It's a pain not being able to cry. I wish I could. Tears definitely achieve a dramatic effect. Somehow, though, I've lost the capacity to cry.
But really, is there any other recourse than for all of us to shed tears? I'm writing this diary right now because this special day called the "Iraq War Moratorium" is tomorrow. And guess what?
Not a single one of my friends knew about it. I spent the last hour IMing people, posting it on my status profile on facebook, finding the Iraq War Moratorium facebook group with all of 29 people. Googling it and not finding http://iraqmoratorium.org/ as the first site.
I finished my school day today and looked on DK's recommended, and saw the "You idiots." post, and my jaw dropped. The Republicans did it again. They won in 2004 by putting gay marriage and abortion on every ballot, they set the terms of debate then... and they did it again just today.
I want to grieve because we have no organized opposition, no banner to rally around, no specific common cause to confront them with.
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