In the "meet n greet" land around town and the telephone/Internet nation, I have detected a collapse of energy in the force field of political life of my friends here in America.
They have had it. Switched off, tired - they are burned out.
As a example, I was in Hobby Lobby a couple of days ago, whizzing about the store, closing in on a plethora of goodies, when my wife and I got into a discussion about a certain item. We asked the store clerk about it and got a so-so answer. As I walked away, said I to my wife, " I don't believe her, " and a passer- by caught the comment on the fly, who said in retort, " and I wouldn't believe the government, either."
On the fly, mind you, and she was serious. THAT got us into a mid-store discussion. Just that morning, my best friend in Orlando (on a long distance call) and I had talked about the same thing. He, of the political burned out class, " I HATE all this crap, because ' I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
" We are watching the country go to the dogs, and there isn't a damn thing I can do to change ANYTHING" he growled to me. And I reflected same to the woman my wife and I collared in the store.
She took off on the same subject. " We had a prayer meeting in church last night about it, " she said. Their attitude? They felt so helpless, "No one is listening: Senators, Congresspeople, no one. We send letters, all we get back IS FORM LETTERS. 'Thank you very much for expressing your concerns.....'
" No one is listening to us, " she said. " For the first time ever, I think the kids are right. We should vote them all out of office and start over. Somebody has to listen to us."
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