So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

Bush and the corporate kleptocrats have stomped on too many people and left too many people out of the system, and those people are now in rebellion. It's not just poor people they are holding down but the middle class, as well. I have a favorite bumper sticker I saw on a pickup truck last year in Austin. It said, "Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"

America was not built by conformists, but by mutineers.

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.

Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?

When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.

You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.