Assuming he stays in character, by the time Barack Obama dies, hopefully more than twice his current age, he'll be paraphrasing Westmoreland: ""The United States in the end abandoned Socialism."
It doesn't take anger. It takes commitment to Federalism, avoidance of shortcuts, and insistence from "We the People" that social programs are not funded using Rock Star Economics: "We'll just tour some more and release another live album to fund the drug habit."
I disagree. While the commitment to Federalism etc. are necessary so to is enough anger to fuel a desire to do something about the situation. What isn't needed is unfocused rage like that I have been seeing in the comments section over at Ace of Spades for a number of weeks. The anger has to be focused and channeled into things like letter writing, doorbelling, even donating to candidates that support the same things you do.
Flopping Aces - Action Alert: Call or Write Congress NOW! - Mike's America provides good follow-up to Smitty's post above:
Years ago, I worked in Senator Alphonse D’Amato’s New York office. My job was to answer some of the mail from constituents. I learned that letters, phone calls and emails DO matter. But letters have the greatest impact. If you care enough to put a stamp on it, it carries more weight than if you email it. But whichever method you choose, your letter will be read and your opinion tallied up along with all the others.
* Contact your congressman by following this link to the House Directory.
* Contact your Senator.
And after you do that, make sure to send your letter or email to the editor of your local newspaper and recommend he or she run it as a letter to the editor. Use the link for your local paper or try this site.
As per Cynthia Yockey and Saul Alinsky you also need to be persistent. Yockey says 30 days of contact is the minimum. I say until you get a response that you like and then set up a tickler file in your calendar so that you follow-up every so often. You also need to reward your congressmen when they vote correctly, just like when your schnauzer rolls over and plays dead, positive feedback in the form of a dog treat or a campaign contribution makes it more likely they will do so again.
Just One Minute - Enhanced Interrogation - The Fog Clears
Yesterday the WaPo finally reported the blindingly obvious (to anyone who read the record) - contra the proposed Sofan timeline, enhanced CIA techniques had been employed almost from the outset. The WaPo confirms that some of the useful intelligence gleaned from Zubaydah followed the CIA involvement.
I read the article and I don't think it says what Tom Maquire thinks it says
Just a Girl in Short Shorts - Becky closes up shop.
Not really much I can say here other than this once again makes a mockery of Google's don't be evil motto
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