Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid.

Good job, Ramona. :-)

Ramona, I had to chuckle a bit when Moyers picked you out of the thousands - even tens of thousands - to share on the Journal because of how disheartened you had become. This is more than winning the lottery I think. It is a clear message that though our efforts may not seem to get much traction, that all of our contributions to making a better world do shift ... something.

I realized shortly after becoming an activist in the late 60s (1960s not 1860s) that it was a life long job. I learned that there are no quick victories where we arrive and can all go on to more pleasant pursuits. I learned that creating a better world is like a relationship - it always takes work and commitment.

I too, frequently become disheartened and depressed. However, I know that giving up is not an option. There is just too damn much at stake. People's lives, the planet's life, the lives of all our co-inhabitants, are on the line. So no matter how depressed and disillusioned I get, I cannot give up. We cannot give up. For if we do, all is lost.

For me, your recognition on Moyers was uplifting. I know you (in the internet sort of way). You spoke your truth and spoke it passionately and there you were - and millions of people heard it. It was a message for you, but also a message for all of us. We DO shift the wheel.

Great post(s), Ramona!

...the blogs on The Daily Kos that first convinced me it could be used to pull whole communities of people with common interests together so that one voice became many, and many voices could ultimately gain the power to change things.

I was commenting in a limited way there last summer when someone blogged about mustering the courage to go to her local Obama campaign headquarters to work the phones.

Then she blogged about finding the courage to canvass neighborhoods and how it wasn't as scary as she imagined.

Then she blogged about how those of us who were sitting there reading her blogs should be out helping. That was the kick I needed. I was embarrassed to be sitting there passively reading rather than doing at such a critical time.

You are so right about the power of this medium. Things won't ever be the same.

Our political views are often going to be different, but the one thing we should be able to agree on is that we've come to this new vehicle for change with the understanding that we have an obligation to tell the truth as we see it and understand it.

YES Ramona! We are participating as best we can in this new democratic stream of Consciousness. I feel so proud that your words were chosen to say what many of us think about how we are being ripped off in the health care debacle. The Moyers' interview with Potter should now be televised 24/7 so our Reps can see it on recess, but short of that, here we go #:~)

You bet. Ramona what a lift that must have been for you--as if you have not recounted it so well today.

But I underline again, what a lift it is for our little club here.

Ramona, I don't have much to add here, except my gratitude for striking the chord that Moyers felt described the public's outcry so well. I agree with him. Hell of a quotable quote. Thanks. Rec'd.