LET'S ". . .MARCH TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER!"

The flag has been thrown. Now its time for those who have inner rage about what's happening in Washington and to our country to act.

Veterans who won't receive their much-earned benefits; the disabled and retirees who are in danger of being cut off and living on the streets; the impoverished, including the new "poor" or our dwindling middle class, who struggle to make a living wage. When will the "entitlement" proponents that believe these people don't deserve government assistance realize that the majority of those who request help have contributed a percentage of their own wages to Social Security and Medicare. That those who have become disabled or need to feed their children may become the homeless people many of those politicians step over or throw quarters into dirty waifs' cups.

Those who don't fit the Tea Party's mold of what an "American" should be have also been disenfranchised: the minorities who have been pushed aside for decades so that the 10%, mainly white males, could earn the 90% of income in the U.S. Or the immigrants brought to this country to harvest crops, clean houses, sweep school floors, work at fast food restaurants and pick crab meat out of shells who work three jobs to survive. In essence, the men and women who carry the load of jobs many won't touch.

To begin this People's Crusade, we need to take a public, vocal and active stand. Ask our communities or raise, funds through word-of-mouth, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube (watch for video blog soon) to help support the travel and lodging expenses, or those with special needs to go to Washington.

Where are the celebrity activists who come out for natural disasters but stay mute on the possible destruction of our country's economy, democratic principles and decent standards of living for all people? College students, mental health advocates, teachers, farmers, or environmentalists who warn about global warming but aren't out there demanding change?

Please pass this "Shout Out" to everyone you know and anyone whose presence would garner attention in the media: bloggers, viral You Tube posters, newspapers, local politicians, advocacy groups, and most importantly those in our country who can't speak for themselves. If we work together for the good of all, our government will have to listen. If we protest peacefully yet vocally in high numbers, change is possible.

March for the 90% and let the 10% know that we will not tolerate oligarchical tyranny any longer.

For your information, I write as a member of the disabled; a community left to fall between the cracks. However, this outcry is not for me. I've fought my battle to be heard for three years and have finally received the help I needed, though any day that may disappear. No, I write this opinion for the quiet ones who use any excuse not to participate. We must do whatever we can to ignite the People's Crusade and make Democracy Strong again.