Reply #1: I think it was John or Sam Adams, not sure which, who asked one [View All]

time When did the American Revolution begin? And he received a reply of 1776. He said, no, that was just when battles began. The actual revolution, he clarified, took place over 20 years and more in the hearts and minds of the American residents, and this was accomplished by information and talk....Committees of Correspondance.

One of the greatest losses to democracy, I feel, occurred in my lifetime (born in 1955), as Americans gradually began to feel and act as though political discourse was 'politically incorrect'.
Well, that is the one and only beneficial change that I will credit to Wubya....people HAD to break their code of silence.

I'm the one who brought that out at work, on issue, after issue, after issue. Now, politics are discussed there. Occasionally, a coworker starts it now, instead of me.

We can't let the doors close again. We must keep discussions and information going. We must be the new Committees of Correspondance.

This is all the more true for Civil Liberties and Civil Rights issues, especially those for gays, women, and 'minorities'.

I've been talking, and I will NEVER stop.