So I am a fan of Mitt Romney on facebook.com. There is a recent post from the Mitt group that states, "Thanks to you and thousands of others, Scott Brown's money bomb yesterday was a giant success. Total raised: $1.3 million! With a week to go, he's one step closer to victory on Jan. 19th."
My question is this...
How does helping a person raise money equate with victory? How does raising $1.3 million get a candidate one step closer to winning?
Now I understand that a campaign needs money for things like TV and radio advertisements, to help the candidate go out and campaign and have room and board type stuff, money for gas and other necessities, and things like that. And I know that if you are campaigning you just can not work a full time job, unless you have a lot of time off so you need money for that. A candidate has to have another source of income besides a job, and that is where donations come in.
But how does more donations mean victory? And how does victory equate to success? Let me clarify, victory does not equal success, and money does not equal victory. Here is an example of what I mean, President Obama won the 2008 Presidential election, but his time in the Oval Office has been a huge failure in my eyes. In fact I don't think he has had much success at anything yet. lets taka look at some examples of what I mean.
1- One of the biggest failures right off the bat is his attempt to close Guantanamo Bay down. Guantanamo is where we have incarcerated suspected terrorists, or in Obama'ese, "enemy combatants". President Obama made bold statements about how he was going to have Guantanamo closed within the year (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/12/obama.gitmo/index.html). This would have been a very bad thing in my opinion because, a) It makes our country less safe by allowing suspected terrorists to either be set free or moved onto American soil which makes our country more vulnerable, b) It places our troops in more danger. The more terrorists we allow to leave Guantanamo Bay the more terrorists are allowed to go back out and join the fight, c) It places unnecessary restrictions on our troops when they are detaining suspected terrorists. Now if the troops don't read the person they are detaining their rights, they risk the terrorist getting off on a technicality.
As far as I am concerned, either one of these is as big of a failure as the next, but that is what happens when you make campaign promises meant to appease everyone. Being an elected official means sometimes you have to do something because the people want it. You represent the people, not your own wants and wishes.
2- The health care bill. Something like 56% of Americans polled are against this bill, yet President Obama promised he would get it passed. Well they are getting it passed by conducting back room/ closed door deals. Pretty shameful how this whole thing is going down. people are so mad about this bill, yet the politicians in Washington feel some driving need to pass this piece of crap legislation! It isn't on the behalf of the people, the majority of American people want nothing to do with this bill, so why do the politicians feel like they have to drive forward right now with this bill. Because President Obama made a promise he would get it done, and he already has had many significant failures.
3- This next failure is related to the one above. President Obama promised over and over again on the campaign trail that these health care reform discussions would be completely open, transparent, and he would have C-SPAN cameras there. Well as everyone knows there have been no C-SPAN cameras showing anything, and Republicans have not been involved at all. The President's lies are also a huge failure.
4- No pork barrel spending in bills. Remember when President Oabam promised he was going line by line through each bill and he was going to cut out all the pork (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/512/go-line-line-over-earmarks-make-sure-money-being-s/)? Yet in the omnibus bill there were, well as a Fox News report claims, "The new $410 billion omnibus spending bill contains thousands of them. In fact, congressional officials are telling us about 9,000 to be exact." (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,500844,00.html). This is another huge failure.
Bottom line, President Obama had all the funding, and his victory has been a big failure. So how does money equal victory?
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Transparency in action!
Well here we are, once again at the threshold of a health care reform bill, that most Americans object to, being passed, and we have no idea of a) what is in it, b) the full scope of what it will do to the health care system as well as to Americans, c) how far into the system it reaches, and d) who will be paying for what, and when does the payments get to be used.
It seems funny to me that President Obama, who repeatedly told us he was going to have open discussions with everyone, and that these discussions would be able to be seen on C-Span. I am including a link that has President Obama making the televised discussion promise 8 times (http://www.breitbart.tv/the-c-span-lie-did-obama-really-promise-televised-healthcare-negotiations/).
Of course do we really need C-Span there? According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi we don't. On Tuesday afternoon Speaker Pelosi said, "There has never been a more open process for any legislation in anyone who’s served here’s experience," during a press conference. When she was told that President Obama had promised to have the discussion on C-Span Speaker Pelosi said with a chuckle, "there are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail.” (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/05/c-span-challenges-congress-open-health-care-talks-tv-coverage/), (http://americaswatchtower.com/2010/01/05/nancy-pelosi-takes-a-jab-at-barack-obamas-campaign-promises/).
