It may take the people this time...

Are people realizing yet that the party you swear on may not have the answers? I know the reason I started looking into the Libertarian Party had everything to do with the big government disappointments I had with the Republican Party. In the last few years I haven't been happy voting Republican, I did it because they would take us to the cliff slower. You should know though, we are headed toward a cliff. You can pick your piper, but it will take a lot of drastic change and focus from the populous to actually affect a change that would alter our course.

I'm also not saying the Libertarian Party has the answers. I don't really believe that. Their growing popularity comes at an overwhelming desire from the populous to reduce the burden our government is continually placing on them.

The real change is going to come from the grass root groups. The Tea Party movement is incredible, and if you are already of the opinion that they could never hold a successful gathering on the same day as the Daytona 500 you are following the wrong piper. Actually, if you share the opinion that the Tea Party is made up of a bunch of racist, white trash, rednecks then that is all the more reason for you to get involved, and I'm about to tell you why.

The Tea Party represents a movement by the people. The Liberal media would have you believe that a respectable person would never get involved in this movement, and chances are this has everything to do with control. Right now you are told what to think. These grass roots groups are ran in YOUR local communities, by YOUR local communities. They represent the tone in YOUR town. They result in a raised awareness of who YOU are voting for, and what their motive is for wanting to represent YOU. The Tea Party itself has no official party, or platform. It's fueled in similar ways to the Bostonians who grew tired of the burden England was putting on them. There are Democrats and Republicans alike who believe that major changes need to be made to our government for our country to be successful.

The chances of you knowing who is in Washington to help you, and who is there to be a career politician are not likely if you just skim through your local paper, or turn the volume up when you see your Senator speaking on TV. Most people don't spend the time watching debates on C-Span, or following bills to really be informed, but these grass roots groups are made up of people who do. They can pick out local talent to replace worn out bureaucrats, and really, that is how the real change will be made.

So get involved, if you don't like the Tea Party find something else, but apathy is no longer acceptable. The country is eroding at record rates and voting on a party line is not going to stop it.