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You Can Change the World, Don't Forget It
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
BuzzFlash Note: We ran this editorial in the beginning of 2001, shortly after the Bush Cartel took control of the U.S. government. We wrote it in reference to the wave of outrage among pro-democracy Americans at how the right wing was able to steal -- with the assistance of the felonious five on the Supreme Court -- the 2000 presidential election. Because the Democrats in Congress, except for the Black Caucus, did not contest the Supreme Court coup, an administration came into power knowing that it could get away with anything. After all, it muscled its way into running the United States of America, despite losing the popular vote by more than 542,000 votes. Why shouldn't it be emboldened to go on a shop lifting spree?
At that time, in the beginning of 2001, as the Bush Cartel launched its onslaught against democracy and its Neo-Confederacy agenda began to become clear, many patriotic supporters of democracy began to despair. It was at that time, we wrote the following editorial. It equally applies to today, when the madness of King George appears likely to lead us into a misguided war no matter what.
Reposted on March 13, 2003
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BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
Don't let them demean you or marginalize your efforts.
Don't let them suck away your energy for change.
Don't let them make you feel futile and irrelevant.
A generation ago, a grassroots movement of Americans ended a misguided war when everyone, at first thought their cause was hopeless.
"If it takes a cadre of crazed militants to stop racial profiling, unwanted pregnancies, wife beating and gay bashing," Anna Quindlen writes, "so be it. The so-called special-interest groups will continue to be demonized and denigrated while little by little, year by year, what they believe becomes, not a political position, but an accepted commonplace. Sure, it's a dirty job. Thank God somebody does it."
Because of the impassioned protest against the Vietnam War, because it grew from opposition at the fringes to a mainstream movement of millions, because it succeeded, tens of thousands of American lives were saved. These men, who might have died in an ill-begotten war, are now alive, with families, lovers and friends, because people who cared about justice fought for a noble cause through the era of Nixonian darkness—and they prevailed.
Just remember that this Administration is led by a Vietnam evader whose vice president and attorney general dodged the draft. These shameless men have no scruples; they have no integrity. They ran on a deceptive platform and campaign emphasizing primarily Democratic issues. Once they were safely ensconced in the White House, they brought in the right wing wrecking crew. In short, they deceived the American public; they lied.
Just about 30 years ago, an energized opposition changed the world against more formidable opponents than this crew of hacks and pretenders. Remember: you helped Al Gore win the election; you can help beat the men who stole it from him.
You can change the world.
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