Ideas for Changing America: Where are your priorities?

by Michelle . · 2008-12-18 16:22:00 UTC
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I'm exhauseted and running on empty in a way I've never experienced before--which is unfortunate for anyone who happens to have recently been on an hour long phone call with me--so I'm going to keep this brief:

Re: Change.org's fantastic amazing Ideas for Changing America campaign:

I find it ever so slightly ridiculous that Save Darfur Coalition President Jerry Fowler only has 318 votes for ending the genocide in Darfur, while legalizing marijuana has 3,691 votes. Seriously? I have nothing against pot-smokers, and even tacitly support their cause, but take issue with the prioritization here.

Go vote to end the systematic mass murder of innocent people in Darfur. Now.

I'm taking a cue from the people I write so much about, and moving from cajoling to coercive. Do it now. Or else.

Michelle . has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns.
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