The antidote for money in politics, VOTE! from the NRDC 25OKT12

THE importance of voting from the NRDC and words of wisdom from Helen Keller....

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.
- Helen Keller
From My Religion
 

I want to take a quick time-out from environmental action to remind you that voting remains the most powerful and decisive form of citizen activism ever created. That is all the more true this year, as a tidal wave of special interest money swamps the electoral process and threatens to corrode the very foundation of democracy. NRDC will be fighting for electoral reforms to put our democracy wholly back in the hands of the American people, where it belongs. But in the meantime, never forget that you already possess the most powerful antidote to big money politics: your voice and your vote. Please make sure you use them this election season in service of democracy -- both by volunteering your time to a candidate or cause of your choice and by voting your conscience before or on Election Day. Thank you. Best regards, Frances Beinecke President Natural Resources Defense Council