Hopefully this past year taught everyone how destructive to this country a bad President can be. We used to live in a nation where the checks and balances established in our Constitution kept the President from running amok. But the climate of fear created by the attacks of September 11, 2001 opened the door for the Bush / Cheney regime to subvert, undermine and circumvent the Constitution and seize the kind of power last wielded against Americans by King George III, and they took full advantage.
How did this happen? Because we the people, along with our representatives in the Congress and the Senate, allowed it to happen.
In 2008, if no other year during your life, I implore you to get involved in politics in some way, shape, or form.
This is a government of the people, for the people and by the people. It is time we all did our duty.
We owe it to the troops who are stuck in Iraq, trapped in the middle of a bloody civil war that we started, a war with no end in sight. We owe it to future generations of Americans. We owe it to ourselves.
Getting involved is simple. While you are surfing the Internet, read the news. When you see something the government has done that angers you (trust me, it doesn't take long), take action. Write or call your Congressman or Senator. Forward the story to your friends. Do something.
Due to this administration's unprovoked invasion of Iraq, their eavesdropping on American telephone conversations, their attempt to pack the Justice department with U.S. Attorneys willing to unlawfully prosecute cases in a politically motivated manner, their history of implementing schemes that result in the disenfranchisement of minority voters, their suppression of free speech and freedom of the press, and numerous other crimes, the democracy we once took for granted is on life support; but it is not dead yet. The year 2008 may be your last chance to revive it.
Your responsibility for the New Year is twofold:
1. Inform yourself about the Presidential candidates and choose the one you think best suited to fix the problems created by present management while not abusing the office and exceeding the scope of its powers as set forth in the Constitution. Vote in the primary, vote in the general election, volunteer, campaign, canvas, discuss, debate, and encourage others to do the same.
2. Be vigilant. Don't let President Bush and Vice President Cheney get away with anything without putting up a fight. As they say in the subways here in New York City, "If you see something, say something." They can cause a lot of damage over the next 391 days if we allow them.
As a parting thought, simply do as Bob Marley says:
"Get up, stand up. Stand up for your rights."
Do it while you still have them. Because once they are taken away completely, it takes a bloody revolution to get them back.
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SO let's vote in an inexperienced senator that goes to church pastored by a bigot...that'll do it.
Hey, I think I saw this one before...it was Jimmy Carter. Only he was a governor and white...but still incompetent enough to let the Ayatollahs take Iran.
Indeed, it will be a cold day in Hell
before I vote for a man whose middle name is Hussein and hangs out with racists (Louis Farakhan, J. Wright)and crooks who also have associations with Sadaam era Iraqi Nationals (Tony Rezko).
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