I've thought about ways to protest the nonsense that has become the current administration.
I live in Texas and everytime I get an email from the DNC or Moveon.org to write my congresscritter, I laugh. Because in my state, the GOP rules from top to bottom.
Complaining to my congressman is literally like trying to piss in a hurricane. So from the martial arts school of using your opponents strenghts against them, I thought how could I leverage issues against them to counteract their lies and propaganda?
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I've thought about ways to protest the nonsense that has become the current administration.
I live in Texas and everytime I get an email from the DNC or Moveon.org to write my congresscritter, I laugh. Because in my state, the GOP rules from top to bottom.
Complaining to my congressman is literally like trying to piss in a hurricane. So from the martial arts school of using your opponents strenghts against them, I thought how could I leverage issues against them to counteract their lies and propaganda?
I thought about what ways could I perhaps to chip away at the status quo.
You see, I am amazed by how many middle to lower middle class white and hispanic families that support the GOP even though their very interests are being compromised.
So one idea I had was an e-mail campaign that each of us could try. There is a site linked from dailykos that has a listing of the casulties in Iraq. Something along the lines of this:
(If your representative is GOP )
Dear Congressman/Women/Senator:
I wanted to take the time to let you know the war in Iraq is going swell. Below I have a link showing the benefits of the war
Iraq Casulty List
http://icasualties.org/....
We can also spread the word to send a copy of this letter to the White House and have people send it every day with the updated statistics for the conflict. Just a little turdblossom reminder ;)
Of course, I wish I knew someone who had video equipment, I'd love to make some of those 30 second commercial spots for MoveOn.org.
Finally, I'm really hoping we have to start the draft again. I can't think a more divisive issue to wake up the middle-lower middle class people that support the GOP.
When little Johnny or Jane has to go to Iraq, then we might start to really see the intense debate about this war that is required.
Peace.