It opens the possibility of gaining awareness for those less aware or conscious. It sets a precedent that legitimizes (in gov protocol terms) those who have fought valiantly for freedom.

Even if this gov is corrupt, there are still people within (in the minority still) that are not corrupt.

I don't think that I'm likely to let any "warm fuzzies" fool me. I know they (the Bushies in power) are corrupt, they may not even be redeemable, at least in this present incarnation. But in the larger picture, corruption is an idea and an idea can be changed and reworked and reformulated and refined and upgraded… and transformed completely into something new. And when the corruption-prone person lets go of the corrupt idea or the corrupt way of proceeding in business and in life, then there is the possibility that it can be replaced by a better idea, a more wholistic idea, an idea that benefits all, instead of just the few. We have to believe in redemption, we have to believe in epiphanies, don't we?

But what are we really talking about here? On the one hand we are against a brutal senseless war, and we know that killing, killing, and more killing is unconscionable. But on the other hand, some of us feel or have the feeling that we cannot sit down and negotiate with people who think differently than we do. But it has to be one or the other, doesn't it? – war or negotiation. And I choose negotiation, diplomacy, negotiation, good will, negotiation, reason, negotiation, common sense, negotiation, leverage, negotiation, intelligence strategies, negotiation, plain intelligence, negotiation until I'm blue in the face and then negotiate some more but not one drop of blood to be shed. And for it to finally be as we envision, we have to believe in the vision and focus on the vision of what we want MORE than focusing on what we don't want. People can change their minds as we see the American public is doing right now. They may be sleeping somewhat, but that's only because of the collusion of the media which doesn't allow equal time to all ideas. The more they could hear other ideas, the more the sleeping giant would be awakened.

What we focus upon – that's what we bring into our reality. A simple example: Let's say we want a nice green lawn (I think lawns are a waste of land – better to plant fruit & veggies) – but getting back to my example – we focus on a nice lush green lawn, and then the tiny, thin blades of grass start to appear, but they are not lush yet, but yes, they are coming. Should we say at that point, "Oh look at these puny little blades, they are not full, they are not lush, what good are they?" – or should we say "Hey, this is the beginning of that lawn I want – it's coming towards me and I welcome it and let it come".

And that's why Honoring every single small gain that we make brings us closer to our goal. Can people distort these things? Of course, we've been doing it all throughout history, but I do have faith in the (uncommonly) common people, look what's happening in Venezuela and in other parts of South America. Let the common people finally see, and they'll act and they'll be the pivot on the fulcrum for change.

Working mostly in the health information field, I've learned that some people with illness learn to live with their illness, they get used to it, they get attached to it, it becomes comfortable for them. Letting go of that idea and replacing it with the idea for robust health is not how they are used to seeing things. An analogy for us to let go of the struggle – and believe in the outcomes of our own making.

Please let's not allow ourselves to become jaded… because then our own resistance works against achieving what we really want.

If corruption is the end result of all plans and ideas for you, then why are you still an activist, since you can't believe in any different outcome?