Getting Past The Noise And Down To Work
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
Doing what I do involves keeping up with what’s going on through lots of different sources. Whether it’s listening to talk radio, reading on-line news stories, participating in a variety of internet discussion groups or interacting with other groups and individuals who also are engaged in the public policy arena – keeping up takes lots of different forms and is pretty much a full-time pursuit.
From any number of these places there is a high level of frustration being expressed on who belongs in the respective “tents” and who might not be quite a true enough of a believer to be with “us”. As part of the aftermath of the 2008 elections, it is understandable that some aren’t too pleased with who got elected or who didn’t get the support that would have changed the way the things turned out.
Those who consider it important to have conservative values translated into election outcomes of representatives who won’t vote for expanded government (at any level) and who won’t give their approval for tax increases – have not been silent in expressing themselves that they feel the political party they’ve counted to embrace those ideas has let them down. Simply judging the way things have been going there is plenty of reason to be frustrated with either of the major political parties and the people currently holding office.
So that brings us to the point of figuring out “what are you going to do about it”…
Complaining is a great past-time and we all pursue it with passion. If you don’t believe me, just listen to talk radio or follow the comments posted to nearly any on-line news account.
Making a difference requires going past the fretting and fusing about who might be less than a true believer and/or whether one political philosophy is too dominate to allow room within the tent for enough people to get candidates from that party elected to a majority position.
As a non-member of any political party, I tend to view things on a candidate-by-candidate perspective. Those who indicate that they support the concepts that I’d like to see in office are those who I view as being good candidates to vote for. I’m not as interested in the label or position they might have on the spectrum of left or right…if they promise to work for keeping government within its appropriate boundaries (from taxing, spending and regulatory perspectives)…I gotta say that I think they deserve support.
I understand that the public discourse going on is all part of the process for sorting out who believes in what – but, I’d like to get busy with finding solid candidates and getting the support groups in place to influence their ability to get them elected.
Doing what I do involves keeping up with what’s going on through lots of different sources. Whether it’s listening to talk radio, reading on-line news stories, participating in a variety of internet discussion groups or interacting with other groups and individuals who also are engaged in the public policy arena – keeping up takes lots of different forms and is pretty much a full-time pursuit.
From any number of these places there is a high level of frustration being expressed on who belongs in the respective “tents” and who might not be quite a true enough of a believer to be with “us”. As part of the aftermath of the 2008 elections, it is understandable that some aren’t too pleased with who got elected or who didn’t get the support that would have changed the way the things turned out.
Those who consider it important to have conservative values translated into election outcomes of representatives who won’t vote for expanded government (at any level) and who won’t give their approval for tax increases – have not been silent in expressing themselves that they feel the political party they’ve counted to embrace those ideas has let them down. Simply judging the way things have been going there is plenty of reason to be frustrated with either of the major political parties and the people currently holding office.
So that brings us to the point of figuring out “what are you going to do about it”…
Complaining is a great past-time and we all pursue it with passion. If you don’t believe me, just listen to talk radio or follow the comments posted to nearly any on-line news account.
Making a difference requires going past the fretting and fusing about who might be less than a true believer and/or whether one political philosophy is too dominate to allow room within the tent for enough people to get candidates from that party elected to a majority position.
As a non-member of any political party, I tend to view things on a candidate-by-candidate perspective. Those who indicate that they support the concepts that I’d like to see in office are those who I view as being good candidates to vote for. I’m not as interested in the label or position they might have on the spectrum of left or right…if they promise to work for keeping government within its appropriate boundaries (from taxing, spending and regulatory perspectives)…I gotta say that I think they deserve support.
I understand that the public discourse going on is all part of the process for sorting out who believes in what – but, I’d like to get busy with finding solid candidates and getting the support groups in place to influence their ability to get them elected.
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