Enough Already!

I don't know about you, but I've had just about enough of "change I can believe in":

• Bailouts & massive debt.
• Illegal immigrants and their drain on US resources.
• Cap & Trade and its crippling effect on the US economy (not to mention its "junk science" roots).
• Socialized health care .. and its enormous costs. (Are we all really "entitled" to health insurance? I say no.)
  
• A president with no leadership experience (Can you imagine a guy being installed as the CEO of, say, Mercedes-Benz with less than two years of experience? Me either!)
• A president who's more interested in apologizing for our faults than he is in recognizing our contributions, our generosity and our bloodshed to the benefit of most of the rest of the world.
• A Republican Party that can't find leadership and, what's worse, articulates their views with the passion of a wet mop. (And you're right: This isn't the Messiah's fault, but I'm tired of it anyway.)
  

So I've asked myself what I can do about it. It seems like so many people are defeated: I'm only one little voice so there's no way I can have much of an effect on anything. Well, maybe it's true. I've sure felt that way at times. Lately, though, I've had this notion that maybe the Internet can help us. We all, it seems, are joined at the hip these days with the Internet so maybe that can be used to get info out to people. Maybe it can create a domino effect. A lot of "maybes".

Let's start out, though, with who you can get in touch with when you have a strong opinion on what's going on in Congress: Your representatives! (You do realize that's where the problem is, don't you?) But maybe you don't have a clue on how to reach him or her. Maybe you aren't even sure who your representatives are! If that's the case, follow this link: http://www.votesmart.org. Finding your representatives, how to contact them and - for that matter - what their voting records are is as easy as entering your zipcode.

You can let them know you want them to slow down and read the fine print before voting on Cap & Trade (at least you still can in the Senate). You can let them know you want them to enforce existing laws on illegal immigration. You can let them know ..

I remember a terrific quote from a salesman friend: "They can't say Yes if you don't ask." That's pretty applicable here, don't you think? If you don't tear yourself away from American Idol or the Michael Jackson saga long enough to let your elected representatives know what you think, then they'll (logically) conclude you really don't give a damn about what they're doing so they'll do as they please. Which is exactly what's been going on in Washington for way too long. IMO.

So add the link above to the "Favorites" in your browser. And start being passionate about what's going on in your country. The buffoons are ruining it before our very eyes! Stop them!