Everyone is talking about how the next administration is going to bring about great change. I do not deny Barack Obama's ability to accomplish this. Nor will I deny Joe Biden's ability to do so. Both are strong men. Both men can do big things.
But, America, change starts with you. Change starts from within. That is how Barack Obama won this election: he targeted the American people and reached out to them. In order to see real change in Washington politics, we have to demand it.
The election of Barack Obama was just the beginning. What do we want? Yes, the economy is in shambles. Yes, we should try to get out of Iraq as soon as we can. But we really need to do is stop the never-ending refrain of "Never again." I, ladies and gentlemen, am referring to the genocide going on in Darfur.
After the allied troops discovered the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, they vowed "never again". The same refrain was uttered after Rwanda. Right now, in Darfur, genocide rages on. No one is doing anything to stop it. Peace workers who go over there get killed. And we just watch the news, say "that's horrible" and go back to our dinners. Of course, not everyone does this. Some wonder what they can do, and earnestly try to do something.
I have written to my Congressmen. But each time, I get the same stilted response: "We're doing everything we can."
No...no. Congress is not doing everything they can. Congress is sitting still, giving tax cuts to the rich, denying people health care, while America is in Iraq fighting a war that shouldn't have been started in the first place.
What is wrong with this picture? We need to end the Darfur genocide. We need to care about the world and try to make it a better place. Enough with the refrains of "Never again" once it's already happened. Do something: act, speak out, make people aware. Again, DO SOMETHING.
Write to your congressmen, start a club to raise money for the Save Darfur Coalition, write to the UN, donate to Amnesty International, write letters for Amnesty International. Do whatever you can to make a difference.
