Americans will come away from this time in History with a whole new outlook on their country and themselves. American history is at a critical turning point and the days we are living through right now will be recorded as one of the most pivotal in the history of our republic. As a result of the healthcare issue, cap and trade, conducting two wars and countless skirmishes, constant battling back and forth bickering, double-dealing in Congress and being called names by our own elected officials Americans are getting a much needed lesson in Civics. For over half a century Americans grew less and less interested in what Washington was doing in our name letting the government run itself. Congressional scandals were quickly forgotten and people who committed crimes were often folded into the flock by their colleagues until their names were faded onto pages of old news articles.
2009 changed all that.
President Obama promised us “change” during his election campaign. We got “change,” but this is not the “change” we envisioned. He also promised us bipartisanship. Well, we got that, too, but it is now bipartisan opposition to his healthcare plan. And “hope?” Right now most of us simply hope we can survive to 2010 when we can throw most of the bums out of Washington – if we can. As stacked as Congress has made the deck it will be difficult to clear away the detritus to allow our republic to have a shot at recovery.
It’s our fault Washington is having such a hard time being under close scrutiny. For years they ran on autopilot. No one was watching and no one cared what they did. The only time anyone thought about Washington was when it was shoved down our throats at election time. When it was over we all went into a recovery period for a couple months and wanted to know nothing about politics, then we moderately listened as we went about our daily lives. This year when we came out of our winter hibernation we turned on the lights in Congress it was like finding roaches scrambling for cover on a crumb covered kitchen floor.
While we slept they were on the march just like the cockroaches trying to rush bill after bill through before we woke up and figured out what they were up to. Suddenly we turned on the klieg lights and they were caught selling out our future. Deny all they want, but it was obvious to us all what was going on. They were all busy making deals, taking over industries, bailing out their buddies and doing floating OUR money to their buddies. They were using our tax money – calling it names other than what it was – and giving to the people who helped get them elected. Once the lights came on and everyone was aghast at what was happening there was more back-peddling, denying, double-talking and outright lying than if they had all been caught at a whorehouse. Quite frankly, I would RATHER they were caught at the whorehouse. It’s less expensive for us taxpayers.
I’d like to say there is a party in Washington that is on our side, but I would be kidding myself. No one is on our side. Only WE are on our side. Do you see Republicans rushing to the cameras to take up our side? Only when they think they can get points for their campaign bids. Are the Democrats selling us on their proposals? No, they are calling us names and telling us we are too stupid to understand what they are doing – sure signs that they are losing the arguments.
What we have learned from our Civics lesson in 2009 is that it is us Americans against the Washington Inside The Beltway Crowd. Before they were elected they walked among us and told us they were going to go there and do good things for us like ‘reform Washington,’ but once they got inside the beltway they were taken aside by their colleagues and made to “get their minds right.” Now they are “one of them.” An Insider.
The only answer is to take them all out. Call it a ‘FLUSH’ of Washington. We need people who are willing to go and do the tough jobs and get out. And we need to keep changing them out until we find a set who is willing to do what WE want them to do. And then we want to get rid of them, too, before they start it all over again. Let’s talk about term limits. Do we really get quality legislation from people who have been in Congress for fifty years? Or from those who are the children of those who were there before? We need fresh blood. We need people who are concerned about those of us who foot the bill and we need them to understand that we can’t afford all the pork they keep giving away. That’s OUR MONEY they’re buying OUR VOTES with!!! That’s INSANE. But that’s the way it works. Now we need to get back to Civics 101 and get our government back on track to where it is supposed to be.
2009 changed all that.
President Obama promised us “change” during his election campaign. We got “change,” but this is not the “change” we envisioned. He also promised us bipartisanship. Well, we got that, too, but it is now bipartisan opposition to his healthcare plan. And “hope?” Right now most of us simply hope we can survive to 2010 when we can throw most of the bums out of Washington – if we can. As stacked as Congress has made the deck it will be difficult to clear away the detritus to allow our republic to have a shot at recovery.
It’s our fault Washington is having such a hard time being under close scrutiny. For years they ran on autopilot. No one was watching and no one cared what they did. The only time anyone thought about Washington was when it was shoved down our throats at election time. When it was over we all went into a recovery period for a couple months and wanted to know nothing about politics, then we moderately listened as we went about our daily lives. This year when we came out of our winter hibernation we turned on the lights in Congress it was like finding roaches scrambling for cover on a crumb covered kitchen floor.
While we slept they were on the march just like the cockroaches trying to rush bill after bill through before we woke up and figured out what they were up to. Suddenly we turned on the klieg lights and they were caught selling out our future. Deny all they want, but it was obvious to us all what was going on. They were all busy making deals, taking over industries, bailing out their buddies and doing floating OUR money to their buddies. They were using our tax money – calling it names other than what it was – and giving to the people who helped get them elected. Once the lights came on and everyone was aghast at what was happening there was more back-peddling, denying, double-talking and outright lying than if they had all been caught at a whorehouse. Quite frankly, I would RATHER they were caught at the whorehouse. It’s less expensive for us taxpayers.
I’d like to say there is a party in Washington that is on our side, but I would be kidding myself. No one is on our side. Only WE are on our side. Do you see Republicans rushing to the cameras to take up our side? Only when they think they can get points for their campaign bids. Are the Democrats selling us on their proposals? No, they are calling us names and telling us we are too stupid to understand what they are doing – sure signs that they are losing the arguments.
What we have learned from our Civics lesson in 2009 is that it is us Americans against the Washington Inside The Beltway Crowd. Before they were elected they walked among us and told us they were going to go there and do good things for us like ‘reform Washington,’ but once they got inside the beltway they were taken aside by their colleagues and made to “get their minds right.” Now they are “one of them.” An Insider.
The only answer is to take them all out. Call it a ‘FLUSH’ of Washington. We need people who are willing to go and do the tough jobs and get out. And we need to keep changing them out until we find a set who is willing to do what WE want them to do. And then we want to get rid of them, too, before they start it all over again. Let’s talk about term limits. Do we really get quality legislation from people who have been in Congress for fifty years? Or from those who are the children of those who were there before? We need fresh blood. We need people who are concerned about those of us who foot the bill and we need them to understand that we can’t afford all the pork they keep giving away. That’s OUR MONEY they’re buying OUR VOTES with!!! That’s INSANE. But that’s the way it works. Now we need to get back to Civics 101 and get our government back on track to where it is supposed to be.
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