Learn these names well and keep them in your sights:
Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, John Thune. The new senators from OK, SC and SD, respectively. Theocrats who think they've got a mandate from God to rule this country with a bigoted fist. They make George look moderate, for heaven's sake.
Today, my sadness was replaced by righteous indignation. This afternoon at work the overhead music shifted from the melancholy of Coltrane's "Blue Train," to Dylan's "Masters of War," and somewhere during the change, my mood took a turn for the nastier. In a good way, I think. Hopefully it'll be a productive mood swing.
We can't let these gangsters get away with anything. We gotta start canvassing, pamphleteering, writing letters to the editor, calling people out for their bullshit ideologies. The Republicans wanted war - let's make sure they get it. Forget all the talk about "putting aside our differences" and "working together." C-plus Augustus and his cronies don't want cooperation, nuanced opinions or compromise. They want it their way. Don't let 'em have it.
Need more inspiration? The New York Times editorial page is a good place to start. Maureen Dowd hit it out of the park yesterday, and Paul Krugman and Bob Herbert aren't taking any bullshit either.
Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, John Thune. The new senators from OK, SC and SD, respectively. Theocrats who think they've got a mandate from God to rule this country with a bigoted fist. They make George look moderate, for heaven's sake.
Today, my sadness was replaced by righteous indignation. This afternoon at work the overhead music shifted from the melancholy of Coltrane's "Blue Train," to Dylan's "Masters of War," and somewhere during the change, my mood took a turn for the nastier. In a good way, I think. Hopefully it'll be a productive mood swing.
We can't let these gangsters get away with anything. We gotta start canvassing, pamphleteering, writing letters to the editor, calling people out for their bullshit ideologies. The Republicans wanted war - let's make sure they get it. Forget all the talk about "putting aside our differences" and "working together." C-plus Augustus and his cronies don't want cooperation, nuanced opinions or compromise. They want it their way. Don't let 'em have it.
Need more inspiration? The New York Times editorial page is a good place to start. Maureen Dowd hit it out of the park yesterday, and Paul Krugman and Bob Herbert aren't taking any bullshit either.
It's a chore, staving off lethargy.
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