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If You Don't Speak Out When It Matters, When Would It Matter To Speak Out?

Liberals Want To Manage The Damage With Government Programs To Take Care Of Those Who Have Fallen Between The Cracks. Populists Want To Fix The Cracks So That People Don't Fall In The First Place.

Bush And The Corporate Kleptocrats Have Stomped On Too Many People And Left Too Many People Out Of The System, And Those People Are Now In Rebellion. It's Not Just Poor People They Are Holding Down But The Middle Class, As Well. I Have A Favorite Bumper Sticker I Saw On A Pickup Truck Last Year In Austin. It Said, "where Are We Going? And What Am I Doing In This Hand Basket?"

The Original Greek Word "idiotes" Referred To People Who Might Have Had A High Iq, But Were So Self-involved That They Focused Exclusively On Their Own Life And Were Both Ignorant Of And Uncaring About Public Concerns And The Common Good.

The Good News, Though, Is That I Find In My Political Travels That People, As Regular Citizens, Are More Interested Than Ever In Getting Together And Having Discussions. They Want To Hear About Other Viewpoints That Differ Entirely From What The Administration Is Putting Out.