[Sosfbay-discuss] Dems fed up...

[Andrea Dorey]

Dear Molly,

Gee, loved your diatribe, honey!  Maybe we should run somebody who  
can yell the hell all the way to DC and REALLY scare the shit out of  
everybody ensconced there for a lifetime of freebies and perks that  
will continue until their death and the death of their spouses--how  
about that, Molly Ivins?  Remember Ralph Nader?  No one has come  
close to the upset he caused, even in 2004 with NO support from his  
supposed friends.  Or is it too far out to avoid the usual pack of  
politicians--and that includes the sainted, useless Howard Dean?

How about adding to your wish list of three issues a little beginning  
step called CENSURE that might finally lead to impeachment of the top  
dogs of war?  Or do we lack the spine needed to face the criticisms  
about that one: "We don't have to go THAT FAR!" they chide. "Too  
extreme!"  We don't want to be extremists, do we?

I'm getting tired of the same ol', same ol'.  Why are we once again  
(50-YEARS-AND-MORE LATER!!!) fighting the same old attacks on  
personal freedoms for women?  civil rights for minorities?  living  
wages for immigrants that we pay slave wages to?  a secure social  
security for the aged and infirm?  Why do we tolerate this same old  
bullshit over and over again?

Why do we stand by meekly while our elected representatives vote on  
and pass bills that they NEVER even bother to read, like the PATRIOT  
Act, or while they give total authority to the executive branch to  
wage war--a power that belongs to the legislative branch--or refuse  
to support the black caucus who tried to get just ONE senator to  
allow them to have the last election just examined, investigated,  
just looked at to find out why so many irregularities existed?  Why?

I'm tired.  I'm going to take care of myself from now on and stop  
wasting time fighting the same damn battles.  It's time for me at 67  
years of age and after 40 years of activism to leave this mess to the  
young (like the young professional women who didn't need women's  
liberation because they had it made, and like the progressives who  
didn't need the Nader organization because he was in danger of  
"becoming a Harold Stassen").

So, fine.  Do it a new way.  Do it your way.  I'll be interested to  
see how far you get.  And, really, good luck.

Andrea