It is time to act against the RW

We CAN fight the RW! All of us our little water droplets, but if you were to combine us all we would turn into a Flood which would totally crush the RW.

We can't place any trust in Congress until at least 2006, that is why the Citizens need to do it.

Here is what we need to do.

Create a Think Tank on DU. I am not the first person to suggest this, but I am hoping that with my suggestion that this Think Tank will be created.

The 3 words Evil people hate to hear, "Truth and Reconciliation". This is where things will get fun. In this step I am proposing that we unite as many LW Groups as we can under one group, I am thinking of calling it the "Commission on Truth and Reconciliation" (COTAR).

COTAR. We will focus on:
Impeaching Bush
Forming a very powerful boycott against those who fund the Far Right
Debunking the lies from the 'liberal' media
A Citizen's 9/11 Commission
Investigating on Bush's ties to Reactionary groups, PNAC, and Secret Cabals (such as the CNP)
And more

We need to act now.

If they fear us, our opinions mean more to them.

But still, I don't get why the Democrats haven't gone on the offensive, when all of the things you have mentioned have given them an incredible amount of ammunition. Huge crimes have been committed, and yet the Democrats are very timid about mentioning any of it. Are they afraid that admitting the extent of the wrongdoing will undermine people's faith in government (as if it isn't already undermined!) or are some of the Democrats in on some of the crimes?

perhaps...

This is not a democrat vs repub war we are in/about to be in. It is a culture war. It is not even a liberal vs conservative one since neocons are former liberals and the libertarians used to be considered "liberals" as well. It is progressives against non-progressives.

Do you really think the neocons didn't stack the dems already?

I hope we can reach agreement among ourselves to focus efforts, at least for the near term, on certain strategic priorities, including: (1) election integrity and (2) media. Without election integrity, we are powerless, and without meaningful, accurate news, we cannot exercise any power effectively.

As we all know, the vast majority of the media in the U.S. are almost worse than useless. And now, the main outlets designed to be independent from private influence, i.e. public radio here in the U.S. and the BBC in the U.K., are under simultaneous attack from the top down. (BBC leadership has determined to cut 3,700 jobs and to privatize portions of the corp.)

I and many other DU'ers have e-mailed so many urgent bulletins to our acquaintances that they're turning off.

We need real activist and media organizations with real funding and full-time staff; and the ones I'm aware of that already exist seem completely occupied fighting more day-to-day battles and/or seem to be pulling their punches (Air America). The battles they're waging are important, but meanwhile we seem to be losing the war.

(I also find the push for "real i.d." in both the U.S. and the U.K. extremely ominous. As I understand, the law just passed in the U.S. requires the cards to bear RFID chips which would enable 24/7 GPS tracking of anyone carrying such a card. This is particularly concerning when coupled with the fact that our government has arrogated to itself the right to detain people indefinitely without affording any meaningful due process.)