A Bunch of Hot Air

Out of literally several hundred calls to union members in this county and the county immediately south of us, how many people do you think volunteered to work a two hour shift at a phone bank for the labor friendly candidates in our local and state races? One. A retired 75 year old gentleman who is on his second bout of lung cancer.

How have we as a nation and as union members become so apathetic? It's astonishing that people will preach from their bully pulpits behind their computers, saying that President Obama is the most "ungodly and antichristian" president this country has ever seen. If their convictions, however strongly I disagree with them, is so strong, then why not do something more than spout off on Facebook about politics. And what does the President's faith have to do with his ability to lead our nation anyway?

I know that President Obama is not the perfect president. I know he isn't my savior or the savior of this nation. I feel strongly that he is, however, the best choice we have for president. I believe it strongly enough that I am spending my time, my energy, my money and my efforts to see that he and other labor friendly candidates are elected. Yes, I post political things on my Facebook page, yes, I have signs in my yard, yes, I wear buttons and tshirts. But I do a lot more. So do many other people I know. Yet by and large people tend to be apathetic about being active.

I don't want to hear another word about politics or the candidates from anyone who isn't willing to put their time, energy, money, or efforts into seeing their candidates elected. If someone isn't willing to act on their convictions, then they must not believe very strongly in their convictions, and their words are only so much hot air.