Meri's Play Place

   Stuck in the Middle with You Could U.S. politics get any crazier? I hope not.

Regroup. Recharge. Redirect, even. But keep on keepin' on. The world needs your energy, your vision, your dedication.

I'm supporting the Women's March for Change in D.C. and cities around the country. I think it makes the good old boys nervous to see women who are angry and saying no to power. But marching isn't enough. It may have put pressure on the US government to end the war in Southeast Asia decades ago (that, plus the fact that by the mid-sixties almost everyone in the country had a television set tuned to the nightly news showing reporters embedded with troops and presenting a less rosy picture than the official government blather). Times have changed in the intervening decades.  Spending a day marching isn't enough. The sophistication of Tea Party tactics must be co-opted and used to promote a different, inclusive agenda. One that says we won't put up with policies that promote the 1% and leave the rest of us adrift. What we need is targeted, effective action. Lots of it. Day in and day out. Not for f...