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"Let's Talk About THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM!"

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-          Meanwhile, the battle goes badly--lies continue to be rewarded, power continues to go to the force that has taken over the Republican Party, the nation's good structures continue to be degraded, and the power and wealth continue to flow from the American people to the already very rich and powerful.

-          If it's clear that the force to turn things around will not come from the players at the center stage, that leaves one possible source in the American body politic: a rising up of the American people.

-          If I'm right that this crisis represents as serious a threat to America's traditional values as was the fight against fascism abroad in World War II, for which so many sacrificed so much, we should ask ourselves what effort we as citizens today should be prepared to make to meet the present challenge.

-          The theme "Let's Talk About THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM!" provides the key to forming a social movement for that purpose--for that theme is at once a call to battle, the weapon of choice, and a strategy to bring pressure to bear on the core of American power.

 

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