Did you ever get a little drunk and then make a phone call you wish you hadn't?
Do you ever see action alerts about calling your representatives in the House and Senate, but don't because you are unsure what you would say on the phone?
On an evening three years ago, before the Roberts hearings, at my local Philly for Change meeting we filled up the voicemail of Arlen Specter's local office with pleas to actually grilling Roberts and his position on choice. The next morning, they probably had twenty or thirty messages, all on the same topic.
I bring up these three seemingly unrelated bits of information to suggest a late night action: call your local member of congress and leave an angry voicemail message about the bailout plan. No need to be nice, or to talk to anyone--just vent some spleen over the voicemail. This is one of those topic where I don't think being polite helps. They need to hear the anger.
Go yell at the voicemail of your local member of Congress. You can find office listings for the Senate here, and the House here. Maybe they will listen to the entire message, and maybe they won't. In all likelihood, they won't. However, they will know you are angry, and right now that is a very good thing.
Go get angry. Do it now. Really yell at them. Don't threaten any violence or anything that would get you in trouble, but tell them how you really feel about the proposed bailout.
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