If you are interested here is a link to a Fox News video of Speaker Pelosi's comments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_3BHYmmmLg
Also I am trying to post the video, hopefully this works.
Well everyone, there it is, the change we were promised and the transparency we were promised. If I were one of President Obama's staff I would be telling him he needs to opn the discussions up and let C-Span in. If he doesn't he will have shown the compete and total hypocrisy that is Washington DC, and shown how much lying one is willing to do to achieve a desired office.
It seems funny to me that President Obama, who repeatedly told us he was going to have open discussions with everyone, and that these discussions would be able to be seen on C-Span. I am including a link that has President Obama making the televised discussion promise 8 times (http://www.breitbart.tv/the-c-span-lie-did-obama-really-promise-televised-healthcare-negotiations/).
Of course do we really need C-Span there? According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi we don't. On Tuesday afternoon Speaker Pelosi said, "There has never been a more open process for any legislation in anyone who’s served here’s experience," during a press conference. When she was told that President Obama had promised to have the discussion on C-Span Speaker Pelosi said with a chuckle, "there are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail.” (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/05/c-span-challenges-congress-open-health-care-talks-tv-coverage/), (http://americaswatchtower.com/2010/01/05/nancy-pelosi-takes-a-jab-at-barack-obamas-campaign-promises/).
If you are interested here is a link to a Fox News video of Speaker Pelosi's comments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_3BHYmmmLg
Also I am trying to post the video, hopefully this works.
Well everyone, there it is, the change we were promised and the transparency we were promised. If I were one of President Obama's staff I would be telling him he needs to opn the discussions up and let C-Span in. If he doesn't he will have shown the compete and total hypocrisy that is Washington DC, and shown how much lying one is willing to do to achieve a desired office.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Oh the sick irony of it all!
First of all, if you have found my little blog I want to say welcome, and thanks for taking a second to read what I have to say. I think it is pretty important, and I know people have lives so I appreciate you taking time to check out my blog.
The second thing, if you have found my little political blog, and you are opposed to health care, please read and sign this online petition. Your signature will also send an e-mail to President Obama, your state senators, and your representative.
http://petition2congress.com/2/2752/transparency-in-health-care-bill
Now on to the meat and potato part of my post.
President Obama, it has been reported, came out on Thursday, January 07, 2009 and took responsibility, at least in part for the attempted "underwear bomb" terrorist attack. "President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted responsibility for intelligence shortcomings that led to a failed Christmas Day bombing plot on a Detroit-bound airliner, saying, “Ultimately, the buck stops with me." (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31241.html) And this a day after I wrote a blog on this very thing! President Obama also goes on to discuss how the government had all the information they needed to stop this attempt, but failed to share and use it correctly. Of course, President Obama did finish his trip to Hawaii before making serious comment, or demanding an investigation. probably for the best though because the National Counter Terrorism Director Michael Leiter took off for a ski trip the day after the plot, Leon Panetta who is the director of the CIA, was in Monterey, California and reportedly didn't return to CIA headquarters until the weekend after the first, and then Stephen Kappes who is the CIA deputy director, reportedly didn't see any need to return to the CIA headquarters from a vacation amidst the major intelligence community failure instead, it is reported that he returned to Washington, D.C. on Dec. 30 after a bombing that killed seven CIA officers (http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/07/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6069399.shtml).
This is why our national security is at such risk! We have a terrorist attack happen, and the President of the United States stays on vacation, and doesn't have any serious press conference until about a week and a half has passed. Not that it really matters, because had President Obama came back who would he have met with? Key players from the CIA and NCTC determined it was vacation time and they were out! Of course one could argue that President Obama could have met with Janet Napolitano, which probably would have been a good thing because if she is meeting with the President she isn't on Sunday talk shows saying the system worked! And President Obama showed how serious he was about cracking down on a failed system by reportedly saying that he had no plans to fire anyone who was involved with the missteps that led up to the attempt (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31241.html). Good to know that he is serious about getting to the bottom of the issues!
The truly sad thing is not what the Obama administration is doing, or not doing in this case, it is the message they are sending to our enemies who are at war with us. If our media knows that key officials vital to national security didn't feel the need to fix the system immediately, then I GUARANTEE that Al Qaeda also knows this, and the Obama administration once again makes the country look indecisive and weak.
