Courage

To me the most striking thing about this country's current leadership is not their dishonesty, their stupidity, their lack of any shred of decency, or their profound disrespect for anyone other than their own smug, privileged class; no it's their obvious moral (and physical) cowardice that jumps out in front of me and makes me want to puke.
Thus it's refreshing to know that Americans can still be courageous, not just in battle, but on the front lines of politics and civil struggle. TomDispatch has an article by Elizabeth de la Vega that shows someone who's shown more courage than Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Frist or Hastert could ever collectively conceive. Read it, it'll do you good.