{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"It's Different This Time","description":"On this week\u2019s Keepin\u2019 It Real, Cam admits he feels helpless in today\u2019s political climate but he\u2019s found something he can do. It\u2019s very small, but at least it\u2019s something.  ----- I have quite a few friends who, over the years, have tried to persuade me to get out of the stock market due to some crisis or another. \u201cPull all your money out,\u201d they say, \u201cthis time it\u2019s not some run of the mill crisis. This one\u2019s real. It\u2019s different this time.\u201d It\u2019s different this time. We are so often tempted to think that whatever the crisis, this one is different. Rarely, very rarely is it different. For the past few weeks, I\u2019ve been introduced to political leaders across the state and beyond by a friend who thinks things need to change. He\u2019s heard me say on this commentary and in our numerous conversations that I feel our political world today is in dire shape. I\u2019ve wondered aloud on this commentary and in his and my conversations what my obligation to this situation might be. Do I have an obligation to try to change things for no other reason that I\u2019m worried, sometimes panicked, and more than disgusted by what I see and the way people are treating one another. What should I do, if anything? What do I owe this crisis? I\u2019ve also heard myself saying what countless others out there are saying \u2013 that this is wrong and someone should do something. What\u2019s wrong? The methods and tactics of today\u2019s political leaders are wrong. The political violence is wrong. The absence of action from those elected to serve in Washington is wrong. The unchecked ransacking of government employees by a private citizen is wrong. The cult-like worship by many Republicans of our president is wrong. The blatant profiteering of the Oval Office is wrong. The list goes on. I\u2019ve said it repeatedly: \u201cSomeone should do something.\u201d There are no levers I can pull that truly matter. There are no levers I can pull that will fix this or even slow it down. But the helpless feeling I\u2019ve had has been eased in the past few weeks as I\u2019ve spoken to political influencers about our political environment today. They\u2019ve all agreed with a cry we\u2019ve heard for years and that\u2019s this \u2013 if there ever were a time for a third political party to be born and take action, now is that time. The Democrats, God love them, have strayed way too far left for me. I can\u2019t, without completely betraying my beliefs, adopt their platform. However, Republicans look and sound nothing like the party that had my heart years ago. I can find no semblance of what I used to know and love in that party. So, I\u2019ve begun talking to people who share my belief that a third party is acutely needed today. I am collecting their interviews to play on my podcast which, heretofore, has been called What\u2019s Working and had a business focus. Now it\u2019s focus will be what will it take to create a viable third party to represent people like me who have no voice in Washington and have a deep desire for change. Someone should do something. And, in a very small way, I\u2019ve found something I can do. Because, I truly believe, it is different this time. I\u2019m Cam Marston and I\u2019m just trying to Keep it Real. ","author_name":"Keepin' It Real with Cam Marston","author_url":"https:\/\/cammarston.com\/keepin-it-real-with-cam-marston\/","html":"