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Today I didn't call any politician's office, sign any petition, write any pleading/encouraging/critical emails, or make a single political contribution.
Today I just sulked.
I feel like all the energy is going out, and none is coming in.
Nothing we (or I) do, politically, seems to matter.
Nothing changes.
If I could just accept the fact that the Democrats' hands are tied and that nothing substantial can or will happen until after Jan. 2009, I'd be in a better position right now.
But I'm out of patience. I want Gonzo in jail. I want Harriet Miers in the cell across from him. I want all the shills in the Dept.of Justice punished for the good people they fired and besmirched, for making a mockery of what we used to call "justice."
I want the Cheneys and Rumsfelds and Karl Roves and Scooter Libbys to pay for the harm they've done to this country.
I want Habeus Corpus restored. I want Executive Privilege to not be use as an excuse for executive anarchy. I want Signing Statements to be illegal. I want a subpoena to mean something and the person who receives it to be held accountable for complying or be severely penalized for ignoring it. Even (or especially) if it's the Secretary of State.
I want the definition of 'torture' to be what it's always been and rational people anywhere would understand. I don't know how to define it but, as Justice Stewart said about pornography, "I know it when I see it."
I want to once again feel proud of this nation, back when... well, I can hardly remember that far back.
I want to have an election in this country where every person's vote is counted and nothing illegal effects the outcome.
Most importantly, I want life breathed back into every soldier we sent to Iraq under false pretenses, every single soul who died for the sinister sake of Halliburton and Blackwater. I want them to come back to life, to make their familes whole again. To resume their lives as students or nurses, construction workers or truck drivers, teachers or cooks. In other words, I want them to return to their former state of leading their "insignificant" lives, before they were given the opportunity to become "heroes."
How many decades will it take to undo what's been done?
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