I have the seen posts on the main page about resting and recharging our batteries. Wait for the next election, the next round. I don't agree.
When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, they had tanks, artillery, jet aircraft, communications, and every other advantage that a modern army can have. The Afghan people had rifles and the knowledge that their cause was just and right. It looked hopeless. They fought.
We are not in the near hopless position they were, we can fight and we can win. We have the most important advantage that the Afghan people had--the knowledge that our cause is just and right.
We also know that the majority of the people in this country agree with us. Bush got their votes only because he lied about what he really stands for, and the media repeated his lies without calling him for it.
I do not blame the media for this. There is a large group of conservatives out there who make their life hell if they don't repeat Bush's lies unanalyzed. If they tell the truth they get bombarded with criticism and attacks. This group of people makes up a large force for positive coverage of Bush.
There is no counter-weight. There is no large group out there demanding truth.
We have to become that force. We need to push back just hard as the conservatives. Journalists do not want to make their own job difficult, they don't want to receive angry mail any more than any of us do. We have to let them know that there is a significant force out here backing them up when they take the brave stand and call a lie by its name. They have to know that there is a significant number of people out here ready to criticism them for telling the easy untruth. We have to hold their feet to the fire. The good journalists want us to do it. Let's give them what they want.
We should start today. We need to start posting lists of media outrages to the truth and courageous stands. When the lists are posted we need to contact that media source and give them the criticism or praise they deserve.
The "mandate" theme is a good place to start. Every time you hear or read a journalist talking about a "mandate" tell them they are wrong. Post the information so the rest of us can tell them they are wrong.
If we are going to take our country back, make it live up to its highest ideals, we need to act together and we need help making sure that people get enough of the truth to recognize which side stands for America's traditional values and which side only claims that it does.