| It's about keeping Americans informed and involved, and asserting
Constitutional Rights in order to preserve Constitutional Rights. We encourage
participation globally, because it is a global issue. Sometimes,
it seems like we need to remind representatives that in America, the government is for the
protection and benefit of citizens, not corporations. Of the people, by the people, for
the people.
To incorporate is a privilege granted by the people. People
are not a privilege granted by the corporations. It doesn't seem that our leaders agree.
And corportions should not vae legal rights like people.
Power corrupts. That's why the authors of the
U.S. Constitution were so careful to include checks & balances to protect Americans
from the corrupting influence of wealth on government. Honoring that intent means having
leaders who respect it, not defy and subvert it.
They say we are a nation of laws, I say, we are a
nation of loopholes. And our nation is being damaged because of it.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. We are now
at a juncture where new legislation will suppress free speech and civil rights, take away
the obligation of government workers, in fact, penalize them, for speaking up when they
discover corruption and abuse.
And there's a man trespassing in the White House calling for
transparency of process form Corporations, Cuba, Yasser Arafat, Democrats and Carlyle
Group competitors. He just accepted $100,000 from MCI Worldcom at the RNCC
Fundraiser that raised $30million.
The same man gave a speech in Florida on May 20,
2002 and challenged Fidel Castro to hold free elections, and, in his own words
"listen to the voices of the people and count their votes".
We have energy policy carefully crafted to aid companies like
Enron who apparently can't even succeed when the government has stacked the chips in their
favor, even having threatened military action to assist them in achieving their financial
and territorial goals.
The government won't tell us what long range plans they're making
for us... but they reserve the right to see what library books we check out. To spy
on us at public events & organizational gatherings. All the tricks used in the
Vietnam War area to disrupt anyone who criticized the government.
And now, in the Homeland Security Bill, they want Total
Information Awareness... to track your actions. Of course they can provide a plausible
excuse for its implementation now. The problem is, what will they use it for later?
You might have noticed, they're also not interested in anyone's
input. Especially on the suspension of habeas corpus for United States Citizens (the
right to a fair and speedy trial with representation). But they will arrest a protester
for minor acts of civil disobedience (protesting too loud too long) and charge them with
racketeering.
And now, for the purpose of Homeland security, they want to give
us a secret investigative agency that deosn't have to report it's activities and seeks to
strip federal protections for government employees, "whistle blowers", who
report corruption.
The pardigm was used before. It was the SS. The
leader was Hitler. This guy Bush says "It would be a heck of alot easier if it
was a dictatorship." No kidding.
The United States has survived wars, presidential scandals,
spies, bombs, Watergate, assassinations... and the only times we have suspended liberty in
the name of self-preservation... were times we later acknowledged to be mistakes.We also
came out fine, stronger... until now.
We impeached an incredibly productive and effective President for
lying about sex in the oval office... but how do you impeach a man who wasn't elected? And
his second, or boss, depending on your view of Dick Cheney.
Democratic Fundamentalism is about keeping the will of
the people alive. It is about disallowing the government from slipping in a
new form of government behind our backs under the guise of "knowing what's best for
the paupers". We are not paupers or serfs. We own this land.
WE own this land. We give them permission.
If the government was working for us, how could they possibly
loosen accounting controls on corporations like Worldcom and Enron and then expect us to
believe that abandoning the social security system is in our best interest? The odds are
better in Vegas.
It's just the government's way of not having to deal with
the needs of the citizens. Too time consuming. Not enough money in it.
It's alot more fun to fly expensive drone spy planes and wreak havoc on Iraq.
It leaves more time to glorify themselves, and be less
accountable for honoring anything but their responsibilities as set forth in the
Constitution. "Blame it on the corporations. They're my excuse for not doing MY
job."
Again, that's where Democratic Fundamentalism comes in.
Holding our leaders to the intent of the Constitution, not just the letter of
the law that allows them to pass legislation to escape culpability. Not just the gray
areas of this nation of loopholes.
Our Constitution has not changed. The government's
commitment to honor it has. We intend to show them that the American People can and
will oppose the government, demand compliance, and prevail, as the Constitution
requires us to do as citizens. There are more ways to vote than using a ballot.
The world looks to us as the example of the best of the
best, the way it should be. Only it's not that way. Let's not fail
ourselves, and them, and surrender Democracy to corporate interests and politicians
seeking personal gain.
Where do YOU fit in, what you can do?
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