Now, let's see. The Senators Lieberman, Nelson, Feinstein, and so many others who more or less represent corporate power, especially those health care corporations, and Harry Reid, who supports their power and backs them up, ... the very same corporations and lobby shops who raise money for these candidates, and give them lovely parties, are now supporting gangs of thugs to threaten and intimidate members of Congress and shut down public meetings ...
I read three or four serious articles about the rise of fascism yesterday, and they were helping to ground me with an understanding of the violent mobs shutting down public meetings on health care issues and threatening Congressmen with lynching and poisoning.
I thought, who I should send this to is Senators Reid, and Lieberman, and Nelson, and Feinstein, and tell them that it is their responsibility to stand up for our democracy, and take some effective action to stop this insanity.
And so I sent emails, and quotes from the pieces comparing our violent lobbyist-coached mobs and the situation in Nazi Germany, and I asked each of them to take responsibility, take action to stop this violence in our public meetings.
So I have been thinking about it for a day, and I want to suggest that we approach these so-called Democrats who do so much business with the health care industry, and we ask them to not only repudiate the violent and threatening behavior we've seen, but ask them also to acknowlege that the lobbyists they have been doing business with are financing the PR firms and lobby shops who are openly coaching and encouraging the mob actions.
Are Senators Lieberman, Feinstein, Nelson, and all the others, willing to sign onto this move into violence themselves? Or are they willing to quit supporting the corporations which are funding it?
Are they willing to condemn the corporate funding of violence and distortion and lies? Are they willing to meet with their lobbyist supporters and insist they they call off the violence and the mobs?
Are they willing to organize in the Senate and the House against violent behavior and threats?
If they are taking health care money, and the same organizations are financing mob rule, then the Senators and Representatives who take that money are responsible to stop the promotion of violence, or resign their alliance with those businesses.
Don't you think so?
What do you think?
Some info:
http://www.openleft.com/...
http://qwstnevrythg.com/...
http://www.alternet.org/...