Al Gore

Despite the fact that the United States government seems to want nothing to do with solving global climate change, Al Gore wants everything to do with it. So he will be going to Bali to represent United States citizens that sign this petition:

http://pol.moveon.org/standwithal/?r_by=11780-8347472-ZMj

Help a brother out. Put your name on the petition. If you don't know who Al Gore is or what he's doing lately, you can watch his acceptance speech as a recipient of a small-town award known as the "Nobel Peace Prize" here:

Culmination

For a long time now, I have sought to keep myself informed of the betrayals of the government, the ways in which our government seeks to control us, manipulate us, and dictate an immoral and unconstitutional agenda both at home and abroad. I've done my best to rant and rave, as well as point out some kind of substantial evidence to you to support these beliefs.

The time when these things will all be proven is far in our future, most likely at a time just before or during an era that mimics our own. And proof is a worthless pursuit anyway, because truth is its necessity. Truth, as we all know, is dependent on one's perspective. And there will never be a full consensus on anything so long as we live.

That being said, I beg and plead for you to watch the following documentary. It is available online. It is free to you, thanks to Google, thanks to the internet, thanks to people like you. This movie is the culmination of all of the things I've said to you regarding our government. I have had it with the United States, with politics, with those in power. Only through evolution can we save ourselves.

WATCH ZEITGEIST. And tell every single person you know to do the same.

Clean up that energy

From MoveOn.org:

We have the best opportunity we've ever had to get this country off of polluting energy like oil and coal and onto real clean alternatives. This will not only help curb the climate crisis, but save consumers money and create new jobs. Seems like a slam dunk, right?

But some in Congress are still willing to do the bidding of the oil and coal industry and vote down bills that would undercut their stranglehold on our economy. We need to tell Congress now to do what's right for the American people, not continue business-as-usual.

I signed a petition urging Congress to vote for to give solar and wind the support they need to assure a clean energy future. Can you join me at the link below?

http://pol.moveon.org/cleanenergyfuture/

Thanks!

Setting Healthcare Free

As you know from a previous post, I think Michael Moore's SiCKO is a fantastic movie, and it has made me aware of how crucial it is that Health Care be universalized, removed from the private sphere. The Democrats (and even some Repubs) are getting the ball rolling, with a movement to provide free healthcare to millions of uninsured children!!

Do your part by clicking this link and adding your name to a petition to get everybody to vote for it. Hurry! The vote is in a few days!

SiCKO

I just saw Michael Moore's "SiCKO."

I don't really know what to say, so I'll tell you what I told my parents: If you do nothing else this week, see it.

It will open your eyes to a number of things, and remind you of some old ones in new light, that are important to us as people and as a country that is really behind the bandwagon.

Check out his website:

Rallies and frustration

So, I went downtown today to check out the anti-war demonstration (oh, Jens Lekman, I love you), and I have to say it wasn't all that exciting. I found it interesting that, from what I heard, the most interesting and engaging speeches came from those who were or had once been politicians of some kind... a congressman in particular spoke and was very rousing.

While the congressman was speaking, I had the intense urge to yell, "Why don't you do something instead of just talking about it?" Or something to that effect. I mean, it's dude's job to get shit done! In My Opinion, it was not enough that he was here outside talking to the crowd on a cold day... it's a nice gesture, but it made me doubt his sincerity... I feel as though if he really feels so strongly about getting us out of Iraq and getting Bush out of office, he was the person of all those few hundred people who actually had a shot at getting anything done about it. But instead, he was rabble-rousing at an ineffectual rally.

In My Opinion, it was kind of bullshit.

Paperless Voting

We've certainly seen in the past that paperless voting is a worthless system... the government is rife with scandal and impropriety and the voting machines designed by those within their economic control... the machines are easy to hack, as proven by people at PRINCETON. It took them almost no time at all. The problem that we will continue to see with anything computer-based is that between malicious programmers/hackers, the government, and the everyday user is a constant struggle.

Granted, when it comes to the field of politics, there is a consistent battle being waged in which there are some whose immorality forces them to consult deplorable means of achieving their ends. However, the use of paperless voting machines is an absurdly simple means of doing so. The corners are cut too easily, the voters too easily frauded, too easily unsatisfied with the results that follow.

BAN PAPERLESS VOTING.

What do I doodoo?

Luke brought up a great point... "Is there anyone doing anything about the internet stuff you e-mailed me about? What should I do?"

Well Luke, I'm glad you asked that. It's a hard thing to do. Often times, if you're like me, you feel a sense of helplessness when someone tells you about something infuriating, frustrating, or just downright deplorable in the government. We want to do something about it, but what to do?????

Well, my immediate response to Luke was to call or e-mail his congressmen, his representatives in the government, to voice his opinion. He said, well, nobody does that. And I said, I do.

There are places such as MoveOn.org that will hook you up with your congressmen. Ultimately, it's not very hard for you to find the e-mail addresses and phone numbers for your congressmen.


And of course, we forget the power of protest! There are so many ways to protest... standing outside with a sign, refusing to buy things, hunger strike... We have more power than we realize because we've become somewhat placid, like cattle. We have all of the things we want to be happy in our lives (food, clothes, homes, even cars), so when something in the government, which is not so immediately a part of our lives, goes awry, we feel too distant to do anything about it.

Never forget... Power ultimately lies in the public, not in the individual hands of the few politicians. They have lots of decisionmaking power, but we are the people. We have given them their power, and we are the ones to whom they are responsible. If everyone in America packed up and left, even George W. Bush would find his position to be completely void of meaning and power. If you're not happy about something, tell other people. Maybe they'll be unhappy about it too, and you can both do something about it.