Saying it again!

President Obama reminds me of a college professor who intentionally laid out a line that he wanted us to disagree with.

When we sat there like lumps, the prof would smile and say, "Well, you missed that one! You've got to do better and react, you guys."

Most people are busy with their lives, especially now with the economy stressing them. So it is not unusual that most of them do not react to what is going on.

What if the President only changed from using the term "enemy combatant" but did nothing to change those folks' actual circumstances?

I can see Professor Obama looking around the room, especially at the ones who got "A" in "progressivism" and "activism" classes.

"Come on, you guys. Fight me on this! How am I going to show that policy stinks to the other side who want me to continue holding onto the powers of the Bush administration?"

Looking over our heads at the press corps behind us, he asks, "Are you going to leave it up to Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Keith Olberman to be the only ones to notice and respond?"

Even if I am wrong about what the President is doing on some of these new policies that change little or nothing, we still have to react and then find a channel to let him and the rest of Washington know we will not tolerate lousy policy.

If he is being the teacher, then he is preparing us for his successor who may not be as open to our concerns and insights so we are effective in standing up for what is right . . . within the system.

The "ditto heads" get a lot of help to shower Washington with their opinions. We better learn how to do that or the wingnuts will appear to outnumber us and encourage the nay sayers and power grabbers to keep it up, to the detriment of our country.

I find Michael Moore's website offering routes to sign petitions. Moveon.org and groups like IAVA for veterans issues often provide a chance to do a timely response to things we are concerned about.

There are a lot of groups that will want and get your e-mail address once you start signing petitions. In many cases, that's a good thing. You will then have a better chance of being able to let Congress or the President know where you stand.

Better get used to it. If we don't want corporations and know-nothings to retake our government, we have to be involved.

Holler if you want to know more websites or have some good suggestions so we can link for better responding.