I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.
War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong.
I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.
This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the military is under his direction.
It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies.
The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.