Discontent with our Government

I hear way too much complaining about the symptoms of the disease and not near enough discussion about the disease or its cure. The disease is hiding in plain view and anyone who opens his eyes to it will immediately recognize both it and its cure.  The disease is American voter apathy and the cure is to wake up the citizenry, remove their opiates and turn them into informed and involved voters.

Be forewarned.  While the cure may be more painful that the current symptoms, if untreated, the disease is fatal.

Message to Enough is Enough Citizens Rally

My message to you is simple. While it was the people on Wall Street that gambled your money away, it is the people in the Congress that relaxed the rules enabling them to do so. And while it was the corporate executives that exported our technology and jobs to foreign countries, it is the people in the Congress who made the rules that made it profitable for them to do so. It is the people in the Congress that made the rules that enabled the rich to get richer at your expense and deprived you of the opportunity to earn a decent living. They are the enablers.  They are the people to whom you need to direct your anger.

While protests increase public awareness to the economic problems of our nation, protests alone cannot solve our problems.  No amount of protest will change the people in the Congress. They are too dependent on the money from their patrons. And that dependence makes them serve their patrons instead of the constituents who elected them. The only way you can change that is to remove them from office. It's time to change the guard, and that is what you need to do on November 6, 2012. You need to focus your efforts on that date — make that the target date for the rally that will change the direction of our government.

November 6, 2012 — you have approximately 380 days to prepare for that date. To prepare for it you need to focus on getting people educated and to the polls – especially the non-voters, many of whom were hit the hardest.  30% of voting age citizens didn't vote in the last presidential election and 60% didn't vote in 2010.  Failure to vote amounts to a vote for those whom you would defeat.

So the challenge to you in the next 380+ days is to reach out to voters and non-voters alike. Convince them that their vote counts. Convince them that not voting jeopardizes their future and that of their children and grandchildren. Educate them on the issues and what their elected officials are doing for them (or to them) and who is paying for it.  Most of all, make them understand that it's the Congress that makes the rules – not the President.  Help those who are not registered to register to vote.  Help anyone who can't get to the polls in any way you can.  Do whatever it takes to get everyone to vote.
 
Just remember: if you want to change the outcome, you have to change the system - to change the system, you have to change the rules - to change the rules, you have to change the rulemakers.  And in order to that, you have to get out the vote.