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Many, many years ago while I was young and naive, I was extremely active in local, state and national politics and government. As time went on and I was present in many public meetings ranging from local to state level, I started to notice that no matter what the populace stood for against an unfair or unlawful regulation or bill that was before the council or presenters of said bill or reg, the measure ALWAYS PASSED without fail.

In some rare cases the bills or regulations were compromised to appease some of the protesters but in all cases once again, the next time it was presented (and in all cases they are presented for as many times as needed to guarantee passage.....and they do! It never failed to do so.

Standing with others in a meeting whining about the rule, regulation or law simply is foolish for the reasons presented above.

GO OUTSIDE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC as to the damage to our freedoms and quality of life these politicians are causing. SPEND YOUR TIME TRYING TO GET THEM VOTED OUT OF OFFICE, not just standing and let them subconsciously laugh at you for being such a fool as to believe that public forum or meeting designed to appease the crowds before the bill they protest is voted into law regardless.

The older I got, the wiser I got and attacking the individual is the only way to affect change...not standing there complaining about what they are doing to enrich themselves or to expand their power.

I would guess that I’ve been to over 75 public meetings put on as “dog and pony shows” to fool the people into thinking they have some type of input. Not once, have I ever seen any change take place in the original intent of the bill or law.

Look at Obama. He is the master at making public meetings concerning new laws and regulations. Hell, he even uses a backdrop of little children, old people, police and firemen (excuse me...firepersons.) Have you seen anyone, group or political force ever even listened to by him? That’s right....NO! The same applies on every level of government.