Contact your members of Congress! That played a primary role in the defunding of catastrophic programs in Canada...the programs that got us gay marriage, anti-Christian bigotry and attempts to legalize polygamy, drugs, prostitution and euthanasia among others...
I agree with you wholeheartedly. We need to turn off the TV and start demanding our elected officials start doing their job.
We've been conditioned to stand by passively while special interest groups run amuck.