It's all about We, the People.

[Mythsaje]

You know, the ones getting wire-tapped, not those doing the wire-tapping.

The ones who have to figure out how to pay for gas and food and rent and copays and deductibles. Not the ones who think nothing of flying off to Europe for a ski vacation.

The ones who pay their taxes and expect some say in their government, not the ones who do everything they can to avoid it and pay directly to the politician of their choice by way of campaign contributions.

The ones who have to worry about outsourcing because the multi-nations have realized its far more profitable to rely on slave labor than pay American workers to do a job.

The ones who came to America because they were told it was the "land of opportunity" only to find themselves despised and deprecated by the people on television and in office every single day.

The ones who work to give their children a better life, only to wake up to find that tuition rates are so high that the only way they can send their kids to school is by sending them into war or convincing them to go into debt for years to do it.

The ones who have no medical insurance, or suffer from illnesses or injuries so debilitating that they'll have a lifetime of debt to repay just to get the treatment they need.

The ones who deserve the chance to live as themselves without the fear of being used as scapegoats by the likes of Pat Robertson or his ilk to explain away the repercussions of imperialistic tendencies in foreign policy.

It's about We, the People, not We, the Corporations. Not We, the Ultra-Rich.

Yeah, it's about the rest of us, who deserve a say in our government.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

1. Mythsaje, So True-- I Love Your Posts--K&R

:patriot: I couldn't sleep due to a very bad Migraine...I am saving this in my journal--to read again and again... Thank You! :pals: :yourock: :kick:

[Mythsaje]

3. Oooh. Migraines suck.

Take care of yourself.

[earth mom]

2. That's why we all need to watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBo4E77ZXo

[cutlassmama]

4. It USED to be about "we the people"

* took all that away.

[Mythsaje]

5. Not unless we surrender...

And I'm a LONG way from surrendering.

[Hydra]

6. Malcolm X knew how this worked

"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."

I hear people blabbing about "god given rights" when they talk about what Bushco is doing- a god didn't give us those rights, people suffered and died in the attempt to bring forth an ideal, and by refusing to do anything of substance to keep that ideal alive and functional, those things disappear as if they never were.

[Mythsaje]

7. I don't really have an issue with the concept of

"god given rights," as long as people make that connection. The underlying notion is that no MAN (or woman) can take them away. But the other side of that coin is that we're also obliged to fight for them if they try.

[Hydra]

8. Bushco has declared law of the jungle

not that it wasn't before, it's just more overt now.

In the world of might makes right(Iraq anyone?), you have no rights that you cannot secure for yourself. Any wonder that churches convince people to be sheep to be sheered or slaughtered?

[iamthebandfanman]

9. but but but

arent you afraid?!

dontcha know national security is more important than your silly lil liberties and human rights?

gosh!



:sarcasm:

[lonestarnot]

10. And you know you left off half her answer and you're not fucking funny.

no :sarcasm: