Don't let me hear it... - Democratic Underground

Triana

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Thu Jan-31-08 01:50 AM
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Don't let me hear it...

Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 01:59 AM by Triana

...when the next healthcare policy or amendments to existing provisions are written by (and FOR the benefit of) insurance companies, or when your health insurance is taken away, cancelled, benefits reduced, copays increased, or coverage refused
...when you get laid off from your job and NAFTA STILL hasn't been done away with or changed
...when we go into yet another war with Iran and your kid or niece or nephew or cousin or grandkid gets drafted to go
...when three years or more from now we're still mired in Iraq with Iraqis and Americans still dying in droves
...when our next energy policy or addendums to the current one are written by oil and gas companies while the planet sizzles
...when veterans still can't get healthcare or mental illness assistance and/or are still sleeping (and dying) under bridges and in alleys
...when the public school your kid goes to is crumbling around his/her ears and you can't afford to send the child to a private one (and the No Child's Behind Left program wants to punish the school for not doing a good enough job)
...when you can't send your child to college because it took every dime you made just to pay the bills, and the price of food, medical costs, fuel and gas keeps skyrocketing with no end in sight
...when climate change gets so bad the city you live in (if you're near a coast) ends up under water (and ExxonMobil wrote our energy policy again)
...when climate change gets so bad you have no water to drink, cook with or bathe in due to drought (and BP Oil wrote our energy policy again)
...when you still see Kaiser Permenente dumping people in the alleys in LA because they have no money or insurance
...when New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast still looks like Katrina hit it yesterday three years from now
...when poverty remains at or near the same levels as it is now and no one even mentions it anymore
...when you, me, and everyone else on DU and off of it STILL has NO VOICE in the US government three or more years from now and our concerns and needs STILL fall on deaf ears up there while the K-street lobbyists wheel and deal in the backrooms with our "representatives"
...when Blackwater mercenaries are still doing their "thing" over in Iraq (or in Iran).
...when more American women are raped by Halliburton/Blackwater employees in Iraq and still no one does anything because there are no laws governing them over there -- and we're STILL over there.
...when torture and rendition of "enemy combatants" is still going on but has become more covert so as to be less noticeable.
...when you have no idea where the food you buy came from, if its GMO, cloned, from 'downer' cows, irradiated or contaminated in some other way because the FDA doesn't have the budget or staff to monitor, regulate, or inspect it.
...when yet another local company or business in your town goes under and you're stuck shopping at Wal-Mart
...when DLC-"Democrats" keep rolling over and bending over to the Republicans a la Pelosi and Reid after 2009 - in the spirit of "unity" of course.
...when the lamestream media is STILL owned and run by 5-7 megaconglomerate corporations who DECIDE FOR US what candidates we have to choose from next election. (thank you Inspired for the reminder about this one!)

I could go on....

If you didn't support John Edwards - DO NOT come whining to me when any one or all of these things come to pass.

Just - DON'T. K?