In Case You didn't know

[MoseyWalker]

People, who are civilized and who care about others, think these things:

People are people, no matter what color, or where they came from.

People are people, no matter whether they have good jobs, or temporarily have to rely on assistance from others.

People deserve recognition for the strength they show every day fighting against those who would deny them.

People are people.

We are all the same.

We deserve only recognition for being human, and our children deserve the same opportunities that others have.

In case you forgot, we used to live in a country that believed every person was worthy of an education. Every person deserved dignity. Every person.

don't forget.

[muntrv]

1. In short, this is pro-life.

[MoseyWalker]

2. in a good way

not a perverted, endlessly permutated way.

yeah

[pat_k]

4. We can't let "them" have sole custody of a term that applies to us all . .

The short version:

Everybody is pro-life. The difference is, Democrats don't want to throw frightened women and their doctors in jail.

Long version:

We are all pro-life. The difference is, Democrats don't think that frightened women and their doctors should be thrown in jail. Democrats believe women should never have to face such desperate circumstances -- no health care, poverty wages – that the only option they see is ending a pregnancy.

Democrats are fighting to guarantee access to health care for every single American. Democrats are fighting to guarantee a living wage for every American worker. Democrats are fighting to make it possible for families to have confidence they will be able to give their children, and their children’s children, the life they deserve. Democrats are fighting to give women more options, so they can be assured that when they bare a child, that child will be loved, protected, and provided for, even if they are unable to do so themselves.

Democrats are committed to true individual freedom, which cannot exist without freedom from fear of economic hardship. Democrats know that a vigorous private sector cannot exist if work is not valued. Democrats know that economic security requires access to quality education and medical care. Democrats know how critical those first months are in the life of a child; they know paid family leave benefits all of us. Democrats know that private industry can only flourish and create prosperity for all when the power of the people to protect their interests is embodied in strong public institutions.

We are all pro-life. The difference is that some of those who call themselves pro-life think throwing frightened women in jail is the solution. The threat of jail did not work before 1967. Democrats know we can do better than that.

[pat_k]

3. And, our "leaders" and their staffers are just people too. . .

And we can go and TALK to them.

Ask them "What the heck are you thinking???" Tell them "You sound like a morally confused mealy-mounthed morons you deny and tip toe around impeachment."

More of us need to have conversations with these people, or with members of their staffs, to find out what in heavens name they could be thinking.

What "positive agenda" do they think they can accomplish when the White House is occupied by a man that rules by signing statement? Winning the House or Senate is meaningless when the laws passed aren't worth the paper they are printed on. Impeachment IS Our Positive Agenda -- it is the only way we can redemm our national soul.

They are apparently trapped in some bizzaro world of denial and rationalization. We can break through their rationalizations -- but the walls are thick. Demanding action is critical, but as long as they are allowed to hang onto their baseless rationalizations, our demands will roll off like water off a duck's back.

Face-to-face, back and forth dialog with staffers and members of Congress is absolutely essential if we are to elicit and challenge their screwed up beliefs.

We can, and must, kick some Democratic ass and keep chipping away at the wall of rationalization that is silencing them.

[mikelewis]

5. That was pre-9/11thinking...