Someone Asked What To Say

I've been making my three phone calls every morning.  

Brennan is a lovely young man who answers the phones for Juan Ciscomani.  I wish I didn't have to holler at his boss every time I call.

Ruben Gallego's message still says he's trying to hire enough staff to answer the phones.... and he says it at great length... in English and then in Spanish.  Now that English is the official language of the United States, I wonder if FFOTUS will come after him for abuse of government phones in service of being understood by his constituents.

Mark Kelly's DC office has a cadre of young voices who are happy to hear that I love my Senator.

Whatever my destination, I share the fact of those phone calls.  My like minded friends in the lobby at Pilates are eager to share what they've called about.  Sometimes we are overheard and the conversation expands to include others who are not as committed to the 3 Calls A Day plan.

What do you say?

My list of concerns is monumental.  I always have an issue or six to share, gleaned from my husband certified ten minutes of doom scrolling every morning.  Did you know that yesterday's Executive Order cut funding to libraries and museums, above and beyond the DEI proscriptions?  Here's the gist of my message to Rep. Ciscomani:

I know that Rep. Ciscomani's President has said that he loves stupid people, but I wonder how my Congressman feels about the dumbing down of American culture.  He has children. Do they have library cards?  Have they gone to a library's Story Hour?  Maybe a Story Hour in Spanish?  Perhaps he should ask them how they feel about that EO.

Brennan said that the Congressman has not issued a statement about the latest Executive Order but (Brennan) would make sure that my views were passed on to him.

Kindly, I didn't mention his soft snicker that I heard when I said that FFOTUS loves stupid people.  I took it as a sign of hope.

I thanked Mark for supporting Ukraine so forcefully.  I asked Sen. Gallego to hire some staff already or change the message; the current verbiage does not speak well for him as an administrator.  Then I asked him to come and speak to his constituents.

Sister's Senator, Andy Kim, is holding town halls all over New Jersey, mainly in the reddest of red areas.  Senator Schumer, on the other hand, cancelled his book tour for fear of protests.  Big Cuter is sorely disappointed in that.  He had planned to take his newborn son to demonstrate outside the local bookstore that was to host a stop on that tour.  He even had a sign, replacing Neville Chamberlin with Chuck Schumer, proclaiming Appeasement is Anti-Semitism.

From this post alone, you've got several talking points.  I'm going to experiment with making future suggestions at the end of (every?) post for a while.  That way you don't have to doom scroll, you just have to dial (202) 224-3121and speak.

If it becomes annoying, let me know.