Diatribune

We are witnessing the end of an era.  The great American experiment in democracy is over.

It is now clear, the Military Industrial Congressional Complex has usurped the power of the people and cemented its control over our government.  

It is a fait accompli, a done deal.  Stick a fork in her.  Our beloved country is gone forever.

We should’ve listened to Ike.

We snoozed when we should have been marching.  We voted when we should have been screaming.  We dropped the ball, we swallowed too much bullshit, we allowed people to tell us to be patient and accept that all we’d ever be offered is the choice between two evils – the greater and the lesser.  And all the while our world has predictably grown more and more evil.

We’ve listened raptly to insincere politicians who only sought to manipulate us in the course of playing their little power games.  We’ve selflessly volunteered our money, our time, and our talents only to be promptly betrayed once the critter gets into office.  They just lie their asses off to us while doing the bidding of their corporate masters.  They scarcely even try to hide it anymore.

The dems were going to bring a swift and certain end to the ‘culture of corruption’ (if you believed what they said anyway).  They were going to end the abomination in Iraq.  They were going to stand up to Prezident 22%.  They were going start cleaning up the bushies’ mess.

But we all can see what happened instead.  We’ve been had...for about the millionth time in a row.

They’ve now screwed us on:

Trade
Corruption
The Occupation

But watch how many people come into this thread and start with the bullshit rationalizations...AGAIN!  There are no more excuses for these cowardly bastards.  If they aren’t traitors – WTF are they?

We’ve all seen America’s considerable promise sucked out of her by the greedheads and criminals who have infiltrated our government and subverted the people’s will.  This nation is at a moment of crisis unlike any it has ever seen.  This is the moment when we will either save our country or watch it go down the drain.  

It’s time to organize in opposition to the government.  It’s time for non-violent revolution.  It’s time to take it to the streets – like we did back in the day.

It’s time to organize.

There’s no point in discussing abandoning the Democratic Party – they’ve abandoned us.  They’ve done nothing but screw us at every turn ever since we helped put them in power back in November.

What did you expect mister pissed off?

That they’d keep a few of their promises?
Stand up to Bush?
End the war?
Purge our government of corruption?
Listen to the people?

I guess we should’ve known better.  I mean how long have we watched this little farce play out?  How many times have they done the exact same thing – make with the happy talk, hustle us for our time, our money, and our votes only to find some weasel-ly way to sell us all down the river?
 
First Feingold-Reid, and now this...a blank check for the neocons’ endless war.  Ain’t democracy grand?

Let’s get it going.  Let’s get organized.  It’s time to rise up and take our country back.

And always remember...

And...

Flame out!
OPOL

United for Peace and Justice - September Mobilization

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