Up On My Soapbox Again, But What The Heck, It's My Blog, My Soapbox!!!!

Where to start?

I've been mulling this blog post over in my head all day. I have been trying to avoid politics, but I find it impossible. It's all I think about lately. I cannot keep my mind on anything else, and I'm afraid I've become obsessed to the the point of no return.

I spent a long day on the phone today, making phone calls to clients at work. I actually had a good day at this. I talked to a lot of people who were in desperate places and was able to help some of them. I also spent the day listening to Naomi Wolf's, "The End Of America" which I downloaded off iTunes last night. I've ordered a few of her other books as well.

I never have time to read, so I thought I'd download some of the stuff I really want to read and listen to it at work while I'm muddling along. I'm a reading machine when it comes to Internet news, just not books.

Wow! All I can say, is if you haven't checked her out, you should, you must! Through extensive, exhaustive research, she has managed to name "The Ten Steps to Closing Down an Open Society."

This is frightening stuff folks. This is our history, lets hope it's not our future. Ms. Wolf goes on to name the steps. She states in her book, that the decline of all open societies have gone through these same steps. I don't care where your politics lie, you need to read this. You will be shocked.

I've never felt more compelled to get out there and take a stand for my beliefs. I've never felt it to be as important as it is now. I can't just go on, with my little life pretending that everything is OK. It's finally hit me that it's not alright, is is so very not alright.

I look at people, living their life, telling me they are going to vote for McCain, and I just honestly don't even know what to say anymore. I've done such extensive reading at this point, that I'm starting to feel like people just don't really want to see what is going on in the world. It's easier to ignore it and pretend that it's not happening, but it is.

So here I am, mid -forties and for the first time in my life, I'm angry, and pissed off, and ready to get up and fight for what I believe in. I don't want my kids falling into a hell hole if I can stop it.

This political puzzle is coming together in my head, in a scary way. It makes me scared, terrified, and determined. I don't think it is too late to stop what is happening out there, but we all need to get up and fight for it.

Our founding fathers would not have been proud of us for being "patriotic", as Ms. Wolf states so eloquently in her book, they knew what it was like to live under a dictatorship. They set this system up with checks and balances. The expected people to state their dislike and disagreement with the government.

Folks, we are losing some of these checks and balances. It's so insidious and slow moving, its barely noticeable unless you pick the whole puzzle up and start looking at it as a slow moving cancer that is descending upon us. Look at the history. Read the scary stuff. Listen to Air America.

Don't close your eyes, don't pretend everything is alright, it is not.

There is a crisis in America. If you have the time, go volunteer, go walk the streets, go make phone calls. It's that important this time. Even if you don't agree with me, do some open minded research, and form your own conclusions, that is all I can ask of you.

Peace,

OC