Why does it have to take a statement from the President for people to become active? [View All]

There is something inherently wrong with our society when it has to take a statement from our President for people to crash Congress servers. I mean several weeks of inaction by Congress caused by Republicans and bullying by Republicans, along with several statements by the President for people to get his back! We're a free society. It took a lot of years of abuse for the Civil Rights to be a coordinated affair that erupted into a massive movement by all marginalized communities to make change. We didn't need a President to tell us to do something to do something.

From the bloody moment Obama became President he said, "This is not about me, it's about you." We have a responsibility and a stake in how our country governs. This is why I do blame the American citizens who voted for Teabaggers and Republicans to fuck up on the nation. I don't blame Obama, he didn't vote for those son's of bitches. I don't even blame those Teabaggers and Republicans---because they fuckin' sat on a podium and told the American people before they voted that this is EXACTLY what they were planning to do. This is exactly what they're fight was about. This is exactly what they wanted. And yet the American people said, "Yes. Yes this is exactly what I wanted." Now they realized how wrong they were. How racist, sexist, ineffectual, and destructive these people are.

But they caused this war to go awry. I appreciate the dislike of the Bluedogs---shit I hate them too. But I would never have replaced them with Teabaggers. In any event---it shouldn't have to take this from the President to get us active.

It should never have been the case. Wisconsin was great. They were in the right---Wisconsin said fuck it, we made a mistake, we're going to fix it and they didn't need the President. They saw there was a problem. I think we're a nation that has become complacent in our needs and a bit lazy about it. It's not just about going to the ballot box. It's not just going to our Reps in the House and Senate and even local government. It's about getting others to be active, to be knowledgeable, to be aware of what's going on and participate actively and recognize a poison when it's in our system.

I appreciate the President's actions. Some may say this is what they always wanted. I saw town hall after town hall after town hall of Obama asking for people to become active. To actually get moving. And none of this has ever happened. It seems it had to take an event where people see how the hands of the President are tied; where they see how far some people will go not only to destroy the President, but also the nation in order to take out the President---do people get this active.

In future...I hope it doesn't have to take anything like weeks of shitty bargaining, shitty actions by Repubs and Teabaggers to get us to realize who the fuck is on our side and who the hell isn't. Obama supposedly did tell Cantor that he would take this to the American people...I'm glad he finally got through this time. Because the first few times it didn't seem to get anyone moving than Dems. Finally with this break down in the servers---people are finally really getting serious about what's going on.

But it's also disappointing that it takes so much for us to get our President's back. Damn disappointing.