Sick of the Tea Partiers? Join the First Monday Movement

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Do you feel powerless?

Do you feel your rights are being trampled upon?

Are you frustrated by the corruption and arrogance of the power elite in Washington?

Are you ready to do something/anything to make your feelings known?

But alas... aren't the Tea Partiers just about the most self-absorbed, reactionary and downright scary group of malcontents since the John Birch Society?

Fret not! Relief is at hand: Come join the First Monday Movement.

We need to organize a wide-scale progressive march on Washington for the First Monday in October-- the traditional start of the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) term. We'll call it...humm... the "First Monday Movement"! After all, you can not get more arrogant and elitist than five, uber-privileged, lifetime appointments in black robes who are brazenly eroding our democracy and turning the constitution on its head. (Just ask Sister Sarah and the Tea Partiers where in the constitution it says that "corporations" are "people". Hint: It Ain't in there!!!!!)

The march should commence on Saturday Oct 2nd, climax with speeches on the mall on Sunday the 3rd, and culminate on the 4th on the steps of the SCOTUS, with the President addressing the progressive marchers by phone (see:e.g. Roe vs Wade marches).

The main thrust of the demonstration will be to protest the brazen stupidity of the Citizens United case (corporate funding of campaigns), and to more generally point out the pro-Big Business, anti- Middle Class leanings of the SCOTUS majority -- and the congressional Republicans across the street who support that hideous ruling.

In addition to a good old fashioned march on Washington for progressive causes, the agenda should also include:

1) Congressional visits on Capitol Hill
2) Training sessions for GOTV efforts in the 50 states
3) Organizational classes for leaders down to precinct level for the '10 elections,
4) Bands, displays and charity events throughout the mall.
5) And most important: resoundingly calling out the SCOTUS "Fatuous Five" for the corporatist scoundrels they really are.

I know we can get 100s of thousands of progressives down there-- far more than even the most feverish Fox news crowd estimates.

And, let's face it-- this would really buck up morale for the election cycle.

After all, SCOTUS lunacy is something that ALL DEMOCRATS can agree on.

(If you like this idea, it's yours. Let's just bounce it around the internet until it takes off).

See you in Washington!

[safeinOhio]

1. Please remind me in August.