A discussion group in someone's living room -- well, my friends and I do that frequently. It temporarily makes us feel better, but it doesn't change much.

Some silly trophy -- really? I was hoping someone would explain how progressives can have some actual effect against the machine.

I sign the petitions, I call my congresswoman, I show up at the rallys. I do all that happy horseshit. It hasn't changed a damn thing since I started, and my guess is it probably never will.

I salut the civilian uprisings in North Africa and the Mideast. But they wouldn't work here.

Any other ideas? I'd really like to know.