CONFUSED ABOUT OUR POLITICS?

Election day is just around the corner and the question I still hear most often is:  "I am so confused about what is going on, I just don't know who, or what to believe."  This is usually followed by "And, I don't know who to vote for." 

Maybe you feel that you have some infliction, some malady that has caused your brain to malfunction.  What you need to know is that what you are feeling is healthy for you.

The country has gone far too long in a vacuum of thoughtful investigation into what is going on around us.  Women in this country got "dumbed down" with the thought that is was the man's job to deal with these issues.  Then, men got "dumbed down" with the thought that it was the politician's job to deal with these issues; after all, isn't that why we elect them?  Yes, I well remember many conversations about things going on in Washington where the other guy shrugged his shoulders and copped the plea by saying, "That's what we pay them for, to handle our government for us." 

Well, look where that line of thinking has gotten us.  And, we all got so very complacent about the things that really should be of major concern; after all, folks, it is OUR government.  That's why I think it is a healthy sign that people are asking questions and getting involved. 

What we do know is that we are not satisfied with the way things are and things got to be this way because we allowed the politicians, Democrat and Republican alike, to run things for us.  The fact is that WE should e running THEM.  As I have said many times in my blogs, they have now adopted their power over us into a culture of thinking that we cannot function without them.  Before we can change things, we have to get rid of that culture.  So, solution number one is to get rid of the incumbents.  Right now, solution number two is to handcuff the President and the way to do that is to vote Republican and get rid of his power and support in the Congress.

Those two steps will stop what has been going on in our country from getting worse.  We can then work together to address the systemic problems that have been allowed to flourish during our "dumbed down" periods.  Those problems infest both political parties, and there is a danger that the Republicans will take their election as a mandate to go back to their same old ways.  That is why step three is so very important:  we need to take positive steps to restore the power to the people and to the states. 

The plain simple matter is that we can no longer tolerate the situation where Congress and the President can ignore the will of 70% of the people and pass legislation that has not been read.  The first two steps above will stop them in their tracks and we can then begin to hold their feet to the fire and to demand that we, the people, be listened to and that their smoke and mirrors be dismantled.