If you really want to get involved in politics this year, please consider joining Ron Paul's phone from home army. You can sign up for it here: http://phone.ronpaul2012.com
I just finished my first session. It's pretty easy, and you can even play games on your laptop while you do it because very few people actually answer the phone. Most of the time you are just sitting there listening to a phone ring. I definitely recommend a headset though. My old elbow got tired pretty quick while holding a flip phone.
I only found 2 people to complete the survey. One guy was firmly voting for Newt, and another lady was undecided. I was sad about her because she said that she lost a cousin in Iraq. She was also firmly convinced that we need to keep Iran from getting nukes. That made me even more sad because now someone else is going to lose a cousin. Many more people in Iran are going to lose cousins, and that makes me even more sad.
Couldn't we at least try leaving them alone, and just see if they leave us alone? I know 9/11 was what got all of this started, but where does it stop? Someone I think a lot of once said, "If an angry person backhands you up side the head, take a moment to think about why they did that." It is hard to swallow one's pride and admit that the anger was deserved, but that is the only path to peace. The world expects nothing less of a strong man, or a strong nation. We must acknowledge our wrongs, even if we did not personally commit the crimes against others. America has brought much death to the Middle East over the last few decades; this cannot be denied.
It is time to leave the Middle East. It does not matter if our armies occupy their lands because of oil or because of our good intentions. Their people believe that we are there for our own benefit, not theirs. We can never avoid the conflict of interest or the appearance of evil as long as our troops occupy their soil. If they bring war to us, we have the right and the duty to defend ourselves. We do not have the right to bomb a people just because they won't succumb to our will.
P.S.
You don't ever have to hang up your phone once you start making calls. It took me a bit to figure that out. If no one answers, the system will automatically disconnect you and call the next person. If you get an answering machine, there is a button to click for that. Then you click 'leave a voice message' when you hear the 'beep'. The computer gets confused if you hang up, so always let it disconnect you and then it will call the next person. When you need to take a break, there is a little check box you can click when you confirm the results of the call.
I just finished my first session. It's pretty easy, and you can even play games on your laptop while you do it because very few people actually answer the phone. Most of the time you are just sitting there listening to a phone ring. I definitely recommend a headset though. My old elbow got tired pretty quick while holding a flip phone.
I only found 2 people to complete the survey. One guy was firmly voting for Newt, and another lady was undecided. I was sad about her because she said that she lost a cousin in Iraq. She was also firmly convinced that we need to keep Iran from getting nukes. That made me even more sad because now someone else is going to lose a cousin. Many more people in Iran are going to lose cousins, and that makes me even more sad.
Couldn't we at least try leaving them alone, and just see if they leave us alone? I know 9/11 was what got all of this started, but where does it stop? Someone I think a lot of once said, "If an angry person backhands you up side the head, take a moment to think about why they did that." It is hard to swallow one's pride and admit that the anger was deserved, but that is the only path to peace. The world expects nothing less of a strong man, or a strong nation. We must acknowledge our wrongs, even if we did not personally commit the crimes against others. America has brought much death to the Middle East over the last few decades; this cannot be denied.
It is time to leave the Middle East. It does not matter if our armies occupy their lands because of oil or because of our good intentions. Their people believe that we are there for our own benefit, not theirs. We can never avoid the conflict of interest or the appearance of evil as long as our troops occupy their soil. If they bring war to us, we have the right and the duty to defend ourselves. We do not have the right to bomb a people just because they won't succumb to our will.
P.S.
You don't ever have to hang up your phone once you start making calls. It took me a bit to figure that out. If no one answers, the system will automatically disconnect you and call the next person. If you get an answering machine, there is a button to click for that. Then you click 'leave a voice message' when you hear the 'beep'. The computer gets confused if you hang up, so always let it disconnect you and then it will call the next person. When you need to take a break, there is a little check box you can click when you confirm the results of the call.
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