I think the Wisconsin recall effort is the most important effort that we can undertake, today. I urge everyone to help in some way - Chris Bowers on Kos has laid out how.
I have identified recall districts on a map of Wisconsin Senate Districts. I have added links to information. I was continually posting these links in response to people's questions and comments.
Please send a copy of map to Wisconsin friends and support this effort.
Wisconsin Senate Recall
Wisconsin Eight Map
I believe recall and control of Wisconsin Senate is very possible with effort. Please help, especially if you are from Wisconsin. Let us coordinate all the interested parties into an unified and effective movement. If we do, we will turn the political tenor nation-wide before 2012.
We can begin a wave to retake our nation's politics from ignorance and prejudice back to fact based decision making founded on science not ideology.
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In response to a question last week is there still an American Dream? I wrote this.
Our Dream is a belief in the future
The American Dream is the belief that common individuals can work together to create a better future. We believe that we are capable of coming to together to govern ourselves. The American Dream does not believe we live in the land of the perfect, after all we are trying to form a more perfect Union.
Most of our fore-bearers risked and sacrificed, in the belief it would be possible to create a better future. America has often been forced to overcome shackles to reach for the American Dream, but the majority have kept reaching. Wealth and privilege have often tried to curtail equal opportunities for all, but we continued.
As seen in the Eastern Bloc two decades ago, and the Middle East today, power ultimately derives from the consent of the governed. We have the capability to again control our own affairs, if we chose to use such tools as Daily Kos to do more than sound off, we have the opportunity to create a debate that includes all our literate citizens.
We need not be separate virtual communities. A chaotic maze of blogs, web sites, and fund raising endeavors. We need virtual communities tied to real geographically based political action. Votes outweigh any other currency. If we in our time are willing to risk and sacrifice in the belief that we can control our destinies, we will create a better future. We will be living the American Dream.
Soulless suburbs of gated enclaves leaving those outside the walls, abandoned without hope, is not our future. We can live in healthy, environmentally friendly communities, filled with activities and educational opportunities for our children. The power and vitality of the American Dream is readily available to us, if we seek it.