Strange how life treats us, isn't it? I've been awake since 5 am this morning. Shortly thereafter more thunderstorms hit. Seems like a metaphor for this week at the DNC in Philly.

I caught up with all the news I missed the last several days and the anger and disdain for the Democratic Party and their rigged election "process" is well deserved and righteous. But as the protagonist in one of my favorite films, Ikiru, Mr. Watanabe, a man battling with a corrupt beurocratic system to turn a a toxic sewer filled area in a poor section of Tokyo into a children's park, responded to a question from a subordinate as to why he didn't hate those who opposed him at every turn and openly displayed their contempt, "I don't have that kind of time."

My point is that, much as I would like to feed my inner outrage, what has come out in the recent wikileaks disclosures is nothing new to anyone who has been paying attention. It feels good to release that anger at our sham democracy, I get that. But if there is one thing I have learned so far this week it is that anger isn't conducive, in and of itself, to getting things done. And as discouraged and upset as so many of us are, we don't have time to focus solely on our outrage.

We have a movement to build and to strengthen and make powerful, and it will take more than a village to reach that goal. It will take all of us in so many ways, national and local, to do the hard work needed to sustain what erupted this election season because one 74 year old Democraric socialist decided to run for President. It is going to take endurance and commitment in the face of disappointment after disappointment if we hope to bring about real change.

Yes we have changed the conversation, but our rotten corrupt pay to play system still holds the keys to the car, and they are bent on driving us off a cliff. We don't have time for negative emotuins, neither anger or despair, because we have work to do my brothers and sisters, hard work in every town, city and local community in our country to move from changing the conversation to changing the power structure of our plutocracy. Because we are running out of time to a create system that works for us and not the "greed is good" crowd.

So, consider doing whatever you can to be a part of the solution, because we have had the answers for a long time, we just haven't exerted ourselves collectively to use the power we have to force the politicians to pay attention to us, to listen to us, and yes, to fear us. Because they should fear us, for we have unleashed a powerful force this year. Now we need to grow it, rather than let it die on the vine.

So, when you have feed your outrage beast enough, turn that passion into working to build coalitions with others who also want to change this system of political corruption and economic royalists that now governs our country. There are many places to start. In the coming weeks I am going to do my best to bring attention to some do the many groups that need your help from Move to Amand to Flush the TPP to 35o.org. But also remember that you can act locally in your own community. Run for office, for one thing, even if it is an election for dog catcher. Create meet ups of like minded people to come together to spread the word, such as The People's Revolution intends to do.

But however you choose to act, make it happen. Don't say you will try. There is no try, there is only doing or not doing. I am in the doing camp now. If you are not already, then join us. The organizations are in place now ready to put you to work. All you need to DO is place that call and get in this fight for our future, indeed this fight for our lives. Make 2016 the year that in the future people look back at as the turning point. Don't let that spirit and energy dissipate.

Because, we don't have time for that. Not one minute.

Steven D