WARNING: Rant approaching.
Soooo..... 2008, ya'll, huh?
You know what 2008 is, people? Its a HUGE year. We're taking our country back this year. This is the time. Remember when they called our generation the most apathetic generation in history? Yeah, what was that? How could we just sit back and take that- Oh right, I guess that's the definition of apathy. Well, stop that! It's embarrassing. I mean, look at what the generations before us did for us: they fought for equal rights, fought against the war, for free speech, they organized the new left, the fought for feminism, gay rights, integration, the list goes on and on. This was a generation that was done with it's rigid culture and broke free of the social restrictions of the previous generation. Basically: they were mad as hell and they weren't gonna take it anymore. Look at us- what do we fight for? What is our purpose? What are we gonna look our children and our children's children in the eye and tell them "Yeah, we DID that." So far.... nothing.
Tell you what, this is still the best country in the world and why? CHOICES. If we don't like what's going on, we don't have to sit there like some abused animal and take it. We can turn around with honor and force and say "Hell, no! Not in MY country!" So lets do something this year, friends! Let's be active participants in our nation instead of spectators.
Progressives: Isn't it our turn YET?!?! Let's show them what we're made of. We got some good guys out there fighting for us this time. We're tired of having to set aside our beliefs for leaders who make us ashamed to be Americans. We're tired of losing elections. We're tired of "We'll get 'em next time." We have to remember who we are- I think we forgot- because someone came along and said that Liberal means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on communism, soft on defense, oh, and we're gonna tax you back into the stone age because people shouldn't have to work if they don't want to. And instead of saying "Hey, wait a minute you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver throw back to the fifties, you're wrong, you're extremest, and you're lying!" We cowered in a corner and said "Please don't hurt us." What do you say we don't do THAT anymore?!?! We are Progressive Liberal Democrats. That means we stand for Progress, Liberty and Democracy. Ain't nothin' wrong with that.
So: 2008. We're gonna get off our apathetic asses. We're gonna stop watching the world go by and join in. We're gonna make our parents proud- even better: We're gonna make OURSELVES proud. Like I said before. We're gonna take our country back.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. - Mother Teresa
