"My Voice Doesn't Count"

For those who say “my voice doesn’t count”, here’s a new flash.: Forty-three (43) advertisers (as of 3/7/12) have pulled their advertisements off “The Rush Limbaugh Show” because of consumer demands.

AccuQuote Life Insurance, Allstate Insurance, AOL, Aquarium of the Pacific, Bare Escentuals, Bethesda Sedation Dentistry, Bonobos, Capital One, Carbonite, Cascades Dental, Citrix, Consolidated Credit Counseling Services, Constant Contact, Cunningham Security, Freedom Debt Relief, Geico, Girl Scouts, Goodwill Industries, Hadeed Carpet, JCPenney, Legal Zoom, Matrix Direct, Netflix, Norway Savings Bank, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Philadelphia Orchestra, PolyCom, Portland Ovations, ProFlowers, Quicken Loans, Regal Assets, Reputation Rhino, RSVP Discount Beverage, Sears, Sensa, Service Magic, Sleep Train, Sleep Number, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Tax Resolution, Thompson Creek Windows, TurboTax and Vitacost.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73675.html#ixzz1oXS5Nhgf

We all have heard of Mr. Limbaugh’s comments, and thousands of consumers have reacted by asking/demanding that the companies who were his financial support stop advertising on his program, or they would take their business elsewhere. You may, or may not, have been one of the consumers that complained; that really does not matter for this discussion. What does matter, in my opinion, is that this power-the power to rapidly affect large, multi-national corporations- is much bigger than most of us accept. A “consumer voice” which, if you will, could be used for other salutory effects. Letters, emails, phone calls, social media- all were part of this rejection of nasty, gutter-level politics. 

This overwhelming vocalization was the effect of non-organized, grass-roots action.

Imagine now if “we the people” would get as fired up and start letting our so-called “elected officials” in federal, state and local governments know we are dissatisfied with the decisions they make while in office. People got upset, angry, and decided by damn to let their voices be heard, loud and clear. 

 Can we as citizens get as fired up, as angry about what is being done to us, to our country, our freedoms? Will we? More importantly, will you? You can make a difference, you can let your voice be heard. The time is now, and the need is urgent. This is OUR country, it is OUR government, and we need to make OUR voices heard.

Unless, of course, you are totally satisfied with the status quo.