Watching this morning's news, reading the posts on Face Book and just listening to people's thoughts on the issues of elections and policy I find myself disappointed at the lack of thought people give to how we got here. We live in a democracy that requires people to act. You and me. Politics is a participatory sport. It is not made of of politicians. It is the people. "We the people" - Yet, we the people, if we do vote, we don't call or write a letter expressing our beliefs. We simply point a finger of blame at the other side. Well guess what. Someone gets it. Someone did write a letter or made a call expressing an ultra right or ultra left position. However, there is this large contingent of Americans today wondering what happened? How did we get here? We got here expecting people to act on our behalf without the benefit of our input. "We the people" have left governance up to s small contingent of LEFT and RIGHT extremist advising those elected to do the right thing. We have simply set-up our elected leadership to fail. So instead of saying my voice doesn't count, take some time to express your vote. Remember, before you point your finger to blame someone else for why government isn't running as you believe it should, three fingers are pointing back at you. Be careful whom you blame.
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