Yesterday President Obama stated the people do not have high priced lobbyists to speak for us but I respectfully disagree with him on that point .We were shocked and in some cases broken hearted by the 109th Congress led by an all republican administration .We saw our complete infrastructure crumbling ,big corporations flourishing .We watched a war started on a lie and precious resources of all kinds squandered .We were told to work hard if we wanted change, so we did .We spent time calling for national organizations like Move On ,to help sway senate elections in states we may never set foot in based on knowledge of issues we learned about that individual state.We wrote letters to our local newpapers, we blogged, we called congress, we volunteered our time, we sent money nationally using tools like Act Blue and other funding sources that support democratic candidates .We won a slim majority in both houses of congress but that was not enough.So we worked harder donated more to our lobbyists and here we are today still listening to the same so called reasons why we are still hurting.
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