REVOLUTION NOW: THE PEOPLE'S HEROES

We are looking for the PEOPLE'S HERO. Give us a call and share the story of how YOU are working to help those affected in today's society. We know you are out there, no project any of us is doing is to small to make a difference in creating change in our world.

Tonight, one of my heroes will be joining us to tell you what he has been doing and why. You see, a little over a year ago, two brothers – both Vietnam veterans and both in their 60s, with deep roots in Minnesota – set out to walk across the country for democracy.

Like the overwhelming majority of Americans - actually about 80% of them, Laird and Robin Monahan disagreed strongly with the January 21, 2010 decision by a one vote majority of the unelected Supreme Court in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. They were distressed that only five Justices could overturn decades of campaign finance laws, democratically enacted by Congress and state legislatures, and upheld by prior Court rulings. As Laird says when speaking to local groups: "by allowing unlimited corporate money to dominate the political process, including the election of judges, the Supreme Court is silencing the voice of the people and delivering a fatal blow to democracy." In effect, the Court "legalized" political bribery, a criminal act.