The most interesting part of this column is the repeated denunciation of the "Government" as though it were some separate entity.
Folks, WE
ARE THE GOVERNMENT! We are the people who choose our Representatives, Senators and the President.
And, we are the people who let this monster get out of hand...
Yes, our National Governing Body has become fractious, willful, and disobedient to its masters and mistresses: US. Why? Because we LET IT.
We were too busy doing "our thing" to give our Government the oversight it needed. How many of you have written to your Congressional Servants; the Representatives and Senators? How many of you have told the President your thoughts on what he's doing?
How many of you have just given up and gone back to "doing your thing" and forgetting about how your country is run?
It isn't too late. I usually make a pest of myself with my two Jerk Senators and my Representative over matters pertaining to the way they do business. I'm one person. A hundred people writing to their Senators will get noticed- I assure you. A hundred people writing to the President will also get some attention.
Why? Because there is a table of claculation used by these people to determine that if they receive X number of letters on a specific subject, these letters represent X times fifty-five people ( because only one person in fifty-five bothers to write, in this example). A little equals a lot, in letter writing.
Then there is denial of Service: You're working for Party X and the Party decides to nominate candidate Y to office Z. You think that Candidate Y is a jerkoff, sellout, and morally the equivalent of a louse, yet you continue to work for the Party because it's the Party you belong to.
Why not just say "You've nominated candidate Y, you can Kiss my @$$" and leave. One person isn't much, but if ten to twenty percent of the campaign workers leave-the message will get through.
You might also write an E-mail to that candidate and explain why you no lpnger will work for their election. Enough Mails (E-or snail) will get their attention, and they might modify their position as a result (more likely the Party will do it for them...they need worker-drones).
Even if you're underage, you can affect the political winds that blow: THEY don't know you're a minor...as long as you take the time to compose and write an intelligent and grammatically correct letter in your own hand, they'll listsen. They are greedy, powerhungry, and have agendas, yes: but they at least know how the system works, and know that they have to listen. Letters are votes!
To the youngest members of this forum: You have the greatest chance to make good lasting changes, simply because you'll be around when the rest of are Gone Onward. Your future is what you make it.
After all, it is
your Government...
