Activism

I just called all three of my congresscritters. I have them on my cell phone speed-dial, now. And no, they don't know it. But the amount of time it took to call, gripe about the Patriot Act and inform my senators' staffs that they were not getting my vote next election and inform my rep's staff that he wouldn't if he supported the issue, it took me about 7 minutes. Now that's about two minutes and some odd seconds each call. Is that all that difficult? It's a little bit of time to tell some powerful people that I, along with the rest of the voters, own them. And I can sell them up the river and find someone new to own just as easy as can be. Hell, it's just checking the other box, right?

Now, if this is so easy, so quick, so NOT DIFFICULT, then why the hell doesn't everybody do it? Call 'em during your lunch break, call 'em from a payphone, call 'em at work during your downtime, or just call once ya get home. If calling isn't your cup of tea, it's an email, you don't have to be wordy, just say "You voted for/against X, you're fired/good job." Or "Y is coming up, vote for/against it" and fire it off to your rep. It's not that hard. It's just spending two minutes of your time per elected official. Who doesn't have two minutes?

That's just my two cents.