I am a middle aged baseball mom. I have a small business that I run out of my home, which allows me to spend more time with my family. I volunteer substantial time and energies to my son's school and to my church. I pay my bills, I pay my taxes, I return my library books on time. I have dear friends across the political and religious spectrum. I hope -- and believe --that I am seen in my community as a person of integrity. If my mom were still living (she died in 1992 following a long battle with cancer -- I was one of her primary caregivers) she would be very proud of me.
I joined Move-on in the months before the Iraq war. I was full of anxiety and foreboding as I watched my government head blindly into the conflict. Few or none in the mainstream media or in the democratic party seemed willing to raise the obvious questions or the inconvenient facts. Move-on provided information and community and opportunities to raise my voice with others to speak what we all now know was the truth about that terrible misadventure.