Wake Up America
Every time I hear the news it seems things are getting worse; gas prices rising, stock market falling, housing market failing, and people getting frustrated and worried about the future of our economy. It seems that everybody is looking at the President to do something or they’re hoping the next President will do something to fix all of our problems. Wake up America because one person even in the “most powerful seat in the nation” can’t put this Humpty Dumpty situation back together again. We the American people gave all of our power away to the United States Congress because we wanted someone else to look after our needs which is ok because we need an advocate in Washington DC to speak on our behalf. These are our elected Representatives or members of Congress and we are their constituents that they represent. Everybody should know this, after all we voted for these people to go to Washington to do just that. The problem is, that is about all most Americans do is vote but never check up on their Congressperson to see how or what if anything he or she is doing in Washington. We pay them enormous salaries from our tax dollars so they can live the high life while many Americans are struggling financially as they sit idly allowing things to collapse around them like our economy because maybe some special interest group told them not to vote on this bill or vote no on that bill if they want to be guaranteed reelection. The President has lifted the executive ban on off shore drilling but will the Congress do the same? They won’t if the Saudi’s have anything to say about it and don’t think for one minute that they do not have a special interest advocate in Washington to influence our Congress to keep our oil companies from drilling or coming up with alternative energy sources to keep prices down. This is just one example of course but my point is, the American people seem to be more interested in Hollywood gossip and what’s happening with Briteny Spears, ARod, KFed, TomCat, or Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or as I like to call them JoPit. I heard on the news the other day about this guy who could name all twenty six models on Deal or No Deal but could not tell you the name of his State Representative. This same guy was crying about the price of gasoline and how bad things are. Of course even knowing the names of your Representatives and writing to them if you are an average American does little good because it is as if your letter falls into a black hole (scientifically speaking, not racially) if you hear from their office at all but I think if Americans really took an interest in what their Representatives were doing and we all persisted in writing them and voicing our concerns and letting them know that we are the ones that voted them into office and that they work for us, maybe just maybe, we as Americans can take back our country.
