The Internet and Social Media will Allow the People To Govern
The Internet is facilitating the ability of "We The People" to control our government. Via social media people from all across the country are able to make their wishes known. The Obama campaign made use of the Internet to capture votes and was an important contributor to President Obama's election. Now we are starting to use this media to bring about changes in our government.
Tea and coffee parties are the start. We can reach out as individuals and build groups. Groups will become crowds and crowds will become powerful forces to create change in Washington DC.
Do you know that if you serve one term in Congress you are paid your congressional salary for the rest of your life? Did you know that our Congressmen and Senators have the best health insurance plan available paid for by our taxes?
Obama ran on a platform of change. But, I don't think he thought it would be the change that is about to happen. It is time for us to use our votes to tell OUR government what we want.
That is amazing to me that you get retired for life after one term.
We need to do something. I don't think sending mass emails or even petition emails have the same importance to our elected officials as hand written snail mail does. In fact, that is exactly what I was told by a the Grass Roots guy Joel Blackwell.