If I fail to perfrom at my job how long do you think I would last. If I am late every day, if I don't do my job correctly. There are so many little things that can cost me my job. Yet Michael Leiter, Leon Panetta, tephen Kappes, and Janet Napolitano all failed to do their job, and what makes the situation even worse is the fact that after they had failed to do their jobs they decided a vacation was in order! These are horrifically shameful actions! Of course we did forget to mention that President Obama didn't make any haste back to Washington DC, and is now making statements that indicate he is not going to be firing the very people who were asleep at the wheel and failed to do their job, which simply put is to stop what happened from ever happening! One would think that one 9/11 would be enough, but it appears that the Obama administration, and many politicians in DC have hit the snooze bar yet again.
The craziest part of this? Well I have no formal training, and have not yet graduated from college, but I can tell you that if I were appointed to Homeland Security I could fix this issue. Want to know how?
1- I would call in the heads of the CIA, the FBI, the NCTC, the State Department, and military intelligence. Once we are all together I would tell them that from now on whatever they know we all know. If one of them has ANY info on a suspected terrorist and they don't share it they will be fired immediately, and may be brought up on charges of treason for refusing to assist in stopping a terrorist plot.
2- I would ask the CIA, NCTC, FBI, State Department, and military intelligence to get each ones lists of any suspected terrorists and combine them all. This list would be rated from Extremely High to Minimal on a threat level, and all government agencies that have any form of interest in counter terrorism would get that list. Anyone on that list who applies for a visa into the United States automatically raises a red flag. If you are below moderate you have to answer a series of questions and have to be on a set waiting list before approval. If you are in the top 3/4 of the list your visa is denied, end of story. And that is denied forever, not just for a few years. If you are not be a U.S. citizen, and you are anywhere moderate on our list your visa is denied for life, no exceptions.
3- Each organization would provide one representative who would be in constant contact with the Department of Homeland Security and once a week we would all meet and go over any changes, additions, increased threats, or whatever needed to be updated and addressed. If something big came up, we would call and emergency meeting and discuss what changes had happened. Likewise, after our weekly meeting I would report back to the President on what had changed, and the President as well as all of the top cabinet members would have the list.
I find it very upsetting that a guy like me can formulate a better plan for handling this issue than the people we have elected. Sad indeed. And what is even sadder is the fact that I realize we are involved in a war on terror, and that puts me a head of all the people in Washington who think otherwise.
The second thing, if you have found my little political blog, and you are opposed to health care, please read and sign this online petition. Your signature will also send an e-mail to President Obama, your state senators, and your representative.
http://petition2congress.com/2/2752/transparency-in-health-care-bill
Now on to the meat and potato part of my post.
President Obama, it has been reported, came out on Thursday, January 07, 2009 and took responsibility, at least in part for the attempted "underwear bomb" terrorist attack. "President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted responsibility for intelligence shortcomings that led to a failed Christmas Day bombing plot on a Detroit-bound airliner, saying, “Ultimately, the buck stops with me." (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31241.html) And this a day after I wrote a blog on this very thing! President Obama also goes on to discuss how the government had all the information they needed to stop this attempt, but failed to share and use it correctly. Of course, President Obama did finish his trip to Hawaii before making serious comment, or demanding an investigation. probably for the best though because the National Counter Terrorism Director Michael Leiter took off for a ski trip the day after the plot, Leon Panetta who is the director of the CIA, was in Monterey, California and reportedly didn't return to CIA headquarters until the weekend after the first, and then Stephen Kappes who is the CIA deputy director, reportedly didn't see any need to return to the CIA headquarters from a vacation amidst the major intelligence community failure instead, it is reported that he returned to Washington, D.C. on Dec. 30 after a bombing that killed seven CIA officers (http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/07/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6069399.shtml).
This is why our national security is at such risk! We have a terrorist attack happen, and the President of the United States stays on vacation, and doesn't have any serious press conference until about a week and a half has passed. Not that it really matters, because had President Obama came back who would he have met with? Key players from the CIA and NCTC determined it was vacation time and they were out! Of course one could argue that President Obama could have met with Janet Napolitano, which probably would have been a good thing because if she is meeting with the President she isn't on Sunday talk shows saying the system worked! And President Obama showed how serious he was about cracking down on a failed system by reportedly saying that he had no plans to fire anyone who was involved with the missteps that led up to the attempt (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31241.html). Good to know that he is serious about getting to the bottom of the issues!
