Because of us, the USA is still a democracy.

[man4allcats]

Tonight is my night to just wind down a bit. Like everyone else here I'm sure, I've dealt with this awful angst of the neocon degradation of America for far too long. I didn't get much sleep last night, and I might not get a whole lot more tonight. It's different tonight though. Tonight I'm just enjoying reading people's posts and realizing that in fact the USA is still a democracy. It is, but only because we stood up when we had to and said "Alright, goddamnit! Enough is enough!". We have a big job ahead of us, but we also have a lot to be proud of. I often think of a post I'm so glad I saved from DUer nadinbrzezinski in which he said in part:

We are stepping in line with those patriots at Concord, as well as those patriots at Selma... we are trying to fill HUGE shoes... but we are those patriots, and it is time we retake the country, step by step, by step...

We can all be grateful to each other for having the courage and conviction to do what was right; to honor our forefathers, indeed our founding fathers and ourselves by standing up for this nation and its founding principles for which so many people have paid the ultimate price. We are, in fact, patriots, and this patriot hopes never to live long enough to see this great nation get so close to Fascism again.