Or, "I'm so tired being angry at the big stuff (war, torture, habeas), I've decided to start being angry about the little stuff.
So, what started as a casual email to my father (who's not a congressman) today devolved into a rant, but also got me thinking about low-hanging fruit.
I remember sitting up late with Keith on November of 06, waiting breathlessly for those last 200 votes from Montana, of all places. We were finally in charge! The things we would do. End the war! Utopia! Huzzah!
Now, I'm not a far-radical crazy person. I know that with everything else going on, no one's going to be put on trial for war crimes. I can even reluctantly admit that with everything else going on right now, that might not even be desirable. But what made me stop and think about the last two years is that there's so much progressive stuff that is NEITHER explosively controversial NOR fabulously expensive that we could just...do.
* A good hate crimes bill. Is someone really gonna read the phonebook to keep a tool out of the hands of cops? I say let 'em, if they're that soft on crime.*Good architecture/remodeling credits. This can be insanely impactful in terms of energy--and who doesn't love tax cuts.
