Monday, July 05, 2004

What's new...

...and why.

A few changes to the sidebar lately. I've added a search function that will let you dig out whatever I've posted on a particular subject. It's as much for my convenience as anything. With going on 1400 posts here now, trying to remember what I said where when I want to refer back was becoming a usually fruitless review of the archives, but you might find it handy, too.

I've highlighted the two candidates that I've endorsed in contested primaries this year, John Kerry and Alex Alben, and added a new feed from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which right now addresses the Sudan crisis, but will probably change as the DCCC sees fit. It's their's to use as they will, because what they're doing is vital to our future.

It's easy to lose track of what's happening down the ballot during a Presidential year, but races for Congress, state legislatures and other offices can make a huge difference in our lives, as The Stranger's Josh Feit points out in reviewing the performance of the 93rd Congress elected in 1972.

Things didn't go our way on the Presidential ballot in '72, but the Democratic Congress was strengthened just the same...
...And so, one of the most progressive congresses in U.S. history took power and went on to pass landmark liberal shit: the Privacy Act (a comprehensive lefty swat at the creepy COINTELPRO-era FBI), which Bush is now trying to undo with the PATRIOT Act, the Endangered Species Act, the original Americans with Disabilities Act, the Housing and Community Development Act (banning discrimination in housing), and the War Powers Act, which forces the president to get congressional sign-off on military actions. The flaming 93rd Congress also went on to force Nixon's resignation, by threatening to impeach his ass.
It all makes a difference. Check out Alex Alben. Sign the Sudan petition. Read The Stakeholder.

Work hard on every level of the ballot.

Fight back every day.

And don't panic.

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