and various other ill-gotten gains gets spent on - PR and spin. One effect seems to be a really unnatural level of this divisive, us-vs-them, "common bipolar disorder" thinking that simply shoves a dissenting view, whatever its merits, into the enemy camp. If you're not for us you're against us. This is not how confident, secure, independent, mature people behave. > When I forwarded the article posted here on SUV tax breaks to friends and >family, I received the NASTIEST responses from people who are >RELATED to me! It >seems they actually believe that Mr. Bush and his administration >truly have the >best interest of America in mind whenever they dream up a policy. (And I get >continually reminded that I didn't vote for him!) > > It's sad, really, that in a country of supposedly free people, I find an >inordinate amount of social pressure to keep silent about my >dissent. The fact >that I don't is, in my view, the mark of an individual raised in a free >country. There seem to be very few people questioning the American political >leadership these days. That seems a dangerous thing. . . I get the impression that a hell of a lot of Americans are questioning it, and rejecting it, more and more loudly, but that the mainstream media don't at all reflect that (despite their alleged "left-wing" bias - LOL!). >Here at home, alternative media--not just the Internet, but video >and community access TV; community, low power, and pirate radio; >zines and community newspapers; and political music, dance, and >art--are flourishing under the radar. New and revived forms of >organizing are energizing people not interested in traditional >petitions, lobbying of Congress or the White House, marches, >meetings, and the Same Old Chants. The phenomenal early December >turnout at Garfield High School, where some 2,000 activists turned >out specifically to sign up for volunteer work, is an obvious >example. So was the euphoric student walk-out and march that week, >organized and led almost entirely by high school students. >Is evil afoot these days? Yep, and the omnicidal bipartisan stampede >in Washington (and the greedy bastards they work for) have a corner >on the market. But that has the advantage of letting us know where >our work lies. There's lots to do, and plenty of reasons to believe >it can and will matter; the outcome is clear only when we choose to >stand idly by. Here's to regime change at home in 2003. - Geov Parrish, "Peace on Earth: Maybe Next Year" http://eatthestate.org/07-09/PeaceonEarth.htm Apt New Year toast. Keith >robert luis rabello >"The Edge of Justice" >Adventure for Your Mind >http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/9782 Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
