Ok, so the elections happened, the Republicans rode a red wave of anger and the world is still spinning on its axis. Not all things I wanted to happen (except the axis thing). I get so frustrated with all the "hate speech" and cloaked racism/homophobia/elitism in politics these days. But I won't check out yet. Why? Because I am old enough to remember Bill Clinton. Yes, still one of my favorites good ole Bill had the same problem in the mid-term elections. But his saving grace was one total moron. His name was Gnute Gingrich. President Obama has just witnessed the anointing of a second total moron for our country. His name is John Boehner. Love those names (gnute and boner) but I digress.
We as Americans like things in instant form. We want to go to the doctor with a cough emerge with a prescription for an antibiotic and feel better in 24 hours. Never mind that the quick fixes are creating antibiotic resistant strains that can probably kill us. We want to download our favorite tunes and listen to them immediately...no searching through the aisles of a music store. Music store, what's that? Again, I'm old! We want our coffee instant...but not the Folgers crystal kind...the Starbucks kind. The kind you can personalize and still have nearly instantly. And evidently we want our politics the same way. Huge deficits caused by war spending? Failing banks and auto companies? We want that fixed in 24 hours too. And just as instantly as our solutions are our memories broken. Does anyone remember why we are here? 2 wars we can't pay for, no regulation of the rich guys who really would rather get richer than "trickle down" anything? Good ole' Bill had a balanced budget that W inherited. Poor Obama inherited a complete disaster. But we want it fixed in 24 hours.
So, give the tea folks a shot I say. See what they can do. Maybe we can figure it out together. I doubt it, but maybe people will begin to see that hatred and rhetoric and "cut taxes" slogans won't really do anything. Let the party of "no" have it's say. I don't think they have much to say. We'll see...
I have a co-worker who thinks Obama is basically the Anti-Christ. Her opinion is that all these deficits are ruining our country. Of course she has thousands of dollars on credit card debt herself and runs in the red every month...but damn it, our government shouldn't do that! I asked, so what would you have done? Let the banks fail, lose your house to a mortgage debacle, let the automakers fail? What do we, as American, do when we hit hard times. We borrow, of course...from our credit cards, payday loan folks, parents, relatives, etc. Our government "charges" debts and borrows from the in-laws (China)...so I really don't think it's gonna matter who is in charge...until we all TAKE charge! And I don't mean the visa/mastercard kinda charging. Until we get REAL and understand that WE are the problem, there will be no change.
Everyone (those red folks) is clamoring for government responsibility. How about personal responsibility?!? The kind that says, stop spending if you don't have it...get a second job if you need to, dads take care of your kids, stop charging for things you don't need, get out of wars that are just plain WRONG, stop warring with your neighbor...you know PERSONAL responsibility. Like Michael says...it starts with the "man in the mirror"...
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