Reply #43: Let me reverse the query...

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...what can YOU or the People do about what's happening to America? You can vote...that's about it...besides writing a few letters that are seldom if ever read.

- Yes...we should cry about what's happening to our country. We should cry that we were so naive in 2000 that we allowed our leadership to give credibility to that most unDemocratic thing we dared call an 'election'. What we 'allowed' to happen in 2000 was akin to watching a coup take place and then all agreeing to pretend it didn't happen.

- Are we prepared for November knowing what we know about the Bush* cabal? We've seen that Bush* and Cheney can stand up on the podium, smear their opponents, outright lie about Iraq and the war on terrorism and making America safe...and the throngs of Bushbots cheer them like Hitler at a brownshirt rally.

- It seems that a good half of America is willing to give up their Constitution and freedom for the promise of 'strong' leadership and security. Unfortunately...the 'other half' is devoid of voice, money or power. Worse...our leadership is in appeasement mode...agreeing with Bush's* lies about patriot acts, aggressive wars and battles against faceless terrorists.