time to pony up

perhaps everyone knows about this.  or perhaps not.  i haven't come across any other posts on the subject.  it's a chance to do more than kvetch, either aloud or in writing, about the chance to put in Anyone But Bush in 04.  moveon.org is holding a huge fundraiser for their nationwide dump bush ad and PR campaign online, and George Soros will put in .50 for every $1 we give. don't know moveon.org?   hard to believe, but go check them out. don't know George Soros?  my sister thinks he's god or, at any rate, a god.  he is one of the world's richest men, and he's committed to ending an administration that's  "leading the U.S. and the world toward a vicious circle of escalating violence."  he's been waking up in the wee hours shaking "like an alarm clock" with his thoughts and fears about this administration.  he is, of course, writing a book, and is reeling out millions of dollars in what he calls "The central focus of my life...a matter of life and death."  hearing in the sound and fury of this administration and its policies echoes of his childhood in occupied Hungary, he'd be willing to sacrifice his entire fortune if someone could guarantee him doing so would result in bush losing the election.

you can read more about Soros in this washington post article, just don't let his toupee frighten you too badly.  good guy, bad rug.  and after you go here and find out more about Soros, the Open Society Institute,  and the Soros Foundations, you won't care at all about his toupee.  this is an impressive guy, doing impressive and much-needed work with his money.

we rant and we rave, but here's a chance to do something concrete about effecting change.  and a billionaire will help us.