I hear childish insults being used by the left wing. On the right, judgment of an individual's character, social standing, and even whether or not that person is worthy of Heaven, is now expected from anyone that calls themselves a Christian, or a Republican. Is this what we have become? Hateful speech, accusations, and insults, that you expect to hear on a grade school playground. Destructive policies originating on both sides of the isle, are destroying liberty in this great country, with Americans asleep at the wheel. Democrats favor laws that allow the Feds to spy on you, and higher taxes, but they say that they are out to help the poor. Does that justify violating the Constitution that they swore to uphold? Does good intent, exonerate one or many, of responsiblity when bad policy has adverse effects on the economy, jobs, or any other issue that weighs heavily on American lives.
On the right side of the isle, you have the so called, "war on drugs". Laws that are designed to protect people from themselves, and fuels the huge illegal drug market in our country. Want to stop the Mexican drug cartels? Legalize the drugs that they profit from, and they will go away. Republicans will be the first ones to tell you that banning firearms, does not make violent crime go away. It only perpetuates more violence. Why is it not the same for drugs? Does a drug ban make those drugs go away? No, it just sends more people to jail. What is that, you say that drugs destroy families? That may be true, but how many families are destroyed as a result of frequent incarceration for charges of possession? We cannot use legislation, as a means to protect people from themselves.
We now have this sick, twisted perversion, that some like to call the Federal government. It is made up of narcissists, sociopaths, and people that would rather spit in your face, than look at you. They hold a certain contempt for those of us that elect them, and at the same time, they forget that the only power they possess, is that which is allowed by the electorate. They play mind games, using misinformation, and sometimes just outright lies. This is wrong, but who is really to blame, for the direction that we have taken as a country in the last 100 years. Sadly, most of the blame has to go to the American electorate, which consists mostly of lemmings, and the willfully ignorant. These are the people that elect the same representitives and senators time after time, while complaining about how corrupt congress is. A politician says, " I'm for the little guy", and they buy it hook, line, and sinker. Even though this same politician, continues to support legislation that kills any chance of upward mobility, for average Americans, and condemns them to slavery, in the form of welfare. They claim that they do it,"for the children", or, "to help those in need", which sounds great on paper, but the good intent, does not cancel out the fact that these handouts, destroy a people at a societal level, by discouraging productivity and innovation, by creating a more attractive "path of least resistance". Even more destructive, is the vulnerability of a people that become dependent on a government entity, to supply basic everyday goods and/or services. This opens the door to coercion and even extortion. When a people, become dependent on their government, they are at the mercy of that government.
We are to blame for the state of our union. Those taking away our rights, only do so with our consent. That consent is given at the polls, in the voting booth. I hear some say, that our elected officials, are not acting with the consent of the American people. In reality, they have the consent, or they wouldn't hold their position. Voting is to be taken seriously, it is the right of all Americans. However he/she that is not informed, should stay home on election day. Misinformation, ignorance, and laziness are killing our country, but it did not just happen overnight. It has been going on for a century, under our noses. People just need to open their eyes and see what has happend to America. They need to do so, in the absence of of the usual partisan looking glass. It is the only way to truth.
On the right side of the isle, you have the so called, "war on drugs". Laws that are designed to protect people from themselves, and fuels the huge illegal drug market in our country. Want to stop the Mexican drug cartels? Legalize the drugs that they profit from, and they will go away. Republicans will be the first ones to tell you that banning firearms, does not make violent crime go away. It only perpetuates more violence. Why is it not the same for drugs? Does a drug ban make those drugs go away? No, it just sends more people to jail. What is that, you say that drugs destroy families? That may be true, but how many families are destroyed as a result of frequent incarceration for charges of possession? We cannot use legislation, as a means to protect people from themselves.
We now have this sick, twisted perversion, that some like to call the Federal government. It is made up of narcissists, sociopaths, and people that would rather spit in your face, than look at you. They hold a certain contempt for those of us that elect them, and at the same time, they forget that the only power they possess, is that which is allowed by the electorate. They play mind games, using misinformation, and sometimes just outright lies. This is wrong, but who is really to blame, for the direction that we have taken as a country in the last 100 years. Sadly, most of the blame has to go to the American electorate, which consists mostly of lemmings, and the willfully ignorant. These are the people that elect the same representitives and senators time after time, while complaining about how corrupt congress is. A politician says, " I'm for the little guy", and they buy it hook, line, and sinker. Even though this same politician, continues to support legislation that kills any chance of upward mobility, for average Americans, and condemns them to slavery, in the form of welfare. They claim that they do it,"for the children", or, "to help those in need", which sounds great on paper, but the good intent, does not cancel out the fact that these handouts, destroy a people at a societal level, by discouraging productivity and innovation, by creating a more attractive "path of least resistance". Even more destructive, is the vulnerability of a people that become dependent on a government entity, to supply basic everyday goods and/or services. This opens the door to coercion and even extortion. When a people, become dependent on their government, they are at the mercy of that government.
We are to blame for the state of our union. Those taking away our rights, only do so with our consent. That consent is given at the polls, in the voting booth. I hear some say, that our elected officials, are not acting with the consent of the American people. In reality, they have the consent, or they wouldn't hold their position. Voting is to be taken seriously, it is the right of all Americans. However he/she that is not informed, should stay home on election day. Misinformation, ignorance, and laziness are killing our country, but it did not just happen overnight. It has been going on for a century, under our noses. People just need to open their eyes and see what has happend to America. They need to do so, in the absence of of the usual partisan looking glass. It is the only way to truth.