I wish I could write something to make America realize the trouble we're in.

[Philosoraptor]

But I'm not a writer. I wish I could go on t.v. and yell at the top of my lungs that we are in a national crisis, but I'm not a celebrity. I wish I could grab bush by his lapels and scream in his face, but I can't get near the man.

I wish I could stop all the death and destruction in Iraq but I can't. I wish I could bring all of our soldiers home to defend America, but I can't. I wish I could protect our sons and daughters from bush and his maniacs who want them to die for profits, but I can't.

I wish these evil, evil men would get out of our white house, but they won't. I wish they would listen to our voices, and stop the madness, but they won't.

I wish I could camp out on the white house lawn in protest with thousands of my friends, but I can't. I wish I could start a mighty anti war movement and get this nation back on the sane track, I wish I could get through to the bush lovers, I wish I could shut rush limbaugh up, but I can't.

I can't do a fucking thing about it. I can write my congressmen, I can vote, I can donate to a candidate, I can write letters to the editor, but I can't do a god damned thing about saving America from the Nazis. All I can do is bitch and moan and watch it all happen from a distance, impotent, invisible, like a ghost.

I wish I could stop any more soldiers from dying in vain. I wish I could talk them out of joining bush's military. I wish I could make their shattered limbs whole again. I wish I could bring them all back. I wish I could give them peace. I wish I could make the monsters who send them to die feel their parent's grief. I wish I could bring back all those uncountable thousands of innocent Iraqis.

But, I can't.

I'm the man who saw it all happening but couldn't do a fucking thing about it. I'm the Good German.

[neoblues]

1. The Shared Sense of Impotence of the American People...

Somehow we must find a way to change this. Seems to me our powerlessness starts with the control Corporations have... over the media, over our jobs/employment, entertainment, medical care, cost of living, education and finally our government.

[smirkymonkey]

2. You aren't the only one who feels crippled by impotence in the

face of this disaster. I write letters, vote, donate, attend peace marches, etc. (I also work 10 hours a day) and I still feel like it's all for nought.

I'm incredibly frustrated and I sometimes feel that all I can do is watch this train wreck of an administration destroy our country. I sometimes wish that the rest of the world would come and save us from ourselves by removing the current government via military action. (kind of like what we did with Saddam). George W. Bush is the greatest menace to the the planet and he needs go immediately - I would have no problem with the use of force if it would stop this nightmare from getting worse.

[donheld]

3. I hear you.

For quite some time now I've wished I, you, Will Pitt, Molly Ivins anybody, could do just that. I wish I knew what it would take to make America wake the hell up!