By: Beverly Nelson

Beverly Nelson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:37:28 +0000

Mary Ann I believe that for the vast majority of women enough is already enough! But sadly many of those women seem to hold the believe that your reader Carla put into words “Political action is the kind of thing that really requires a crowd”. Thankfully that belief system is a bit outdated in this new cyber world we travel.
As a disabled woman I am not able to take to the streets to march, chant, yell or hold up banners on a regular basis. My ability to gather with a like-minded crowd is very limited. Indeed if I did “gather” I wouldn’t be able to hang around for very long on two artificial knees. Furthermore the disability income I receive is hardly enough to make a practice of making financial donations to political candidates or causes. That is the bad news.
Now for the good news! From my living room using a broadband internet connection I am able to move freely into the very active world of politics and political action. I sign petitions, post thoughts, and encourage others to do the same. I receive requests to call my representatives or to email them regarding my political thoughts. And I honor these request 95% of the time. From my computer, or telephone, I have become a very active political person.
In the past two months I have campaigned for candidates in Houston and in Michigan. From my living room chair I have, with the use of my computer, been able to speak with registered voters in Maine, Washington State and Michigan urging them to go to the polls to vote in the November 2nd elections. Some of the candidates I supported lost their bids, one is in a run-off and another won. In Kalamazoo, Michigan the issue I supported won, but in Maine my efforts were of no help. Yep, I lost some and I won some. BUT I DID SOMETHING!
This thing called the information highway enables all of us, should we take the time to do so, to stand up for our beliefs and to campaign for those beliefs. I encourage Carla and others like her to jump on the bandwagon and to speak out. We no longer have to be sick and tired of licking the wounds we have received from others. We simply have to make a commitment to step out of our comfort zones and join this revolution of change. The young people of this nation believed Barrack Obama when he encouraged them to take action and to believe his “yes we can” pledge. They believed Obama and took action. Today our nation is honored by having the first African American President thanks to these youthful believers. There is no excuse for any of us not believing in something, even if others don’t believe the same. There is no excuse for any of us for not becoming politically active. Yes we can, yes we can!

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:10:52 +0000

Isn’t it hard to get anybody to really care about anything? Sometimes it feels like I’m wanting to start a revolution all by myself. I want to stand up and run out my front door and do something, but I am afraid that I would just look like one crazy woman standing in the street screaming. all by myself. Political action is the kind of thing that really requires a crowd.

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By: Beverly Nelson

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