We may not be able to get up to Washington DC to be able to talk to our elected officials but we do have access to them in our states
Last night was a 2fer - Both my State House of Rep & Federal State House of Rep held a joint meeting so I put forward a question to both
The meeting was supposed to only run from 6p until 7:30p but Rep John Larson spent so much time talking;
that instead of taking questions from 7p to 7:30p he started taking questions at 7:20 & I do not know when he ended
We left after 9pm & John was still taking questions & half of the people were still there waiting their turn
Yes the IMPEACHMENT Question was Raised - Yes Benghazi was Raised - Yes Frank- Dodd was raised
Oh so many questions were raised by Patriots & by people who aren't yet awake & had questions
John Larson tried to act like he was insulted & to marginalize the people that asked the questions he didn't like
John Larson also tried to act like people didn't understand what they were asking questions about
That is something that politicians use as a tactic to distract those who do not understand what the Patriot's questions are actually about
My son is out of the Navy but still in that "InActive Reserve Status" meaning that if the gov't runs out of bodies it can call my son back to Active Duty
so I asked what should have been a quick Yes or No question about the pending War in Syria
"Yay or Nay when Congress is Called Back from recess are you voting for or against going to war in Syria?"
Rep John Larson being the ultimate politician managed to give his answer that he thinks We the People want to hear
but also what is very possible to happen in spite of what he's telling us at the meeting
I think everyone should take the time to go the meetings when the DC Elected people are in town
When they see that people are getting up off their couches & getting to the meeting they start paying attention
You might not be able to afford to go to DC but you can make the effort to go to a Town Hall Meeting in Your State
Make that effort to go - you might get to ask your questions
You will definitely will be able to figure out what direction your elected official is planning to go
At the local levels & state levels you have a better chance of more directly affecting policy
but the federal level affects us all as & that is where the country's direction is headed
to neglect attending or at least watching the meetings you are not fully knowledgeable or prepared
A Prepping Resource bemoaned about is the lack of like minded people... attending these meetings is actually a way to meet them
I've met in person Preppers at meetings that have nothing to do Prepping/SelfReliance but Politics &/or Church
The people that are Active rather than sitting on their butts complaining are DOing not just talking about what to do
Do you want to only just have a few online friends that are Ready or do you want to have people around you that are READY?
We need to think about it - I LOVE my friends (heck the guys & gals here are like brothers & sisters)
but Reality hit me that in the event of emergency as much concern & how I may want to help any one of them
all I can do is Pray because I do not have a car to drive cross country to physically help
here in the local area if I am unable to reach a person by phone someone that is in a 2 hr drive away I could check in on
making certain that they are ok, offering some help with work food etc & then drive back in time to get Hubby from work & go home
We need to have some local people that we can connect with too