Taking property to the impound lot & property room... Glad they're not trashing it.

WFAA live coverage seems to have ended.

BILL MOYERS: A janitor, I understand, is the fastest growing job in America, right?

BARBARA EHRENREICH: It is. And that's something to think about when we're told, "Oh, don't worry about the-- the class polarization in America and the shrinking middle class and things like that." There's-- you just have to get an education to get ahead. Get an education to get ahead when the fastest growing jobs have been in things like janitorial services and food services and, you know, home health aides.



Education doesn't guarantee much at all in this world of outsourcing, insourcing, and every other method of ensuring that the working class is screwed so the rich can make more money.

Let the events that have unfolded over past few weeks serve as a clarion call to all progressive dems. If you have felt discouraged... if you have felt hopeless... if you have felt yourself giving in to the beginnings of despair... let these events be your impetus to stop thinking negatively about our chances in this fight!

We all saw the entire right-wing spin machine move into high gear the past few weeks. We heard their whores louder with each passing week, begging and imploring the people of CT to maintain the status quo (encroaching corporatism). And we saw them FAIL.

So please, those of you (and I hope there are VERY few here) who have so far not had the energy or motivation to ACT on the views you share with each other here... please take that extra step NOW, and don't stop!


Write LTTE's.

Call in to talk shows.

Talk to your neighbors!

Volunteer to help campaigns.

Contribute if you can.

Write and call your elected representatives. OFTEN! There is no shortage of elected officials to lobby for change, and certainly no shortage of issues to sound off about. Be the squeaky wheel!


I've seen and heard so many excuses why people aren't doing these things. I hope I don't hear or see those excuses ever again. If you're too lazy to act, then at least have the intelligence and good manners to keep your complicit mouth shut about it!

I also don't want to see any more defeatism. If you want to preach "it won't matter because..." then you have no reason to communicate with anyone here. Go spew that crap elsewhere! Nobody wants it here, or at any other progressive site!


Do whatever you can. Each and every time you can. We are faced with the death of democracy.

GET TO IT!

I know we'll never see eye-to-eye on many issues, but reading this yesterday gave me hope.

http://risingsons.spaces.msn.com/blog/cns!...

"Yes. Conservatism. It COULD work. The only problem is that the ones who have been championing those three ideals for the past eight years have been Democrats and Liberals. Go figure, right? It's time to roll up our sleeves and rip the labels off of our shirts. Blue collar, white collar- We will all be affected for the worst if we don't agree on those three ideals, NO MATTER WHO THOUGHT OF THEM "FIRST" and get to work on implementing them in our Country.

America First, Indeed. We need to make our Corporations put our Country Before Profit. It's a start. But we can't afford to waste too many of our country's dwindling dollars on expansionist zeal while we are sinking in debt at home.

There is no money to waste.
And THERE IS LESS TIME TO WASTE AS WELL.

Let's move together to do what is right for America."

It made me realize that what I need to be working towards is spreading the word that we do share common interests. It made me realize that more and more of you are now starting to see just how much your party has abdicated their responsibility to protect even those common interests that we all share. It made me realize that since we ARE the big tent party, that it's up to people like me, activists who live in red areas, to reach out to you and let you know that you've been lied to about the Democratic party.

It's up to people like us here at DU to show you conservatives and indpendents who we really are, and finally, once and for all, drop all the invective so that we Americans who are truly concerned about the direction this country is headed can finally start working TOGETHER to get it back on track.

I think many of us liberals have lost a lot of the tolerance and understanding that we used to automatically react with, and it's high time we changed that. It's very, very hard, due to the indefensible treatment we Democrats and liberals have received over the past two decades from pundits on your side, but IMO it's also necessary.

However one part of that process is recognizing that tolerance and understanding do not mean you welcome wolves in sheep's clothing. We cannot afford to be supportive of neo-liberals. Just thought I'd make that clear.



So, for any conservatives who are here to find out if the Democratic party can meet their expectations -- based on the blog entry above, as well as the policy ideas that I'm fighting to advance for our country (healthcare for all, more access to higher education, increased corporate governance to protect our investors and employees, etc.), I think we can say that with your help, we can take this country back from those who are selling her off to the highest bidder, and put her back to work for the people who love her!

Join us!