Back in the day, back when the residents of our country were still subject to the Crown of England, people were neighbors. They lived in small communities and even the largest of cities were small compared to the standards of today. In fact, many people today drive farther to work each morning than our forefathers could travel in a day.
Being the mobile society that we have become, we have grown apart from our neighbors. No longer do we gather at day’s end to hear the news over a mug of ale at the local tavern. We get our news about what is going on in the country on the nightly news programs or cable, and increasingly from the internet. Social networks have taken the place of the local tavern and we talk and gossip on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace.
Our elected representatives are seemingly isolated from us and many citizens feel unrepresented in Washington. Our Constitution requires that the Congress meet at least once every year. Once a year? It is to the point that we can barely pry them out of Washington. The problem is, not only do we feel unrepresented, our representatives are not in touch with the mind of the people they represent.
Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and even the President feel that their agenda is what the people want and they refuse to listen to words to the contrary. Protesters against taxes and government health-care are labeled extremists or they are accused of being shills for corporate interests. Nancy Pelosi calls them ‘Astroturf’ meaning they are imitating a grass roots movement. Representatives cancel ‘Town Hall’ meetings because they are afraid of being called out by informed constituents.
The problem is that our representatives are taking their cues from their party leaders instead of us, the ones with the power to take them out of office. Let this be a wake up call to our Congressmen and Senators, We are by-passing your controlled news media outlets, we ARE meeting albeit not on the streets, we DO know what you are doing, and that you are not listening to us, but trust us, WE WILL BE HEARD! If not now, then in 2010 and 2012.
Like Japan found out after Pearl Harbor and more recently Al-Qaeda found out after 9-11, our representatives will find out after their votes are cast that we the people still have the last word, and they are being watched. Don’t cause this sleeping giant to stir because their isn’t much call for an out of work politician.
But, that’s just My Arrogant Opinion
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