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Halloween in July: Scaring Kids and Voters

Posted 07/13 |

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Thanks, once again, Kurt. The vast majority of the 50% who don’t vote (and who don’t do anything else either!) have to be looked at as “the enemy” as much as the Tweedledees and their supporters. It is up to the very small minority that is conscious of “what we’re about” to do something to undermine the status quo so that we don’t get ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS COUNTRY AS IT IS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED. Listening to Amy Goodman pull Dennis Kucinich’s pants down today in her interview with him should motivate some to find ways to fight America without joining hands with Osama. The first step: GIVE UP ON THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. If people aren’t going out and voting as if that’s all they have to do, they’re complaining about the process as if that’s all that’s expected or needed. You wake up, reader, and then maybe, as an example, one of your neighbors or distant cousins will contribute to historic changes on this planet. Good fortune with love, Richard

Posted by O'Xman from on 07/14 at 11:34 AM

I didn’t have a chance to listen to the Amy Goodman Show this morning so I just took a look at the transcript of her interview with Kucinich. It’s breathtaking how someone like Kucinich, who had an enlightened stance against the U.S. invasion/occupation of Iraq during the primaries, can so easily throw his support behind warmongers Kerry and Edwards, especially given that the Kerry delegate-dominated platform writing committee “didn’t give up anything” on its muscular foreign policy stance, to quote from Clintonite Sandy Berger. Sure, party member Kucinich feels he must remain loyal to whomever the Democrats select as their candidate, but his embrace of the Dems’ ghastly prez ticket still makes me feel a little embarrassed to have kept a “Kucinich for President” banner ad on the Press Action website for several months.

Posted by Mark Hand from on 07/14 at 12:23 PM

Lots of lessons for all of us to remember, I’m sure. Let’s discuss what we’re doing w all this learning. Let’s embrace --as frightening as it may seem-- the Life Without Electoral Politics, keeping faith that the people can come up with some ingenious plans for change (with or without the approval of the authorities)...if they’re not trying to keep one side of their brain locked in the ballot box. Ox

Posted by O'Xman from on 07/14 at 01:56 PM

I am with Ox. Great article too Kurt, Osama Yo Mama!

Posted by Josh from on 07/14 at 06:25 PM