The truly sad thing is not what the Obama administration is doing, or not doing in this case, it is the message they are sending to our enemies who are at war with us. If our media knows that key officials vital to national security didn't feel the need to fix the system immediately, then I GUARANTEE that Al Qaeda also knows this, and the Obama administration once again makes the country look indecisive and weak.
If I fail to perfrom at my job how long do you think I would last. If I am late every day, if I don't do my job correctly. There are so many little things that can cost me my job. Yet Michael Leiter, Leon Panetta, tephen Kappes, and Janet Napolitano all failed to do their job, and what makes the situation even worse is the fact that after they had failed to do their jobs they decided a vacation was in order! These are horrifically shameful actions! Of course we did forget to mention that President Obama didn't make any haste back to Washington DC, and is now making statements that indicate he is not going to be firing the very people who were asleep at the wheel and failed to do their job, which simply put is to stop what happened from ever happening! One would think that one 9/11 would be enough, but it appears that the Obama administration, and many politicians in DC have hit the snooze bar yet again.
The craziest part of this? Well I have no formal training, and have not yet graduated from college, but I can tell you that if I were appointed to Homeland Security I could fix this issue. Want to know how?
1- I would call in the heads of the CIA, the FBI, the NCTC, the State Department, and military intelligence. Once we are all together I would tell them that from now on whatever they know we all know. If one of them has ANY info on a suspected terrorist and they don't share it they will be fired immediately, and may be brought up on charges of treason for refusing to assist in stopping a terrorist plot.
2- I would ask the CIA, NCTC, FBI, State Department, and military intelligence to get each ones lists of any suspected terrorists and combine them all. This list would be rated from Extremely High to Minimal on a threat level, and all government agencies that have any form of interest in counter terrorism would get that list. Anyone on that list who applies for a visa into the United States automatically raises a red flag. If you are below moderate you have to answer a series of questions and have to be on a set waiting list before approval. If you are in the top 3/4 of the list your visa is denied, end of story. And that is denied forever, not just for a few years. If you are not be a U.S. citizen, and you are anywhere moderate on our list your visa is denied for life, no exceptions.
3- Each organization would provide one representative who would be in constant contact with the Department of Homeland Security and once a week we would all meet and go over any changes, additions, increased threats, or whatever needed to be updated and addressed. If something big came up, we would call and emergency meeting and discuss what changes had happened. Likewise, after our weekly meeting I would report back to the President on what had changed, and the President as well as all of the top cabinet members would have the list.
I find it very upsetting that a guy like me can formulate a better plan for handling this issue than the people we have elected. Sad indeed. And what is even sadder is the fact that I realize we are involved in a war on terror, and that puts me a head of all the people in Washington who think otherwise.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
President Obama want an investigation into what happened with the Christmas bomber? I say start by investigating yourself!
President Obama yesterday came out and said that some officials had failed to properly connect the dots when it came to the Christmas Day attempted terrorist attack (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/us/politics/06obama.html). Teh article continues on and states, "The tone of the president’s remarks on Tuesday — the sharpest of any of his statements since the incident nearly two weeks ago — underscored his anger over the lapses in intelligence as well as his efforts to minimize any political risks from his administration’s response."
But here is my problem with this. I think that President Obama needs to adopt a stance of, "The Buck Stops Here". What I mean is, how can President Obama get that hard nosed with people in his cabinet, and his chosen officials when President Obama himself said that we are not even involved with any war on terror.
"He didn't take personal responsibility for the problem, yet his administration's policy has been to pretend that the 30-year series of attacks by Islamic terrorists are isolated criminal acts.
According to Obama, we are not fighting a war on terror and his administration does not speak of Islamic jihadists or radical Islam." (http://www.dailybreeze.com/letters/ci_14129650)
And that right there is the nuts and bolts of why the system failed to prevent this "underwear Bomber" that tried to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.
There is even more evidence here, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano went on some TV shows and, "stressed the safety of air travel, and repeatedly said in an upbeat tone that "the system worked" and "everything happened that should have." (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Janet-Napolitano-The-System-Worked-519). I think she means that the passengers subdued the terrorist, and that passengers being alert and handling terrorist attempts is the system. The biggest problem here is that OBVIOUSLY the system did not work. This was a horrific failure of the system! If anything this showed how flawed the system is! In fact if not for the actions of some passengers, and maybe some bumbling on the part of the terrorist, we have another HUGE terrorist attack here on American soil. So if Napolitano thinks that how is how the system is supposed to work, why does she even still have a job? And this also reflects the bad decision making that the Obama administration is continually making when it comes to matters of security.
