[PDI] Egypt, Rumsfeld's Book, People's Coffeehouse 2-14

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Dear Friends,

Egyptians and Arabs around the world have found their voice. Egypt, as President Obama said, will never be the same. Nor will be the world.

It is a new day for democracy. The celebration will soon end. Then, as we all know, comes the hard part: to establish democracy and to make it work.

We are way ahead of the Egyptians in the first part. We have democracy. But how well are we making it work? Consider that less than half of our eligible voters actually vote. Consider how many millions of us, especially people of color, no longer have the right to vote. Consider how rare it is for us here in the land of democracy to actually raise a collective Voice about any of our government's activities even as we are immersed in the longest war in our history. Consider how few of our younger generation have any time to address the growing poverty in our midst while those in the top bracket amass more and more wealth. And consider how much money increasingly flows into the hands of our election officials and their campaigns.

Should not the Egyptian Revolution be a wake-up call for us to gain our Voice?

Please consider joining us on Monday, 2/14, at 11:30 AM at the People's Coffeehouse, 213 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton.

And please let RSVP if you have not already done so. frankgoetz@comcast.net<mailto:frankgoetz@comcast.net>

Peace, Frank Goetz

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