@eyo

Imagine if thousands of people sent a letter

they are comfortable with this sort of squeaking from the littles.

as long as they can enjoy themselves we are pissing in the wind.

I'll get right on it, penning my anti-war sentiments and sending them off to... Dianne Feinstein? Kamala Harris? LOL never mind, did that for decades (Boxer before Harris, not like illegal wars are new) but go on I hope it helps you. Jared Huffman is my "Representative" in the House, he wears a purple tie instead of a pussy cap. He always votes like a "progressive" and doesn't give a shit about anyone outside his Marin County bubble. He is not capable of casting a vote or representing anything I value, that is reality. His office also returns a form letter in reply, from a robot in D.C.

Same shit different day, life sucks then you die. Why not try to be happy for a minute before it's all over, instead of wasting time on fake electoral politics? I know it's harder now because the TVs are in every pocket and purse, worn around like they are StarTrek communicators and not TV tracking devices for advertisers, with the side affect destroying everyone's right to privacy. Along with "Join us on Facebook" No Thanks! I am off that hamster wheel it is sad watching others keep going but I understand why. Even Snoopydawg wants it to be true.

Imagine if thousands of people sent a letter to our representatives.

Thousands of letters to /dev/null or the circular file, because why not. It is how the oligarchy rules our government, in case you didn't notice or somehow forgot.

Good luck

@Pluto's Republic

You have really outstanding representatives, compared to the rest.

And they've sent some of their staff on junkets to Tel Aviv. They have high marks with AIPAC, and are hand-carrying their desired legislation to congress. They have also collected their millions and millions of dollars and most appear to be unusually lucky investors. To confuse constituents, their caucus rotates the pro-war votes. That way, everyone has a mostly progressive record, with only a few random exceptions. They have heroic, patriotic, heart-rending explanations of why, that one time, they voted to fund illegal wars in places like Syria and Afghanistan. They are thoroughly engaged in the extermination of Shiites throughout the Middle East and beyond to appease Israel and Saudi Arabia while servicing the Deep State (and the Petrodollar). Thus, they are accepted by the culture in DC, and are protected from the savage frenzy of the press. The American people pick up the entire tab and their children are strapped with the debt obligation. The donor corporations are heavy with wealth and war profits. It feels so safe and secure to be in their embrace.

They've made it across the chessboard and are crowned DC's latest multi-millionaires.

But if you don't look past America's borders, and most people don't, you'll never see or consider or be troubled by any of that. The US is a safe space™.

When you fix your focus on domestic issues, and no one listed above does, your representatives can shine like super heroes. Whether they are denying health care to shiftless Americans or building a massive Apollo program that promises to create thousands of jobs — they're working for their Party, their donors, and their voters — in that order. They show up at all kinds of events, where they occasionally get some press. They sponsor at least one of the social causes trending on Twitter and attend conferences at lovely resorts. All of them are wangled by lobbyists, they dispense favors to those who put up election cash, and they still bring back as much money and opportunity as they can to their home state, which is their job.

You have really outstanding representatives, compared to most. You'll get a response to your letter. Perhaps it will be a discussion about how much they respect your concerns. How protecting the troops while they are off fighting for our democracy is the number one priority of all patriots. Surely they'll discuss how we've been hit by another 9/11 in the form of a cyber attack on our election process. We must stay strong and send a clear message to those who stand against us. There are people in the world that mean us harm.

I'm thinking that congress people in their bubble may be among the most uninformed in America. I bet they fell for the evidence-free Russian nonsense — foisted on the US intelligence agencies by the neonazi Ukrainian culture at CrowdStrike — hook, line, and sinker.

@Big Al

absolutely nothing we can do.

but I do think pols must be pushed much harder than with letters.
how to confront them,and take them out of their comfort zone is the question.
short of physical violence, is there a way to make the life of a corporate sellout representative not fun?

look at how these people live. what they are promised.
they have shown themselves willing to sell us out for these comforts. if they continue to enjoy the spoils, why would they ever change?

In other words it must be that the Congressmen who fuck us over suffer in their personal lives. Or they won't ever get off it.

eom

what's the fucking use. I'm not going write my congress person, screw it. There's absolutely nothing we can do.
Over and out. It's been real, it's been fun, but not real fun.

@gustogirl I vote that we all adopt and send it.

not the disease.

If letters are to be written they should be more along the lines of:

All the problems of the world and the nation can be directly attributed to the corruption running Washington DC. You are part of that corruption.

The people are gradually losing their blinders. They don't believe you when you speak, they don't believe the media when they "report" and have lost all faith in their "government". Sooner or later something is going to have to give, and I'm not talking about your donors.

Please indicate by your actions and your words that you recognize the corruption all your constituents see, and that you are doing something to heal our nation from the disease of moneyed interests and you will have plenty of volunteers and donors. We are all sick of it and want to return our nation to good health.