Radical Activist

I wrote a letter to Senator John Ensign (R-NV) regarding a bill he introduced to the Senate yesterday called the "American Right To Fly Act." Which of course, in politician speak, means, "I have special interests but I'm going to make this sound patriotic so everyone jumps on board." Without going into detail about the bill, or it's ramifications, I am strongly against this bill because it will negatively impact my employer.

I wrote this letter to Senator Ensign expressing my disagreement with his politics, and further scorn over why a Senator from Nevada is introducing legislation that effects an airport in Texas. I wrote the letter yesterday and printed it out so my parents could read it while we had dinner at the JT. In the end, I left the letter there. I went back to retrieve the letter only to find eight people at two tables had read the letter and were now in debate over the issue. I was embarrassed at first, but they were all interested and wanted to know more. I gave them the skinny on the situation, and decided to leave before the real politics of the matter came out.

I am thankful there was nothing radical in the letter, as I have written some pretty scornful and highly political letters in the past. This was one of the more mundane, which is just fine with me. I am pretty sure when I left those people weren't thinking I was a nutter.