Pete Seeger didn't naysay and complain. He ORGANIZED and ACTED. (Read On)

[RBInMaine]

Gee, there is plenty of "progressive" naysaying and complaining these days out of the likes of the Huffingtoners, the Firedoggers, etc., but I don't see a whole lot of action. How about doing what Pete Seeger did: ORGANIZE and ACT the way he did to clean up he Hudson. All the great progressives in history would be ashamed of this griping. Jesus acted. Ghandi acted. MLK acted. Want single payer healthcare? Get out there, knock on doors, and convince huge majorities to support HR676 with massive congressional office visits, calls, letters, emails, faxes, millions of marchers in Washington, etc. Where is it? Don't like Dems? Put the masses on the streets in even the reddest of red districts and make them see the light. As a local Democratic Party officer and union member I have just completed yet another campaign having spent countless hours on the phones and plenty of time on the streets, so I can talk about my own record of activism. Jesse Jackson is spot on: "Stop complaining and start sweating." Paul Wellstone would be ashamed of all this griping. He would be out organizing. (At the same time, we also have to always remember that America is a huge, politically-diverse nation, and that our entire system of government is founded on compromise, which must happen if anything is going to get done. Which is why I stand with Bernie, Tom, Al, Sherrod, Anthony, Barbara, and Debbie in supporting the healthcare bill as a start.)