I appreciate efforts to use your rights of free speech and to petition your government.  I appreciate your open letters posted and circulated on the web and your attempts to motivate the masses to write, email or call their political representatives.

That being said, I don’t think those tactics work.  I will not be emailing or writing or calling…you do what you want.

Politicians don’t listen very well to people like us and having some minion answering phone calls and saying “thanks for your concern” or filing the letters in the garbage can or replying with an auto-reply form email will not change anything they do.

And since they are private messages, they are transparent.  For all anyone knows, they were the only one.

And when it is over and we get what we get, will the letters be remembered?

I cannot remember too many letters sent to a politician that changed the course of American history, can you?

I do remember the Boston Tea Party.  I do remember the March on Washington for civil rights.  I remember them because they had an impact.

I think it is time for a March For Financial Freedom.  Maybe it’s in Washington.  Maybe it’s in your state capitol.  Maybe it’s a coordinated visit to your legislator’s local office.  Maybe it’s in your home town.  Maybe it’s just in your neighborhood.

If you are interested in organizing or participating in such an effort, contact people that will listen to you.  Encourage them to do the same.  I am doing my part.  Are we a nation that is willing to stand up or a nation that is willing to sit down to write a letter?

Hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost to obtain and defend our rights to free speech, to petition the government, and to peaceably assemble.  Americans died to provide those rights, will we live to use them?

I am amazed at our country and the apathy shown for what is an unconstitutional act and abuse of concentrated power in the executive branch, not to mention the damage done to our financial system.  Many Americans do not understand what has happened and what is being proposed.  They need to know.  Our politicians need to know too.

If a foreign government would have forced these changes upon us, would we send letters, emails or dial the phone? Is that all we would do?