Perhaps the reason that no administrative action was taken against Napolitano is that on Monday she came out and made a statement where she admits that the aviation security system failed. One day the system is fine, the next it is broken, just like Washington! So perhaps, President Obama took no decisive action against Napolitano because she retracted her statement the next day and made it clear that the system was flawed (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-12-28-Napolitano_N.htm). Anyone have some wet laundry? Because it looks like we are spinning things here. The icing on the cake here, of course, is how Napolitano retracted the statement, " A day after saying the system worked, Napolitano backtracked, saying her words had been taken out of context." (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-12-28-Napolitano_N.htm). But how can President Obama come down hard on Napolitano when it took the President about a week and a half to release his statement? I guess waiting to long is just better than saying the system worked right?
Also keep in mind that there is no war on terror, at least we aren't calling it that. Some people speculate that President Obama made the change, but no matter who made the change, it has been made (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/23/the_end_of_the_global_war_on_t.html).
Long story short, if President Obama is really interested in investigating how this Christmas bombing almost took place, I would say he needs to do the following things:
1- Fire Napolitano right now. The fact that she came out publicly and made a statement that the system works is grounds enough for her termination. In fact her statement almost demands her termination. If you have someone that clueless running a government agency that reflects back on you, and shows your leadership abilities. Be decisive and make a statement by firing someone who obviously is out of touch with her position.
2- Make a public statement that has a "make no bones about it" feeling that we are engaged in a Global War on Terror. Look the terrorists are at war with us, make no mistake about it, why they are at war with us, and we are just looking at Overseas man made contingencies is the exact same as saying nothing at all. If you are not bright enough to realize that terrorists are actively pursuing a war on us, and that to win we must launch a war on them, then you have no business running the country, or dictating the national Security.
3- Hold a meeting with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the CIA, the Secretary of State, Department of the interior, and the FBI as well as military intelligence. Lay it all out on the line. Demand that all agencies work together and share any and all information regarding terrorists. Any person suspected of being a terrorist never gets a visa, NEVER! And once a suspected terrorist applies for a visa you notify all other groups and inform them of what is happening.
My advice to President Obama is if you want to look into and investigate what went wrong, you may want to start by looking at yourself!
But here is my problem with this. I think that President Obama needs to adopt a stance of, "The Buck Stops Here". What I mean is, how can President Obama get that hard nosed with people in his cabinet, and his chosen officials when President Obama himself said that we are not even involved with any war on terror.
"He didn't take personal responsibility for the problem, yet his administration's policy has been to pretend that the 30-year series of attacks by Islamic terrorists are isolated criminal acts.
According to Obama, we are not fighting a war on terror and his administration does not speak of Islamic jihadists or radical Islam." (http://www.dailybreeze.com/letters/ci_14129650)
And that right there is the nuts and bolts of why the system failed to prevent this "underwear Bomber" that tried to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.
There is even more evidence here, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano went on some TV shows and, "stressed the safety of air travel, and repeatedly said in an upbeat tone that "the system worked" and "everything happened that should have." (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Janet-Napolitano-The-System-Worked-519). I think she means that the passengers subdued the terrorist, and that passengers being alert and handling terrorist attempts is the system. The biggest problem here is that OBVIOUSLY the system did not work. This was a horrific failure of the system! If anything this showed how flawed the system is! In fact if not for the actions of some passengers, and maybe some bumbling on the part of the terrorist, we have another HUGE terrorist attack here on American soil. So if Napolitano thinks that how is how the system is supposed to work, why does she even still have a job? And this also reflects the bad decision making that the Obama administration is continually making when it comes to matters of security.
Perhaps the reason that no administrative action was taken against Napolitano is that on Monday she came out and made a statement where she admits that the aviation security system failed. One day the system is fine, the next it is broken, just like Washington! So perhaps, President Obama took no decisive action against Napolitano because she retracted her statement the next day and made it clear that the system was flawed (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-12-28-Napolitano_N.htm). Anyone have some wet laundry? Because it looks like we are spinning things here. The icing on the cake here, of course, is how Napolitano retracted the statement, " A day after saying the system worked, Napolitano backtracked, saying her words had been taken out of context." (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-12-28-Napolitano_N.htm). But how can President Obama come down hard on Napolitano when it took the President about a week and a half to release his statement? I guess waiting to long is just better than saying the system worked right?
