It Will Never Happen Land is an old haunt with a new price of admission. It used to be free, but no more. "It will never happen" was a cheap easy place to get into before BushWorld started invading its territory.
When It Will Never Happen Land was free we could respond to the clarion calls to action with comments like "Impossible", "No Way. Don't worry about it", "They can't do that", and of course "It will never happen".
Well the price of admission has just gone up because if we don't start paying we won't have anything left of It Will Never Happen Land.
For a long time now I have wanted to charge a dollar for every "It will never happen" comment I've come across here and in my daily life. I was raised to believe that nothing was really impossible and that may be the one thing that the BushCo cabal and I have in common.
When people said to me, "They can't outlaw abortion." I would say simply, "Why not?" People would often respond by citing the Constitutional decision and say, "It will never happen."
I was so stupid. Instead of asking why I should have said, "Okay, so do you want to give me a dollar so I can give it to somebody who will make sure it will never happen?" And if they said okay sure, I should have said, "Well then how about five or ten dollars and we'll call it even?" It never hurts to try to upsell when fundraising.
Our Constitution is under siege. Our rights our under serious attacks folks and while "It will never happen" made a lot of sense when we were governed by people who followed the law and had some respect for our Constitution I think we can now all agree that times have changed.
It Will Never Happen Land is losing ground and we need to not only preserve that ground, but also get back some territory.
So today I am setting the minimum price of admission to It Will Never Happen Land at $1.01.
Here is how it works. Everytime you think "Impossible", "It will never happen" etc. set aside a dollar. Every time you have a political conversation with a friend and they say, "No way. Don't worry about it" ask them for a dollar (or more if you think you can get it).
When your collection grows large enough to make a nice little donation (count up the number of donations and add the Kossack pennies required) and send your It Will Never Happen Land Fund to the candidate, organization or association of your choice to help them protect your corner of the happy land.
I don't think that money is the answer to everything, but I do think that this might a be fun as well as productive little fundraising project for each of us. People love saying "put your money where your mouth is" so there you go. Let's do it.
Just think about all of the times in the past five years you've said to yourself, "It will never happen." Imagine how much money you would have saved by now if you'd charged yourself admission of a buck, or five or ten for each time you thought that. Just think how much money you'd have for every time you heard that sentiment.
The beauty of the It Will Never Happen Land Fund is that it is an equal opportunity issue fund. It should go to what ever cause or causes - candidate or candidates - that you want to send it to. There are so many things under attack including abortion rights, civil rights, the environment, personal liberties, etc., but I don't have to tell you that. You already know. So pay the toll to get into that happy place and send it on to your best candidate, org or association.
Thanks for helping keep this democracy.