Hi. I go by athenap here on Kos. I live in Ohio and up until this election, I wasn't very political. But I can't sit still anymore and watch my country go any further down the elbow trap without saying something. I have kids, and I can't leave them a mess of a life without fighting for a better way.
I don't know as much about politics as a lot of the esteemed writers here on DailyKos. But I'm a strong liberal, with strong, if quietly expressed, moral values (which have very little in common with the ones who scream they have morals from the rooftops), and a good understanding of the importance of keeping it simple and catchy. Most of the people I know really are one-issue voters, and have a tendency to stick to the short-term. I don't know what I can do to change that, or even if I will make a lick of difference.
I hope to make this journal a diary of an emerging politically aware person...so that others like me, who have gotten fed up with the status quo, and don't know what one person can do or how one person can change things, can see my efforts and their success or failure. I welcome advice on steps to take, and would love to hear how others started out on the trail to awareness.