tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post9111977427563710996..comments2013-12-27T05:55:45.121-05:00Comments on The Morningside Project: 545 Responsible PeopleElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-24615588518953572112008-03-18T12:51:00.000-04:002008-03-18T12:51:00.000-04:00Ah, but we do decide - we can influence the partie...Ah, but we do decide - we can influence the parties by being members of our party of choice and taking part in the "vetting" and selection process. My X-BIL is a member of one of the parties in his state and has guided me through the process. We actually have more power and influence than we think we have - BUT we have to be willing to spend as much time on local, state and national political processes as we do with our work-a-day lives - maybe even more. It needs to be the same kind of obsession that it was for Jefferson, Adams, Henry, Payne, Franklin, and the other Founding Fathers. They spent huge amounts of their time on setting up this country. We, as a citizenry, are mainly sitting on our asses and complaining about not having enough leisure time. I know I'm all too guilty of that! Washington would be ashamed of me! So would my ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War! I'm not <B>really working</B> at making sure this country keeps on going!<BR/><BR/>The political process is what we have at the moment. Until we find another process, we need to work within it. Since there are so many issues, and there are only so many hours in the day, I have to pick and choose which ones I will work on. My issue is the Fair Tax. I'm working on it at my local level. There is a Phone In Town Hall Meeting on Thursday evening - we'll be in on it. I help by mailing stuff out and doing some e-mailing. It isn't much, but it's something. . .Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-73447337919488196552008-03-18T04:17:00.000-04:002008-03-18T04:17:00.000-04:00I don't fully agree that *we* decide who our senat...I don't fully agree that *we* decide who our senators, representatives, and presidents are. We are allowed to vote for whomever the parties in power decide to run for office. Ever try to write in the name of someone who would do a good job? It's useless. We don't really choose our congressmen and presidents; the national parties do in that *they* decide who will run, even in the primaries. Oh, we write letters to our senators and representatives and get back beaurtiful letters thanking us for our "invaluable input" and all that, but it all comes to naught. If you want to get some insight into what's happening to the economy in this country, listen to some of the audio interviews at <BR/>http://www.howestreet.com/ especially the article at <BR/>http://tinyurl.com/ytnqt3 . The two central columns lists previous interviews. Below that to the left click "view more" to listen to older interviews. It's an education, all right.Suzannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637064836812571673noreply@blogger.com