The healthcare debate this summer has had one MAJOR positive note to it. It re-engaged the American people in the political process of our country. We are back at the table now – awakened from our slumber – and it feels good to see so many who are stepping up to join the fray.
For decades now Americans have watched – fatalistically at times – as our freedoms have been inched away. There was always a good reason put forth as the need for this or that piece of legislation – seatbelts or helmets or smoking laws; you name it, the list is long – but what was happening was we were being conditioned to having our freedoms usurped in the name of ‘the greater good,’ after all, who doesn’t need companies putting warnings on lawnmowers for the idiots who aren’t smart enough to know not to use them as hedge trimmers and cutting their fingers off. It was always easy for soccer moms or office groups to get together around the water cooler and talk over a subject and let the biggest bleeding heart dominate because we wanted to get away from them before heading back to our hectic lives.
In the evenings we wanted to go home to our families, have a little dinner and watch a little TV before crashing. At the same time, our politicians have been telling us we’re lazy, fat and stupid – only good for producing tax money to support their worthless asses – we have been working harder trying to get by with less on less with less free time. It’s why we have found distractions in entertainment shows rather than the political shows that bore the hell out of us. We have ENOUGH drama in our daily lives without listening to a bunch of IDIOTS who think they’re smarter than the rest of us.
My father told me long ago the secret of politicians: Politicians are the people who can talk the talk but can’t walk the walk. If they were any good at anything but spreading BS they’d be EARNING their money rather than STEALING ours.
He was RIGHT!! And now it’s more evident than ever.
I think the most heartening aspect of this debate has been the eye-opening Americans are getting. We can no longer afford to let Washington run on autopilot. We have to keep track of what they’re doing to prevent these people from taking away our rights, our freedom and our country. It’s funny how a bunch of people who were sent to Washington to FIX it end up BEING the problem.
And that’s why they have us. They are NOT smarter than us, they DON’T know more than we do and we are NOT impressed with them like they are with each other nor anywhere near as much as their sycophant groupies who are supposed to be the press.
Those who will survive this year are those who listen to us – the American people. We’ve told them what we want; now it’s up to them to decide whether or not they listen – and keep their jobs.
The MORE important point is that ‘We The People’ are back in The Game. We now know the names of our representatives and where they stand. We know what we want – or don’t want – and we know they’re not scaring us away. We are out there together and we are taking the attacks from the very people we sent to Washington and we are getting our message to them. No matter how strong they want to look to each other, in the end, WE know it is US who elects them, not their peers.
Way to go America!!! Welcome back!!!
For decades now Americans have watched – fatalistically at times – as our freedoms have been inched away. There was always a good reason put forth as the need for this or that piece of legislation – seatbelts or helmets or smoking laws; you name it, the list is long – but what was happening was we were being conditioned to having our freedoms usurped in the name of ‘the greater good,’ after all, who doesn’t need companies putting warnings on lawnmowers for the idiots who aren’t smart enough to know not to use them as hedge trimmers and cutting their fingers off. It was always easy for soccer moms or office groups to get together around the water cooler and talk over a subject and let the biggest bleeding heart dominate because we wanted to get away from them before heading back to our hectic lives.
In the evenings we wanted to go home to our families, have a little dinner and watch a little TV before crashing. At the same time, our politicians have been telling us we’re lazy, fat and stupid – only good for producing tax money to support their worthless asses – we have been working harder trying to get by with less on less with less free time. It’s why we have found distractions in entertainment shows rather than the political shows that bore the hell out of us. We have ENOUGH drama in our daily lives without listening to a bunch of IDIOTS who think they’re smarter than the rest of us.
My father told me long ago the secret of politicians: Politicians are the people who can talk the talk but can’t walk the walk. If they were any good at anything but spreading BS they’d be EARNING their money rather than STEALING ours.
He was RIGHT!! And now it’s more evident than ever.
I think the most heartening aspect of this debate has been the eye-opening Americans are getting. We can no longer afford to let Washington run on autopilot. We have to keep track of what they’re doing to prevent these people from taking away our rights, our freedom and our country. It’s funny how a bunch of people who were sent to Washington to FIX it end up BEING the problem.
And that’s why they have us. They are NOT smarter than us, they DON’T know more than we do and we are NOT impressed with them like they are with each other nor anywhere near as much as their sycophant groupies who are supposed to be the press.
Those who will survive this year are those who listen to us – the American people. We’ve told them what we want; now it’s up to them to decide whether or not they listen – and keep their jobs.
The MORE important point is that ‘We The People’ are back in The Game. We now know the names of our representatives and where they stand. We know what we want – or don’t want – and we know they’re not scaring us away. We are out there together and we are taking the attacks from the very people we sent to Washington and we are getting our message to them. No matter how strong they want to look to each other, in the end, WE know it is US who elects them, not their peers.
Way to go America!!! Welcome back!!!
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