You can fight City Hall.

I already posted this picture of Ralph Nader

on facebook this week,

but I have to write words about him too.

I watched a documentary about him

called An Unreasonable Man.

(It's free on Amazon Instant Video with Prime!)

Did you know that he is the main reason

that we have seat belts

and airbags

and safe cars?

And he has worked tirelessly for years

as a consumer advocate,

so that our medicines have warning labels on them

and we have the right to know

when we're working around unsafe chemicals.

He has worked tirelessly for years

for the common man.

He ran for president a few times.

His aggressive 2000 election

may or may not

have cost Al Gore the election.

Lots of people think he is crazy.

His friends worry that his crazy political involvement

is detrimental to his other goals

and may tarnish his legacy.

In his own words:

"I don't care about my personal legacy.

I care about how much justice is advocated in America

and in our world

day after day,

and I'm willing to sacrifice whatever 'reputation'

in the cause of that effort."

Someone in the documentary said

that Ralph's life is proof

that you can fight City Hall.

Your vote counts.

Love him or hate him,

he believes in the virtue of the law

and in the American dream.

The American myth.

He believes in something,

and has every day of his life.

I admire him.