We all know that we are ahead of the curve here and that our work needs to have ripple effects that will encourage other communities to follow our lead. I have made several posts with this in mind in the GuvWurld Blog as well as at discussion site Democratic Underground. Most recently, last night at DU someone posted an e-mail circulated by John Kerry as a fundraising announcement. The letter is below, followed by my contribution to the thread which had until then been only encouraging remarks as if Kerry was doing anything more than blowing hot air about perpetuating the status quo.
http://tinyurl.com/9fwbs
In the last 24 hours, we’ve seen troubling reports that Dick Cheney directed “Scooter” Libby to release classified information to discredit critics of the war in Iraq…we’ve heard hard-to-ignore accusations from a former top CIA official that the White House “cherry picked” intelligence to make the case for war…and we’ve received stunning evidence that the president sat on his hands and did nothing for 12 hours after the White House had been informed that the levees broke in New Orleans.
Enough is enough.
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Sincerely,
John Kerry
http://tinyurl.com/82uqt
Enough is enough means now. Not nine months from now. Immediately. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
How can we accept any more of this, loss of innocent until proven guilty, loss of privacy, activists regarded as terrorists, protesting from “free speech zones” where government-paid reporters won’t cover us, destruction of the environment, bankrupt economy funding immoral and illegal wars, using depleted uranium (Mr. Bush’s slow motion holocaust).
Do you understand that the Bush/Hitler comparisons aren’t apt but only because Bush has sentenced to death far more than Hitler ever killed?
Bush and Cheney will never stand for impeachment. Despite the long shot, it is conceivable that impeachment proceedings will be brought. But at that time, do you think that this cabal will suddenly begin to live by the rule of law?
You know they hold power by whatever means necessary and will simply not allow themselves to be put on trial for their lives. Oh yeah, remember, if relevant matters of impeachment are openly discussed we will not lose sight of the War Crimes Act of 1996 which makes it a crime punishable by death to violate or order others to violate the Geneva Convention. These war criminals will literally never stand for an impeachment trial.
And Kerry’s message isn’t talking about this anyway. It also isn’t talking about the fact that there is no basis for confidence in the results reported from our elections. Paperless electronic voting, and even secret proprietary machines with a paper trail, are not verifiable. Under current conditions, we are going to continue having “elections” with inconclusive outcomes - where there is not unanimous acceptance of the results.
Whose reality do you want to live by? You know what problems we’re facing. John Kerry is talking to you in a way that is meant to create some kind of empathy - he feels your pain and wants to address the same things you do. But then he doesn’t even come close to addressing them. We must do better. Non-violent revolution has become necessary, NOW!