We are the Netroots. We are powerful. We can lead the charge, and lead the change. Yes, we can!
You know that slogan everybody is chanting? "Yes, we can"? Say it louder! That's "Yes, WE can!" Or maybe even louder: "YES. WE. CAN"
That's the Obama I decided to support. Someone who wants transparency. Someone who wants all of us to actively participate in changing the direction of this country. So I was delighted to find, at my first Netroots Nation conference, that there was a group organizing an online "meeting" to allow all of us to have input into the Democratic Party Platform.
We, representing the netroots, have been invited to collectively use the tools of the net to define the direction of the Obama campaign, the Democratic Party, and ultimately the direction of our nation. Cool. (or Cooool, or Kewl - whatever)
We are down to the closing hours to refine the planks of this Netroots defined platform; and a few additional hours to rate up or down the various planks (we DO know about rating up or down around here, don't we???)
Flop over the flip to see an e-mail I got this evening from a lead member of the Netroots Platform Committee.
Dear Friends,
After two and a half weeks of brainstorming and collaboration, it's time to wrap up the Netroots platform so we can submit it to the DNC and the Obama campaign.
There's still time to add your voice!
http://netrootsplatform.org/
We've extended the submission period for one more day by popular demand – so you have 24 hours left to submit your plank. After that, you can keep rating until Saturday. We've been in touch with the Democratic Platform Committee leadership and they are expecting our input.
Contribute by:
Editing & remixing the planks others have written to make them even better.
Writing a brand new plank.
Rating to help choose the final version.
So if you have opinions on US economic policies, are worried about warrantless wiretapping, would like to change our policy of preemption, have ideas about how to curb global warming, want to protect net neutrality, wish we'd change our election system, know a thing or two about space policy, want a better healthcare system, don't want to eat food that's been genetically modified, or hope we rethink No Child Left Behind, then speak your mind!
www.NetrootsPlatform.org
Thanks,
The Netroots Platform Committee
So, fellow "netizens" - I know there is no shortage of minds (or willingness to speak them) around here. Tell Obama, and the Democratic leadership, what you want our country to be about. Don't be shy. Don't be reticent. Do what you do so well. Tell 'em!
Tell 'em how to get 'er done. (That's a good ol' Texas saying, in honor of the Austin based NN08 where the Netroots Platform began).