Why I'm here

[Mythsaje]

As many of you know, it's a rare thing for me to post something as negative as the rant I put out last week. It's not as if we don't know what's wrong with this administration, its lackeys in Congress, or its shills in the corporate press. It's not as though we don't understand how wrong-headed those 29% of the American public are in swallowing their lies.

We know all of this. We see LBN stories every day of the next bad thing this Congress-critter, or that agency, is up to. We stare in the face of horrible truths and frightening conjectures day in and day out every time we sign on to DU.

Not to say that those who post these things aren't performing a valuable service. We need to know these things.

But I like to think I have another task here. To remind us why we fight, and what it is in us all that makes us different from them. To shed some light on the things that are important to us, and to give us all a little boost from time to time.

It's not easy doing what we do, subjecting ourselves to daily horrors in the name of justice and life. We pay for it in a thousand little ways--in depression, in the arguments we have with co-workers, neighbors, relatives, and family members. Just trying to get people to realize what it is we face. We pay for it in frustration and heartbreak, and often wonder why we even bother.

I know why we bother. As do we all. But I feel it's my duty I try to remind us of these things...to accentuate the positive. There's enough negative here to go around.

I just want to share...

Why "We believe."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1233004

And why we DON'T "Hate America."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x835508

And why the country should just "Take a Left" this November.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x672082

And why "Everybody Matters."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=663953&mesg_id=663986

[Hekate]

1. Glad to give you the first KnR, for having a modulated voice and tone

We need a break from the mood of hysteria that seems to have gripped some of our DU family lately.

Thanks.

Hekate

[annabanana]

2. It is a fight worth fighting.

What we are fighting to save is worth having. And every honest American knows that.

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[sutz12]

4. K & R, bro

We are all fighting the good fight.

:kick:

[DeepModem Mom]

5. Thank you -- K&R. nt

[iilana X]

6. Nice post.

Sometimes it is hard to go on with all the crap around us, but we do have to keep fighting. Thanks for the inspiration.

:kick:

[Journeyman]

7. Needed to kick this so I'd find it again. . .

lots of good writing here, Mythsaje, and I want to read it again when I'm not quite so tired or busy.

[Mythsaje]

8. This post has been saved to my journal

to make it easier to find. :)

Just so you know.