today with my feet dangling in the pool, sipping one of the heavenly brews, watching the Gators demolish the Tennessee Volunteers [52-20]…. a beautiful day, about 90 degrees, bright sunshine, with not a golfer in sight…. that beautiful Florida sunshine ablaze.

A thought on reincarnation: If ever I have the opportunity for a second life, I want it to be as a dermatologist, a dermatologist with my Practice located in Florida. It is not that I am so much interested in doctoring as it is the opportunity to make so much money with such a simple task. Some of you may know the task to which I refer …freezing-off suspected non-cancerous lesions.

Having recently returned from my semi-yearly body/skin inspection I bear witness to the lucrative trade of lesion removal. If you have never experienced this ritual, it is accomplished by your skin doctor pointing a spray can (similar to an aerosol of paint, hairspray, etc.) containing some liquefied and pressurized gas (hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, or other gas) at a suspect blemish on your body and depressing the applicator button. A quick squirt and presto, the blemish is atomized.

In my last trip, I was the recipient of ten such applications. Here in Florida, each emission entails a twenty-five dollar charge…. ten squirts, $250.00 is transferred from my account to the good doctor’s. Since I am freckled about my body, I must be vigilant to ensure that I don’t get one (or several) of the thousands of the little pigmentations turned into a $25.00X medical treatment fee. That little can is a money tree. Consequently, my lust for reincarnation as a skin doctor.

If my wish is granted, I’ll limit myself to just the blemish removal by freezing procedure…. and of course a second lifetime.

There have been a growing number of essays which address the feelings of overwhelming powerlessness to affect change by Congress in the restoration of habeas corpus, the ongoing insult and assaults on the Constitution, the failure of Congress to do the will of “We, the People,” and of course, the absolute failure to end the Iraq occupation, not to mention the onslaught of oppression and egregious domestic policies that are raping the environment, burdening the burdened, and robbing from the poor.

I’ve been guilty of writing essays that chronicle outrage after outrage with only a glancing nod to action and problem resolution.

So in atonement for that glum outlook, I’d like to put forward a plan that will bring everyone who want to take action the ability to do just that – in community – and using the resources of the will of we, the people, the oversight ability of the collective progressive community and the strength of numbers to affect change.

The plan is simple:

Identify seven key contacts – assign each a day of the week, and email surge them with a message of accountability, restoration and reparation.

One place that I believe should be targeted is at Nancy Pelosi’s Speaker’s blog called The Gavel. A weekly email surge from the progressive blogosphere should target just one key message.  May I humbly suggest that it be this:

Impeach George W. Bush and Richard Cheney.

Here’s just one sampling of a weekly email schedule to give you some ideas:

Sunday Nancy Pelosi The Gavel message: Impeach Bush and Cheney.

Monday Harry Reid Website contact form message: withhold Iraq war funding/bring the troops home now.

Tuesday Patrick Leahy Website Contact Form  message: full oversight and accountability for US attorney firings/ US Attorney General Candidate must have clear track record of non-political partisanship and objectivity.

Wednesday Henry Waxman House Oversight and Government Reform Committee” message: Demand full compliance with the production of subpoenaed White House and HHS documents.

Thursday You get the idea….

What do you think about this?

Would the progressive community take this virally so that a critical mass of people would participate?

How could Web 2.0 be used for maximal effect?

Who should the lucky seven be?

What should the messages du jour be?

How long should the intense emailing be?

What else needs to be considered?