Democracy For the Heart of America

10 Characteristics of A True US Patriot

We, the People of the United States of America, finding ourselves repeatedly misled by those charged with the care and governance of our nation, know that partisan politics have resulted in a serious breach of the public trust.

We have suffered attacks against our Constitutional rights and the founding tenets of this Democratic Republic.

We have suffered the infringement of our freedoms.

We have suffered insult to our honor and integrity as proud citizens.

We will no longer suffer in silence this continued assault that has now passed beyond intolerable.

BY STEVEN THOMMA
Knight Ridder Newspapers
MANCHESTER, N.H.

Anti-war and anti-Bush fervor is growing among rank and file Democrats, threatening to pull the party to the left and creating a rift between increasingly belligerent activists and the party's leaders in Washington.

Many outside-the-Beltway Democrats want the party to turn forcefully against the war in Iraq and to investigate, censure or even impeach President Bush should the party win control of Congress this fall.

Yet party leaders such as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York have maintained support for the war while criticizing the way Bush handled it, and have shied away from talk of using power to go to after him.

This URL is from Democratic Underground (Thank you, johnnyrocket!) and is referring to a story reported on MyDD blog. I think this is important to rmember this because any legislation that is pushed through Congress is "Republican legislation". In our FRAMING, we need to always refer to "the Republican-controlled Congress", to hit the point home with the Sheeple when they are unhappy with legislation!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2444782

Thanks to IndyOP on DU for this entry!

Howard Dean:

One: American jobs that will stay in America, using energy independence to generate those jobs.

Two: A strong national defense based on telling the truth to our citizens, our soldiers and our allies.

Three: Honesty and integrity to be restored to government.

Four: A health care system that works for everybody just like they have in 36 other countries.

Five: A strong public education system so we can bring optimism and opportunity back to America."

I received this link from Vicki Walker and I thought it was a very clear way to understand our budget!! Please share with your friends, even your KoolAid-drinking Sheeple friends!!!

http://www.truemajorityaction.org/oreos/

From the Democratic national website. Take some time to go thru the slides to see just how each one of us can make a difference on each precinct level. Also, I love the 'bottom up' upside down triangle!

http://a9.g.akamai.net/7/9/8082/v001/democratic1.download.akamai.com/8082/files/powerpoint_files/frame.htm