Cooler Heads, Health Care Reform & Town Halls

I was once told that if I was angry with a coworker, it meant the issue between us was personal and not work-related.  I argued the point with him and then realized, he was right. It is this point in relation to the health care reform debate currently taking place across our country that is not being recognized.  The news reports are full of accounts about "angry mobs" who are shouting at their representatives.  What the pundits, analysts and reporters don't understand is that the anger is not simply about reform, it's personal...and it isn't exclusive to one party or one special interest group. The anger is about a congress that refuses to remember or is simply blind to the fact that they are sent to Washington to represent us.  Their failure to follow through on promises made during the campaign, their lack of response to their constituents, and their seeming indifference toward their duty is the spark which has ignited the anger.  The change being pushed...and pushed hard...through Congress at this time without listening to the will of the people in this country has reached the tipping point so many of those who live in the beltway are lining up to warn us all about.  The problem is, they don't get it either. But I promise you, those of us out here between the coasts do get it.  We are not ill-informed nor are we being led around and prodded by anyone.  We are free thinkers who don't like what we see and are speaking up about. So, to have cooler heads prevail in this most important debate, both sides need to realize it's the issue that is important, not the personalities.