Im going to go off a little bit here. Bear with me. HOW DO I GET WHAT I WANT? I know a lot of people are upset about #CROmnibus passing. I am too. I get it. Thing is, I cant DO anything by just raging about it. I need to think beyond that. I dont want to be a person who just emotes my politics. And I dont want to be someone who gives up just because stuff is hard. The left took a hundred years to get these programs, policies, and mindsets in place. If I think its going to be undone with one vote, with one session, with one Congress, then Im delusional. There are decades of work ahead, and a lot of what we have to do to get there might look like going backwards. But thats (again) because we dont own the message transmission monopolies. The vast majority of people in this country dont follow this stuff like we do. They might care, if you and I them why they should, and did it in a way they could relate to - telling stories about people harmed by big government policies for instance. But just raging, just shouting that Im taking my ball and going home, isnt going to accomplish much of anything. So whenever Im disappointed or angry with things in politics, I always ask HOW DO I GET WHAT I WANT? I want smaller, limited government and more freedom and liberty for us. If all I wanted was to get my rage off my chest, Id be back at it the next day, and the next, because Lord knows the suckage isnt going to stop. Something is going to disappoint or infuriate me every day. A lot of it I cant do anything about. But the things I can do - like learning how to talk about politics better so that regular folk understand and relate to it, or beating into my congressvarmint that they all need to communicate better as well as vote better - thats where Im putting my energy. HOW DO I GET WHAT I WANT? WHAT DO *I* DO TO GET IT? WHAT AM I WILLING TO DO? Talk is cheap. Words are wind. I cant make threats I cant deliver on, or I look weak. And I cant get what I want if I do nothing, disengage, opt out. It sucks, being perpetually disappointed. It sucks worse knowing there might have been something I could have done, and I didnt look for it.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:06:18 +0000