My friend and I have been having discussions along the line of
"I'm really frustrated, I know they are breaking the law; I want it to stop, but what can I do".
You might feel frustrated out there since you are probably jaded because you attend protests and vote; generally doing your civic duty. We all know that one person chaining themselves to an office desk downtown won't do anything in the grand scheme of things. Its really the additive force of the people that gets things done. I've always said: "If everybody stands up now, this all goes away".
One thing to do, is for everybody here together to just raise their effort, in their own way up one notch. Lift the pressure gently on your end. As you do this you get more ideas along the way and end up finding ways that become more effective than tired old leaflet campaigns.
If you used to write emails; send a handwritten letter.
If you used to send letters; call a senator's office and ask them to do the peoples bidding.
If you used to watch a protest; attend one.
If you don't have ideas get into a group that has some.
If moneys not an object, increase the donation by 10 bucks.
Think of a clever boycotting scheme, if you're cancelling a service (for whatever reason, link it to the current political situation so everybody is hearing it). "I'm cancelling my ATT, because of W's spying plan"...even if you are switching carriers for a different reason.
Reverse boycott, call an advertiser on a progressive station, say you heard them and like the fact that they are advertising there.
Think of a way to define your effort further. See what you can do ! Demand of the Senators and People that they stand up every day.
Here's my letter to John McCain.
Dear Mr. McCain,
Since I last wrote about the issue of warrantless wiretapping, the President was telling us it was only foreign calls that he was listening to.
Now, without any fanfare we're finding out all-at-once that not only is it domestic surveillance going on, but some corporations have been in on it since 2003.
http://www.spamdailynews.com/...
As I understood it, the Republican stance, the very platform Republicans run on is that of Government non-interference and personal privacy. And here, its as if that just blew away in a second with no announcement or fanfare. It just disappeared.
How can that happen?
Tapping us without warrants was illegal to begin with. This meant the President of the United States of America, Broke the Law, invaded our privacy, then incriminated himself by admitting it to the world on our tv screens.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/...
This article shows the final degradation of American values we hold dearest. There is no pretense or pretending now. The Administration has let it be known they'd like nothing more than to spy on us which in their case usually means they've been doing it for a long time now. This is what police states do. The very thing we fight against. The very thing that Red China, the country that holds our note for the debt of the Iraq war, does to its own people.
Reagan said "Trust but Verify" and said "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.".
Well, this action has broken his trust with us. Now they want to 'help' by spying. The Bill of Rights and the 4th Amendment mean nothing to this administration.
We need you to stand up for the people. You represent us in the Senate. This is not by the Lobbyists, for the Lobbyists. It is by the People, for the People.
I object to this behavior. I am against being spied on. I object. I demand it stop. The Constitution and the fabric of this nation is on my side.
Be patriotic and set this right.
Thank You,
Other things I have called them about this weekend:
1. The Libby affair
2. Going to war with Iran (and how I don't want it)
You're the boss, give 'em their marching orders.