Also keep in mind that there is no war on terror, at least we aren't calling it that. Some people speculate that President Obama made the change, but no matter who made the change, it has been made (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/23/the_end_of_the_global_war_on_t.html).
Long story short, if President Obama is really interested in investigating how this Christmas bombing almost took place, I would say he needs to do the following things:
1- Fire Napolitano right now. The fact that she came out publicly and made a statement that the system works is grounds enough for her termination. In fact her statement almost demands her termination. If you have someone that clueless running a government agency that reflects back on you, and shows your leadership abilities. Be decisive and make a statement by firing someone who obviously is out of touch with her position.
2- Make a public statement that has a "make no bones about it" feeling that we are engaged in a Global War on Terror. Look the terrorists are at war with us, make no mistake about it, why they are at war with us, and we are just looking at Overseas man made contingencies is the exact same as saying nothing at all. If you are not bright enough to realize that terrorists are actively pursuing a war on us, and that to win we must launch a war on them, then you have no business running the country, or dictating the national Security.
3- Hold a meeting with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the CIA, the Secretary of State, Department of the interior, and the FBI as well as military intelligence. Lay it all out on the line. Demand that all agencies work together and share any and all information regarding terrorists. Any person suspected of being a terrorist never gets a visa, NEVER! And once a suspected terrorist applies for a visa you notify all other groups and inform them of what is happening.
My advice to President Obama is if you want to look into and investigate what went wrong, you may want to start by looking at yourself!
Starting out with a political blog.
I look at our great country today, and I see people who have lost faith and lost heart in their government. I see politicians, not a President, Senators, and Representatives, but politicians who only care about be re-elected, and what the special interest groups want. We the People fall by the way side as political parties, personal ambitions, and special interest groups dictate the laws and decisions being made.
When did our great country decide to quit being "We the People" and start being "We the Politicians"?
When did the politicians in Washington decide that they just didn't have to listen, or even represent us, the people who elected them into office?
When did We the People decide that it was OK for politicians to act like this? When did we decide that it wasn't our government anymore, and they they could do what they want without answering to us?
The sad thing is that I am one Angry American. I think that what the politicians in Washington are doing is absolutely shameful! Partisan politics rule the day, and both parties are just as guilty of it. Democratic and Republican party members will vote for or against a piece of legislation based on the party's desires, not the desires of the people. Whether it is good, bad, or completely useless, the political party is what dictates legislation being passed or not. When did a political party, or party affiliation trump the American People?
Recently I have been talking to people, and the thing I hear more than anything is that I am being foolish or stupid to think that anyone in Washington cares about what I have to say. To them I say as an American Citizen the people in Washington had better care about what I have to say, and they better start listening.
For far too long the politicians who WE elected have ignored and walked on us. It is time for us as American people to rise up and take our country back. If the elected politicians in Washington DC will not listen to us, if they do not care about us, then the time has come to elect new people to office! People who will listen, people who do care! My intent of this blog is to talk about some of the many concerns I have, and to inspire others to take up this torch and sound the battle cry, "I elected you to represent me, and you will represent us, the American people, or your term in office is over!"
When did our great country decide to quit being "We the People" and start being "We the Politicians"?
When did the politicians in Washington decide that they just didn't have to listen, or even represent us, the people who elected them into office?
When did We the People decide that it was OK for politicians to act like this? When did we decide that it wasn't our government anymore, and they they could do what they want without answering to us?
The sad thing is that I am one Angry American. I think that what the politicians in Washington are doing is absolutely shameful! Partisan politics rule the day, and both parties are just as guilty of it. Democratic and Republican party members will vote for or against a piece of legislation based on the party's desires, not the desires of the people. Whether it is good, bad, or completely useless, the political party is what dictates legislation being passed or not. When did a political party, or party affiliation trump the American People?
Recently I have been talking to people, and the thing I hear more than anything is that I am being foolish or stupid to think that anyone in Washington cares about what I have to say. To them I say as an American Citizen the people in Washington had better care about what I have to say, and they better start listening.
For far too long the politicians who WE elected have ignored and walked on us. It is time for us as American people to rise up and take our country back. If the elected politicians in Washington DC will not listen to us, if they do not care about us, then the time has come to elect new people to office! People who will listen, people who do care! My intent of this blog is to talk about some of the many concerns I have, and to inspire others to take up this torch and sound the battle cry, "I elected you to represent me, and you will represent us, the American people, or your term in office is over!"
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