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Thursday, October 05, 2006

the world can't wait


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yet another good use of a day off in the middle of the week... rallying against the bush theocracy. up until i got a block away from the meet-up location in front of the un, i still wasn't sure i was going to do it, but i'm glad i did. i've felt pretty pissed about the latest news from washington... from the senate's approval of a bill that strips all non-citizens of the right of habeas corpus to the revelation that condi rice new about 9/11 two months before it happened to the selling-out of the legislative branch of our government to the highest bidder (bill moyers' documentary last night was frighteningly revealing). i have become too quiet, too complacent, and when a woman handed me a flier for the march yesterday, i knew i had to go. not that marching in a relatively small rally is enough, but i needed to do something... and i need to keep doing something until i see a change in the direction that our country is heading.

anyway, thanks for giving in to a little lefty idealism there. we'll be back to our regularly scheduled program next time. oh, and in case you haven't seen it, democracynow.org is worth checking out... it's some of the best news around.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yay, moosk! i am so glad that you went. sometimes there is nothing better than a good march.
wish i could have been there with you. if only L would get that barnard job....
xoxo,
doodlebug

moosk said...

it would have been so much more fun if you were there! i've also started volunteering at moveon.org's phone bank. we're bugging members to make phone calls to prospective voters... very exciting. in addition to easing my guilt about not having the money to donate to campaigns, it's helping me tackle my fear of phones.