[This is a guest post from a friend who feels strongly about the upcoming election.]
People of America,
Don’t let it be said in the annals of history that the downhill spiral - given momentous spin by eight long years of an administration rooted in greed, arrogance, and indifference - was given its final thrust into the chasm we all see today, by its citizens.
Don’t let it be said that the American people succumbed to shortsightedness, shallowness, and prejudice by electing an administration just like the other one, or even more dangerously extreme, that furthered the erosion of what was once considered a solid foundation of declared rights that forged America in 1776.
Don’t let it be said that the beacon of eternal light that graces the hand of our Statue of Liberty glows in vain; that that quality of America that once beckoned to the hard pressed people of the world - our ancestors - was snuffed out by ignorance and self-serving apathy.
People of America, most of us would agree that we stand on an environmental threshold and can still alter the direction of our teetering from into the abyss to out, into a healthy world and vibrant existence, a legacy we can hand down to our children, and our children’s children.
Don’t let it be said that we willingly and mindlessly adorned blinders to the Karl Rovian tactics in evidence right now by the design of the McCain/Palin ticket and campaign, that we fell for a pretty face and the polarizing issues of women, gays, and guns to deflect attention away from the real needs of the people: healthcare, a green environment, real solutions to secure our sustainable energy independence, ending the war rooted in greed, rescuing and strengthening our tumbling economy, and nurturing our civil rights.
People of America, is this the best we can do - more of the same? Elect those who will see to it that we lose our reproductive freedom? Who will continue the chipping away of our civil rights? Who will push more and more of us into desperate situations - with no access to quality medical coverage for its children and families? Who would fall on its knees to individuals who drive Big Business who get fat while slashing our jobs and handing them to people abroad?
People of America, do you see anything wrong with this picture? The time is NOW to take off the blinders and dig deep. Dig into our history to see what ground we stand to lose. The time is NOW to stem the downward slide.
Elect Obama/Biden for a chance to pivot out of the brink of our fall into the chasm.
Stephanie Levine
Anchorage, AK
September 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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Stephanie-- I like what you wrote. Can you tell me what Barack's stance is on offshore drilling? I don't like Nancy's suggestion that there be no drilling for fifty miles, then anything between 50 and 150 miles all only go to the federal government and not the states. Does he support this?
ReplyDeleteI think there should be universal health care, but it's devastated Canada. (I've talked to doctors there; my family has a lot of Canadian background and foreground.) How will this be supported? Will companies be forced to make health care affordable so the CEO's aren't making (as opposed to EARNING) millions of dollars and the profits will have to be sunk into innovative ideas like health care that they can afford? A $500 deductible is a joke to someone making minimum wage with a child or two-- I think they should make it individual for how many hours the person needs to work to earn enough $$ for a deductible or copay. I don't think the federal government should pay for health care; I think companies should. If they have enough surplus to pay a CEO a million dollars, they have enough to put into their employees' health! Do you suggest freestanding health clinics for people who are low income?
I like what you say, but show me how it can be done!