{"id":2619,"date":"2003-02-02T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2003-02-02T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2020-07-25T23:17:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T03:17:02","slug":"feelings-of-futility-amidst-areas-of-accomplishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=2619","title":{"rendered":"Feelings of Futility amidst Areas of Accomplishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m moving along in my tasks.  Very few get it, and that&#8217;s fine.  I desperately hope, at the same time as I know without reservation, that I&#8217;m being there in a good way for <lj user=\"benniferus\">.<\/lj><\/p>\n<p>I think, for dinner, I&#8217;m going to make that mushroom noodle dish again.  But this time, more mushrooms, and more garlic!  Forays into vegetarian cuisine are scary. ;)<\/p>\n<p><lj-cut text=\"My letter to those who represent me in our national government.\"><\/lj-cut><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Senator Stabenow\/Senator Levin\/Congressman Rogers,<\/p>\n<p>Like many Americans, I hold a strong opinion on the possible future war with Iraq.  I have two questions for you.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, what are the most effective means at my disposal to make my opinions known about my stance on the possible war, and on any other political issue, for that matter?  E-mailing or writing my representatives, no offense, usually only produces a form-letter response.  That sort of dismissal isn&#8217;t what I&#8217;m looking for when it comes to voicing my opinion as an American.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, I&#8217;m interested in your opinion on the possible war.  Straight and to the point is preferred.  Don&#8217;t worry about offending me with your response, I respect and appreciate direct honesty more than someone pandering to my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>With fingers crossed,<br \/>\nDave Crampton<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m moving along in my tasks. Very few get it, and that&#8217;s fine. I desperately hope, at the same time as I know without reservation, that I&#8217;m being there in a good way for . I think, for dinner, I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=2619\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-2619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-livejournal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paQnES-Gf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5553,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions\/5553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}