Who shows up belongs to politics

I don’t care what side of the political fence you find yourself on, but the one true given is that politics belongs to those who show up. In the common man circles that I travel in people are confounded by how government decisions are made. How in the world could any common sense thinking person come up with this crazy crap they call government policy. Don’t get me wrong here, I believe a lot of good well meaning people get into “service” to our country by running for office and some even get elected. The good well meaning people get into the process and then end up catching the metal disease known as elected official derangement syndrome. This disease is where all common sense is thrown out from between their ears and replaced by reelection mania. They end up listening to all those people they hear from on a daily basis, and forget all about the rest of the gears that keep the world spinning referred to as the silent majority.
This silent majority are the people who do most of the living, earning, working, paying taxes, and dying in and among us. This silent majority is far too busy to raise their hand and even voice an opinion about happenings. They are the people who are dutiful in servicing their families, watching their children grow, living, laughing, loving, crying, and mostly just getting by in life. Ok, so you say you get what you deserve if you don’t speak up, and for the most part that is just. However, these are also people that have become critical and disillusioned by our process because they believe things have gotten too far out of hand. They look around at the elected officials and think to themselves “how would I ever be able to change that craziness”. They decide not to try to do anything, and therefore go unheard. These people are a larger group than most believe. Since the conversance of the web, talk radio, email, and blogs this population have been given more legs to their opinions and given them new voice. This merging of media sources has given these people new life in the political process. This new playground gives this folks a way to express themselves and a voice to their elected officials. However, these tools aren’t going to be enough to get the message across loud and clear to the “elected”. The messagestill needs to be delivered in person and eye to eye with the “elected” to get the message across effectively to make a difference. Events such as tax rallies, protests, and public speaking events go a long way to prove this silent majority is out here. It still requires the personal touch of hand to hand combat with ideas and to be done with vigor. Once this vehicle is found then we can drive our country back into the basic founding that was the original intention. Until then, we keep singing “they are coming to take me away…”.