A quick call to action

It's time to make a little bit of noise.

In an effort to remind the power-drunk majority party in the Delaware General Assembly that an opposition exists, on Tuesday, January 9 at 11 a.m. patriots will gather for a Convention of States rally at Legislative Mall in Dover.

We will be welcoming our legislators back to work and reminding them that their constituents expect them to vote YES on the Convention of States resolution SCR100.  The more supporters present, the more impact we will have on their decision.

I suspect that will only be true of five or six groups of constituents who will get that wish - if a vote is held at all - but it is what it is at this point. There have actually been 103 Senate Concurrent Resolutions introduced so far this term, and 101 have received votes. Out of those, just four had some amount of opposition, but all have passed the Senate. (Not all got votes in the House.) On the House side, only one CR didn’t pass so far - a resolution to declare last March 23 National Athiests’ Day, sponsored by the drag-performing Rep. Eric Morrison.

There’s a long-standing problem with conservatives trying to protest, though: we work for a living. Unless a person is retired, owns their own business or can otherwise set their own hours (a task I had for a few years when I was stuck working part-time), most people don’t want to burn a vaca day to play politics. It seems to me the first group is predominant on the conservative side, while on the liberal side they can seemingly whip up a mob of union people who are getting paid by someone.

As an example, I had to dig it out of my old Youtube channel, but back in the day I used to go to protests. Here’s a quick comparison of what grassroots working people can do versus unionistas who get a bus trip and free meal can drum up as Astroturf. (This was the Keep the Promise Rally in Annapolis back in 2011, an era when Maryland was struggling to keep its budget in order. It began at around 6:00, when most people are trying to beat it out of town. Meanwhile, our little caravan had to leave around 3:30.) Even the parade of Big Labor has almost three times the Youtube views of the grassroots folks.

(Unfortunately, this was part of the era where my pictures were on a server that’s now lost. So I can’t link back to my coverage and have it be meaningful.)

I’m glad a few people can take the time to do this, but the problem is that all the money is on the other side. We have to work both harder and smarter to get anything done on this uphill battle.

Until next time, remember you can Buy Me a Coffee since I have a page there.