Yes, this has been diaried already, and
I hope there are a thousand more exactly like it in the next half hour.
So is today the day that the Democratic Party finally really stands for something? Can the government and its corporate paymasters violate our privacy rights with impunity, or will the Democratic Party stand up, say "Fuck you, your reign of terror is over!" and walk out? They need to strike. If Congress itself is meaningless, and the minority party thus even moreso, what the hell is the point of them being there anyway?
For those of you who would suggest that such an action wouldn't be prudent, or might make the media pundits working for the corporate paymasters criticize Dems, I say go to hell (in a friendly way, of course).
What the hell else is left to do? We can't hold hearings, the unofficial hearings that do get held aren't covered, the media will misrepresent our message no matter what we say, and any law that does get passed, Our Great Father will issue his "unless I don't feel like it" signing statement to anything that comes across his desk.
Enough. ENOUGH!! Do we have a democracy, or an oligarchy? Do we have a republic, or a monarchy? I'm fucking done. The Dem leadership either does something substantial (no fucking statements, blogs, or press conferences - we need real action), or I'm done.
We need an opposition party. Actually, we need about seven, but one will do now. So far, I can't find it.