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[arethinn]

Someone on CNN commented that the combination of Bush being re-elected and the shift towards more Republican seats in Congress meant that "he would have very little trouble moving forward on his agenda for this country" (paraphrase).

That's exactly what scares me.

Edit: piperdawn pointed out a quote in otherkin: "...during these next four years, our world will need its foundations shaking more than ever. Glamourbombing, culturejamming, campaigning, protesting, righteous anger and the courage to stand up and be counted."

I agree. The fact of the closeness of the votes (both popular and electoral) is very meaninful. Bush won but barely. The dissenting minority is really very large. There is no "national unity" here. If things go as I fear they will - towards greater control over civil liberty, intrusion into privacy, and increasing legislation of morality - there better be revolution, brothah.

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[silentbob037.livejournal.com]

The tick about the Senate and the House is that the Republicans do not have enough votes to pass their legislation without getting some of the Democrats to vote for it. This means that the Demos still have the ability to slow or stop legislation before it gets through.

[arethinn]

Yes, but Republicans tend to "bloc" vote, and Democrats very rarely do the same. Moderate ones frequently vote more conservatively on sensitive issues such as taxes. It is much easier to get Dems to "cross the aisle" than to get Reps to do the same. In effect they have a rather large possible margin of majority now.

[silentbob037.livejournal.com]

It might work out for margin call votes for things like taxes and other "middle of the road" things but I can't see them letting a lot of the more questionable votes get through.

[twopiearr.livejournal.com]

won't happen until 35% can no longer afford cable.

[arethinn]

Why 35%? Is that the "revolution threshold"?

[twopiearr.livejournal.com]

It's more intuition than science, but yes. As long as a critical mass is relatively content and entertained, revolution will not happen.

[rialian.livejournal.com]

.during these next four years, our world will need its foundations shaking more than ever. Glamourbombing, culturejamming, campaigning, protesting, righteous anger and the courage to stand up and be counted."

===Actually, I would disagree,,,,(grins)

===What needs to happen is two-fold. We need to focus the energies of the glamor on making the alternatives to their reality more charged. So we need to make the DIFFERENCE really apparent.

===Glamour-boosts need to happen specifically around events that disagree with the flows that are antithetical to us. They need to associate that magick with the counter...not with the environment these twits have been encouraging.

====Make the drab of their lives OBVIOUS. Make the flows that they encourage OBVIOUS. I recommend truth-workings over glamoring in regards to these folks. Build the glamor in the proper areas. Remember that longing you had when you first got your taste of memory and magick? They need to have the same sort of thing...and have them not associate it with the mundane world...the world that these "fundies" and theocratics want.

===Just my two cents, of course.

[beekmanplace.livejournal.com]

I am feeling the same ...