APATHY FOR THE DEVIL

I posted the following message on several progressive boards, among which "Being Michael Moore" (see the "Mikecrocosm" section) :

Nov 2nd is the anniversary of Bush's re-election. Massive nationwide protests are being organized for the anniversary date! People everywhere will walk out of school, they will take off work, they will come to the downtowns and town squares and set out from there, going through the streets and calling on many more to JOIN US. They will repudiate this criminal regime, making a powerful statement: "NO! THIS REGIME DOES NOT REPRESENT US! AND WE WILL DRIVE IT OUT!". Silence and paralysis are NOT acceptable. That which you will not resist and mobilize to stop, you will learn — or be forced — to accept. There is no escaping it: the whole disastrous course of this Bush regime must be STOPPED. And we must take the responsibility to do it. I encourage you to join or stage your own protest on Nov 2nd. Anything and everything will make a difference!! Let us stand together as a nation and say we want Bush out of office for good!!!

This is no joke and could definitely be huge. Endorsers like the Progressive Democrats, Cindy Sheehan, Anti-Flag and Howard Zinn.

Get informed :

http://worldcantwait.org/

Find out about events in your area :

http://mobilize11-2.blogspot.com/

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And typically, I got this reply from aptly named fallenphoenix in "Being Michael Moore" :

Do you really, really believe this is going to change things? Stand up and say your piece if it's going to make you feel better, but don't delude yourself as to its potency. Our country made (what is in my estimation at least) a huge mistake when we reelected Shrub (hell, it was a mistake the first time). But mistake or not, he's in there. And until our democratic representatives in the House and Senate grow some backbone and consistently start calling Bush on his BS, all the protests and walkouts in the world won't do a lick of good. Truthfully, all such actions accomplish is to hurt small business. A giant like WalMart won't even flinch if they lose 5 cashiers for a day--they've probably got a dozen more in reserve. But Mom & Pop are going to have serious problems on their hands if 2 of their people decide they need to take the day off for a political rally that's not going to accomplish a thing.


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I replied, and let it be my creed on the crucial slacking problem :

I really, really believe that some Black woman needed to open her mouth and utter a few words roughly meaning NO before the Civil Rights could get started. I really, really believe that those who walked on the moon first had to put one of their feet ahead of the other on their way to the rocket.

I really, really believe that our democratic representatives in the House and Senate WON’T grow some backbone and consistently start calling Bush on his BS, that even Barbara Boxer wouldn’t and maybe couldn’t have spoken out against the fraud without Michael Moore’s and the people’s pressure, and that a giant like WalMart IS FLINCHING RIGHT NOW because of the loss of its image due to the people’s pressure.

I really, really believe that defeatist bull from the people who can’t conceive multitasking and believe in fantasy land hierarchies instead of plain democracy is what allows our democratic representatives in the House and Senate not to grow some backbone and consistently start calling Bush on his BS.

I really, really believe that bullshit like “Stand up and say your piece if it's going to make you feel better” is REPUBLICAN TALK and that I’ve seen it expressed in a much talented way by the Reps themselves, like, typically : Nothing you will do there will drive out anything nor will it break any silence or paralysis. The press is full of NON- silence. The only way to drive out anyone is through impeachment and I hope we all agree that that is in no way an possibility and no rally will change that. GW will be in office 3 more years, end of story.

I really, really believe that when your representatives are complacent, when the media are dead, when all the decision-making bodies and services are Bush’s and when all legal actions are dead-ends, the solution lies in THE STREET.

I really, really believe that despising protests is despising the protestors, and that despising the protestors means despising people like Cindy Sheehan, Howard Zinn, MLK, Gandhi AND MICHAEL MOORE who endangered his life and was nearly jailed just to open his fucking mouth in order to reach slackers like you.

I really, really believe that DESPISING PROTESTS IS DEFINITELY NOT BEING MICHAEL MOORE AND THAT BEING MICHAEL MOORE CONSISTS IN BELIEVING WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, REFUSING TO LEAVE YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DOGS AND FUCKING DOING SOMETHING.

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The link to THE WORLD CAN'T WAIT is in the MIKEROCOSM section.

JOIN US.

OR DO YOUR OWN THING.

OR DIE.