There's just too much stuff to talk about...

Let's start with today's (actually yesterday's) news. More people were killed in Iraq. Used to that, yet? Oh, and about the elections supposedly taking place on the 30th there...a great question...will they be using Diebold machines?

Which is the next segue'...check out Ohio's Secretary of State, Kenny Blackwell. As his role as SOS, he oversaw....I should say "oversaw" the lame, inappropriately done, recount in Ohio. So before the recount is done he sends out a fundraising letter on state stationary ( ! ) praising the War Criminal's victory...again, before the recount was done. So you know that recount was legit.
That's Kenny...too legit to quit.

Then,...killin me, man...the Senate was supposed to certify the electoral votes. Oh don't worry, they did. Aren't you relieved? But at least Barbara Boxer had the f-ing nads...that's right, I said it, nads to say she wanted a debate on it. So the House & Senate had to separate and debate it for 2 hours, then come back and rubber stamp it. Two notes from this fiasco. First of all, my own Senator, yep...Clintonbagger (get it? carpetbagger, clintonbagger) said that there was definitely fraud in Ohio. It's a fact. It should never have happened. But I'm not going to support an investigation. Well, I guess that makes you worse than the fraudulent ones, don't it Clintonbagger. Damn, I hate that chick. There better be a Green running against her.

Then, the Douchebag. You remember him? The Douchebag. Just ran for Prez...and quit. The Quitting Douchebag, from Massingale. Anyway, a friend of mine is on some e-mail list of his - dude get's an e-mail from QD that says pretty much the same thing...there was fraud...terrible tragedy...should never have happened...won't support an investigation...good night!

Arrrrrrrrgh!

OK, let's move on. How 'bout some torture to go with your day. Ladies & Gentleman. We have officially become neo-nazis. Yeah. You think I'm exaggerating. Fine. Check this out. Doctors are telling US interregators the most effective way of torturing. Dude, that's what Hitler's cats did. I'm not making this up. This is Hitler shit. That's what we're doing. The added twist to this...notice how the link is to ABC News...in Australia. Not hearing too much about this in the American press, huh?

Then we have what will probably be the next Attorney General, Al "The Punnisher" Gonzalez. He's going to get confirmed with no problems...but just to make things fair, I went off on Clintonbagger (I really like that nickname), so I may as well show that my other Senator is just as big an asshole.
Schumer is a rude, war mongering fool. I've had a dealing or two with him - seen him shout down an 80-year-old woman. Classy.

OK...I'm pretty much done with Mike Moore. Dude's not getting any more of my money on his stuff. I don't care about his articles or what he has to say. Tom Hanks as President? Niiiiiice. What a freakin tool. There's some people who "expose" him as a hypocrite (grew up upper middle class, owns big houses...not really the everyman he portrays)...whatever. My point is, the same way we shake our heads in disbelief at people who blindly follow the right-wing agenda, we do the same with this dumbass.

Be careful, my pretty.

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So I'm bitching a lot, but giving out any solutions. Well, you could drop everything and go to the Anti-Inauguration. But I doubt that's an option. I'd think about going but I'll be watching my local school board screw up our schools some more.

I suggest you start by reading this book. It's called Don't Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff. It's only a hundred pages or so...but it'll tell you where to start. Here's a pdf of Chapter 1.

Then you'll want to visit The Rockridge Institute. The first true progressive think tank.

And last but by no means least you have to get in there. Get yourself dirty. Start helping out with campaigns. Local ones. Not just the biggies. Get people with your values in at the Grassroots level. Doesn't matter where you live. If you live in Pittsburgh and help someone running for town board in Oregon, the effect will ripple and eventually get to Pittsburgh. It's going to take some time. You have to be smart and patient. What do I mean by help? Go door to door. Tell all your friends. Lick envelopes. Give freaking money! Trust me, true progressive candidates need non-corporate money. Don't look for the candidates you think are going to win, look for the candidates who share your ideas and visions and make them win. Screw the DNC, screw Mike Moore. Decide for yourself.

I know you're busy. We're all busy. But this is how it gets fixed. You have kids? Bring 'em. Yeah, they're noisy and impatient. They'll learn. I've seen activists bring their little terrors to meetings, but they learned and I can guarantee you that when they're old enough, they'll be rabble rousers themselves.

Pick one issue and do something...a monthly meeting. Agree to put up a flyer at work. To do some researchon an issue. Something. Anything.

Want a place to start? Find a local candidate in your town - for anything - as long as she/he believes in what you believe in. If you want it to change, you gotta be a part of it. People keep waiting for others to do it and look what's happening.

Hereth ends the lecture.