Posted by
stranger on Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:00:00 AM
Sunday, April 20, 2008
The common good, isn't that what we all want for America? I know
there has to be debate, and that can be constructive. However it is no
longer about debate. It's about power, selfishness, and even
hatefulness. We have moved so far from working for the common good that
we no longer expect anything but divisiveness and therefore we except
the rhetoric from both parties as the way it is, and we cannot do
anything about it.
We must interject ourselves into the debate
as well as the processes. We can no longer trust in the representative
government. Congress no longer listens to us. They live in a world of
their own, alongside special interest money that is pouring into the
system with a devastating effect.
What's in the public interest?
Energy policies! Why don't we drill off our own coast? In Alaska? In
the Gulf? China is in the process of drilling in the Gulf with Cuba!
Who has the best record for clean technology, China/Cuba or the United
Sates of America?
How about refineries for gasoline? How about
nuclear energy? Can the environmentalists have that much money and
power to block it? Something doesn't add up.
"We the People"
must take control back from the "me first" crowed. Get involved, demand
our country back. It is after all our responsibility to safeguard the
governmental structure set up more than two hundred years ago.
We
are off course for sure. Many people are pulling us toward socialism,
not learning the lessons of Canada, France, Sweden, Great Britain and
others. Our system is a good one. Let's preserve it. Send the
politicians home, cut their pay and for Pete's sake elect common people
to Congress. There are plenty of people with the smarts and patriotism
who could and would step up for a one or two term commitment.
There
are way too many special interest groups claiming to have our best
interests in mind when they lobby the folks who work on the hill. You
know that's not true. It's all about massaging the laws to work in
their favor. It has nothing to do with our best interest. We tell our
representatives what we want and need. We don't need a go between. We
need politicians who will listen and act in everyone's best interest.
Anyone in their third term, vote them out!