tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11788678.post114173188293852123..comments2023-09-11T04:48:39.381-05:00Comments on South by Southwest: Your Congress in Action . . . or InactionCarol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11788678.post-1141749351270706812006-03-07T10:35:00.000-06:002006-03-07T10:35:00.000-06:00C.P, Your comment gave me the thought that Big Med...C.P, Your comment gave me the thought that Big Media (MSM as part of Big Business) is also a big part of the problem. The Fourth Estate is not serving us well.<BR/>S., We cannot affort to give up. Perhaps the only thing that will bring out appropriate responses is an uproar. By that I mean, high voter turnout - even in the primaries, letters to the editor, joining local political action groups, communicating with your people in Congress, even if they are from the "other" party. Dare we march? That is when our own politicians do something. Look at the port security episode, for instance.Carol Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11788678.post-1141734936004470852006-03-07T06:35:00.000-06:002006-03-07T06:35:00.000-06:00"Approval ratings across the board are down," Cyni..."Approval ratings across the board are down," Cynical Patriot says, and "people are tired of our politicians period."<BR/><BR/>And the answer is . . . what? Political quietism?<BR/><BR/>I guess Iraq must be an unmitigated success: we captured Saddam instead of Osama; we captured Tariq Aziz instead of Ayman Al-Zawahiri; and we finally put away Josef K. for good at Abu Ghraib.Shimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134984926357545516noreply@blogger.com