Action?

Well, I'm not hopeful that this will do more than make me feel a little better but I have also decided to start a letter and email writing campaign. I went to the Dem. Party website earlier to drop a line....

"I have been, in the past, a supporter of your party. Not because I agree with your platforms, but because we as Americans have almost NO choice in elections, and your platforms are far closer to my (and MOST of YOUR constituents)beliefs than are the Republican "ideals". This restrictive email form alone tells VOLUMES of how little the common man has a say in the new Dem. party.

The last thing this country needed was a "follower" party that would try its damndest to emulate its competition and match its levels of corruption and disconnection from the actual citizenry. The Clinton ideal of chasing after corporate cash instead of attacking and removing it from politics is not only disgusting and depressing it is WRONG.

We are a nation that was founded for the people are we not? CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE! It disgusts me to track down the cash that floods not only the Republican coffers....but your own.The even more disgusting part is watching the legislation that is then enacted FOR those contributors (buyers) of THE PEOPLE'S representatives. Funny word that, representatives, as few represent anything remotely like their constituents belief. At best they represent a handful of their constituents... the priveledged people who contribute to their campaigns.

I have so many questions...Why do you allow what has happened since the 2000 elections? In our democratic society how can the SUPREME COURT throw out our constitutionally protected right to vote (AND HAVE THEM COUNT)? Worse, how can the Dem. Party sit so quietly by? How could the USA PATRIOT act EVER pass in this country? Where is the USDA? SEC? FEC? Why do we subsidize immensely wealthy corporations to take high paying American jobs overseas? Why are my tax dollars going into the treasury so that they can be bundled up and sent to some wealthy person with a nice new tax break? Why is self-regulation even considered (it is the most idiotic fallacy)? Why are we allowing the richest citizens to keep their money all their lives tax free (capital gains) and then allowing it to pass on after they die tax free? Why are the few who make the most use of the infrastructure we all pay for the ones who are given the most in tax protection (they use it and abuse it we pay for it)? Why have we lost so much in freedoms, environmental protections, job protections, consumer protections, and actual (non drug) crime fighting to just name a few? For that matter, why are we killing state budgets with the highly unsuccessful drug war? Or, why are we cutting into education funding while still fighting this lost war on our own citizens?

These are just a few of the many questions I have. I know the answers. Do you? Can you admit them to yourselves? Your loved ones? Your children?
If you would like to know more, maybe get a pulse for what the country REALLY cares about, contact me. You have my contact information. Isn't it time to truly start a national and honest dialog with the REAL citizens of this nation? Or is the new millenium new America only one of "Corporate Citizens"? "

Sorry for the format it didn't copy paste well. Their site wasn't exactly friendly towards email as it was (I hate forced email forms...). I will check out the Republican site later methinks :)

I have also started contacting my senator and intend to start on my rep. I guess I could add some state offices as well but then I would have to get more form lettery (no way I'm composing and writing 20 original letters a week).

Gotta do something right? Or should I just forget it and go shopping as Bush advises?



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