••can ye pass the acid test?••

ye who enter here be afraid, but do what ye must -- to defeat your fear ye must defy it.

& defeat it ye must, for only then can we begin to realize liberty & justice for all.

time bomb tick tock? nervous tic talk? war on war?

or just a blog crying in the wilderness, trying to make sense of it all, terror-fried by hate radio and FOX, the number of whose name is 666??? (coincidence?)

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

from my inbox

the dems sent me this the other day. it had more to it, of course, but i just want to post what i think's most interesting:

Imagine for a moment that you're Republican Bill Frist, the Senate's Majority Leader, and you have the power and awesome responsibility to control what issues the Senate considers and when it considers them. Knowing everything you do about the crises facing our nation and the things that most concern Americans, would your top priority be to:

A) Force the administration to change its failed strategy in Iraq

B) Help consumers walloped by $3.00 a gallon gas and take steps to reduce our oil addiction

C) Pass the first minimum wage increase in 10 years and develop plans to create good jobs in America

D) Expand educational opportunities for college by providing relief from skyrocketing college tuition

E) Ensure access to health care for every American

F) Amend the Constitution to deprive gay people of equal rights under the law

As someone who cares deeply about this nation, its problems and its future, you probably said A, B, C, D, or E. But Republican Majority Leader Frist chose F.

http://www.democrats.org/lgbtdiscrimination
as you see from choices A thru E, the dems really do stand for something, tho you'd never know it if you listen to cable news, where the only thing you get is so-called analysts and pundits who pass on the gop big lie that the dems have no ideas and no program other than to frustrate gops.

if you think this country would be better off changing congressional majorities, but your gop senator or representative deserves reelection, maybe it hasn't occurred to you that the handful of gop moderates keep their party in the majority and keep their leaders running the show, leaders who do almost nothing but waste time and resources on wedge issues like choice F so they can fool their base.

i'm in PA and think arlen specter is pretty exceptional, but i voted against him, because getting a dem majority would be worth the sacrifice. unfortunately, not enough folk have learned to think strategically yet!

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