The immortal blogger Billmon, just before shutting down his blog, recalled Thoreau's famous question to Ralph Waldo Emerson after the former had been jailed for refusing to pay the poll tax as a protest against slavery:
Emerson: What are you doing in there, Henry?
Thoreau: No, Waldo, the question is: What are you doing out there?
Well, the time has come to re-enter the discussion. The time has come for the concerned citizens to defend the constitution that the current administration so flippantly ignores and treads. The time has come for all who can to raise a clamor against the sophistry of the right wing noise machine and show all those that are willing to approach the situation with an open mind what hypocritical liars inhabit the GOP side of the aisle. And if the Democrats in office are unwilling to pursue the matters at hand, it's time to expose them for the gutless cowards they are.
And if anybody knows what happened to Billmon, please lleave a comment.
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