Wake up, already!!

I’m only sorry that it took me this long to see it: Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine is the most inspiring, traumatic, painful and hopeful movie I’ve seen this year.

Spend $3.50 and rent it this weekend. Now. Log off the internet and go rent it. I’m serious. I don’t care what you’re doing, you need to at least watch this film.

And while you’re at it, turn that damned television off, will ya? It’s rotting your brain. Ours has been off for four months now, and I feel better for it.

And when you’re done watching, you may get back on the internet and get your citizenship on by visiting Mike’s Action Page. Making a difference in this country is not an insurmountable task. In fact, I’ve been contemplating running for office … maybe the Register of Wills?

Come on. I know this sounds like a bunch of optimistic hippie liberal crap, but it isn’t. It’s fucking democracy, and you owe it to yourself to do something about it.

I’m serious about this. Why bitch, moan and complain about the state of the Union if I don’t do something about it? I already vote [hint, hint, you non-registered people of voting age] and I turned off the misinformation box [we call it a TV]. But there’s more to be done: Educating myself about my community, my new state and national issues, for a start.

And if we all band together … if we all do something, however small, however simple … imagine.

I’ll be back with missions of my own in the coming days/weeks … simple things, petitions, e-mailing congressmen, that we all can do. Hell, if you live in Chllicothe, Ohio, I’ve got a pal down there who’s got political connections [hey, Carrie!].

Something, somewhere, has got to change. …

August 31, 2003 | Filed Under auto-categorized