Reply #51: Sounds like somebody I would have loved! Feisty old ladies, unite! [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

Rest in peace, Erma! We are carrying on! It's a long, long road back to democracy, but we are on it now. Your spirit remains with us, through "Niceypoo," who has posted your story and your passion for change, and will now be promulgated by this great democratic medium, and will ripple through peoples' consciousness, constantly reminding us how this one person--this one American patriot--despite all her woes, cared so much about our country, and worried so much about it, and, like the rest of us, was heartened by the explosion of democracy and dissent that DU represents.

I can so relate. This is where I came just after Nov. 2, 2004, and joined the Election Forum, to understand what really happened--and found out! It was so important to me, during those dark days. Other people cared, too. Other people were seeking the truth--even if truth seeking was shut down everywhere else.

We're going to get him, Erma! We're going to get that mother fucker and hold him and to account for his crimes--and bust through the blockade of our own unfortunately compromised leaders--and we're going to do more than that. We are going to transform this country, and turn it back into the good country that it was meant to be, a country free of militarism, lawlessness and fascist policy, a country free of global corporate predators, a country that stands for justice and fairness. And this road began here, for many of us, here at DU, where we realized that WE are the majority.