For Those Who Feel Politically Hopeless

gardengoddess (See profile)

If you're hopeless, you only have yourself to blame for that, as hopelessness is an internal issue, not an external one. Hopelessness is like happiness - it's a choice one can make.

As far as the being helpless goes - Get off your computer, pick up the phone, and start calling members of the House and Senate. Don't restrict your calls to those from your state. Hell, call them ALL! I call 6 a day - 3 in the House, 3 in the Senate, until I've gone through the list, then I start over.

This government is OUR government. It doesn't belong to the administration, it doesn't belong to elected representatives - it's OURS! We pay for it every day, and we're the ones who are called to fight for it when it's threatened. But if Americans don't stop being so willing to turn their government over without a fight, it won't be ours much longer.

WE have the real power in all this - not Bush, not Cheney, not anyone in the House or Senate. America is for Americans, not politicians. Anyone who sits back and relies on politicians, no matter who they are, what state they're from, how much you may admire them, is a fool.

We get the government we deserve, and we get that government by our unwillingness to really get involved.