they look soooooo ‘toobular’!!!
http://progressivealaska.blogs…..toobz.html

For most Americans, their comfort is their most prized possession and they do not wish to unduly upset it.

And therein lies the problem. It is these people I think are in for a very rude awakening within the next few years. When I refer to a rude awakening, I do mean of the sort that manifested itself in Katrina.

To answer your question, where I want to go will cause many of those oh, so comfortable people some serious discomfort. More than likely, they’re gonna need pitchforks for poking and torches to light fires under their Congressional representatives to do their jobs. The Congress will also be made very uncomfortable, being drug away from the hard liquor and cocktail weanies and brought to do their jobs kicking and screaming.

For most Americans, their comfort is their most prized possession and they do not wish to unduly upset it.

For the rest of us, we’d better start thinkin’ about it.

It would be wise be careful where and with whom we share our deeper thoughts and direst concerns, for while we represent the future, as we have recently seen, there are many frightened people who are easily manipulated.

Personally, I should like to attend a Constitutional Convention.

Our treasure, our lives and our sacred honor …

Actually, it is my firm conviction that we have been prepareing for these dark, disturbing days all of our lives, we only need act when timely moments arrive, but, meantime, we plan and we consider, we share and we hope, together we stand.

But we each must dare to stand alone, if need be.

A just, humane future for all of humankind as well as a planet which may sustain our collective needs is not a dream, it is a necessity.

;~D

ALASKA DEMOCRATS CALL ON STEVENS TO STEP DOWN AND RETIRE FROM SENATE

According To Senate Republican Rules, Stevens Will Lose Committee Seniority

Anchorage, Alaska – Today, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) was indicted on seven felony charges of giving false statements. The Alaska Democratic Party (ADP) called on Stevens to step down from his Senate seat, retire, and focus on his legal issues.

Due to Senate Republican rules, Stevens was forced to resign his seniority on committees, including ranking member status in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, because of the indictment. The rules state, “In the event of an indictment for a felony, the chair/ranking member or elected member of the leadership shall step down until the case is resolved. Upon conviction, the chair/ranking member would automatically be replaced.” [Rules of the Senate Republican Conference]

“It is another sad day for Alaska,” said Patti Higgins, Chair of the Alaska Democratic Party. “Senator Stevens’ indictment shows just how much Alaska has been hurt by corruption. Senator Stevens violated the public’s trust. Senator Stevens should step down from his post in Washington. It’s time for him to retire. Alaskans need representation in the Senate that they can trust.”

I’m on my way in to Sen. Stevens’ Anchorage office to deliver a series of tubes – the TedFest! poems – to Sen. Stevens. YouTube here tomorrow at 6:00p.m. fdl time…..