Nothing witty or pithy or probably even intelligent to say here, I’m just plain ol’ tuckered out.
So much to process, so much insanity going on with no respite how am I supposed to keep up?
A couple of kossacks the other day pointed out that perhaps that is the master plan…
… Distract us with so many outrageous issues that can keep us worked up that we ignore the big picture.
I tend to agree, but then again a lot of these small issues are part and parcel of the larger destruction of society and the imposition of the RWC agenda.
So how do we stay focused and decide which issues to focus our energies on and which are just smoke-screen? I for one can’t be this worked up about EVERYTHING. I can’t. For my own health and the sanity of those who I come into contact with on a daily basis, I can’t.
So what do you think Kossacks/ Boo’pers (okay I just made that up and I’m not sure it even makes sense..) — what are the issues you feel are of paramount importance and ones we should never lose sight of as the latest injustice or bullshit is thrust upon us?
My personals are:
Iraq – the destruction of the Constitutional right for the Congress to declare war
Torture – the end of America as a beacon of hope in this world… no worse than the worst of your enemies
Class Warfare – the re-distribution of wealth from the middle class to the super rich and the destruction of the social safety net
Separation of Church & State – the destruction of the Constitution and the impositon of state sponsored religion
Propaganda – the end of rational thought and knowledge & the creep of totalitarianism
Environment – the destruction of the planet and stealing from future generations to satisfy insatiable greed
Agree/ Disagree/ am I missing a big one? And… does anyone else feel like sometimes it’s just too much to deal with (even with as big a community as we have at dkos or here).. or do I just need a nap?
All the issues you mentioned are of the upmost importance.
That is probably a good thing, for it takes a group of people to keep up with them.
Not even the BushCo has one person thinking for them, it is a group effort, and that is what has driven the success of the blogs. Group Effort.
Take a nap, for no man is an island ; )
Come back, with a vengance,
Those are my issues too, but not in that order.
I put environment at the top. It’s the universal issue.
Environment on the top.
I’d also add
health care
education
how am I supposed to keep up?
Helpful to have an organization with a basic framework to work from, backed up by enough resources to be proactive. Democrats have neither. I haven’t found a good progressive portal either.
Scattered, fragmented, and disengenous. (Title of an old article). We all need a nap.
Looking at your list above it strikes me that a change of administration via impeachment or whatever, would have a great effect on most of those subjects listed. That is if it were replaced by a Democratic admin.and congress.
So perhaps we should concentrate on the top of the big giant hill of crapola, Bush. I think we need a big push for impeachment, never mind that we may not get it through, we still need to try. Soon Republicans will be joining in the clarion call for IMPEACHMENT.I hope so anyway.
Good thing I saw this diary today as I was thinking of doing an almost identical one.
I say we should focus on the top!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree with your list, and agree with your exhaustion. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when that’s your whittled down list.
It all boils down to one issue: the current administration. There’s extra creepiness from all the secrecy, and extra helplessness from all the corporate sponsorship.
Holy Buddha, you are right.
That really is a sorry state of affairs. When the whittled down list is the end of the Constitution and democracy… and that’s just the broad strokes.
Man. How did Rip van Winkle end up sleeping as long as he did… I could use the same sleeping pills… 😉
I’m sitting here listening to Bob Dylan’s “Biograph” collection, and a line from “Ramona” seemed fitting for this occasion. . .
“It’s all just a dream babe, a vacuum, a scheme babe, that sucks you into feeling like this.”
Sadly, it’s more like a nightmare.
You get a 4 for saying “Holy Buddha”, making me burst out laughing at work; and because I agree with you.
(3) Alternative energy
I guess that’s a category of the environment, but it could take care of all the others in a hurry.
Especially if the term “alternative energy” means a passionate democratic administration as an alternative to the current one.