Last week, the town hall meetings showcasing angry citizens was all the rage all over the news. People are understandably passionate about the proposed and possibly impending takeover of another 20% of the economy by the federal government(one of my favorite arguments for it is saying that it will foster competition just like the post office has spurred on UPS and FED-Ex. Essentially that argument says when people see how inefficient this stuff is and how much money it costs us, someone in the private sector will eventually make a company that is way better).
Democratic leaders are convinced that those showing up at these meetings represent a small percentage of us who are crazy or organized by thugs or something like that.
From a Fox News article:
"Assistant Majority Leader Sen. Dick Durbin, who said organized protesters were prepared to take over the town halls and "shout and shove" their way to the podium, called the public meetings a waste of his time.
"The people who are showing up at these town meetings are not looking for dialogue. They're looking for diatribe," Durbin said. "I don't think that's a productive use of my time.""
It seems passionate disagreement is not what they wanted at these meetings, so they are now slowing them way down. It seemed like a bad idea anyway: Lets open up a public forum so everyone can see how much everyone disagrees with us.
Whatever your opinion, perhaps the apostle Paul was on to something when he said, "I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing." (1 Timothy 2:1-8)
A group of people showing up at these meetings simply to pray for the meeting, our leaders and for the nation. I think that would be terribly disconcerting to some of those on the left.
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