Blogging Melodrama

The present two party system has maneuvered their positions to insure their places in the Senate and House and now one party system is taking over. This is not conducive to a healthy country, especially when the ones in charge only look out for the rich. If you don't believe me; look back into history at the countries of the world who were once great but fell into decay and ruin. Lord Acton said, "Power tends to corrupt; and absolute power corrupts absolutely." It is true; to much power leads to a corrupt society with only one purpose; ensuring their own unchallenged power. The dictatorships in the world crush the spirit of people into submission. Submissive people are too afraid to rock the boat. Afraid their lives will be in jeopardy or the lives of their families, and this is exactly what the Marxists, Talabans, Maoists, Mussolini's, Castro's, Hitler's, Attila's, Napoleon's, Alexander's, Royals and even the Religious Right and ACLU's agenda's all share that common thread; fear. Just as McCarthy's inquests murdered and marked innocent people so too do these other radical factors scar the lives of American citizens with the new Patriot Act and Homeland Security.

How much freedom do we really have any more when our lives can be made so much nothing by a system that has turned away from the principals of freedom by masking truth, justice and right in self ordained definitions. Those who would be so bold as to speak for the living God; who choose to interpret God's meaning and purposes and stuff those interpretations down everyone's throats as the only way, have perverted God and made God into their own image.

When primary elections don't even allow all the parties to be represented, but force citizens to affiliate themselves with only the Democrats and the Republican parties and no others are considered worthy of being on the ballots; we have taken the rights of American citizens to vote their choices and bound and gagged liberty.

Is this what we stand for now? My rights are whatever someone with money who has bought and paid for their seat in the House or the Senate or even the White House says my rights are? When judges dictates can overturn what the people have voted as their wishes; where are our rights? And who places those judges in that position?

How can representatives in the House and Senate and the White House know anything at all about every day Americans when they are nearly all millionaire's and some billionaire's many times over? They have no concept whatsoever of the every day struggle facing the average citizen. Jobs; their jobs are secure and their pays are guaranteed for life, even after retirement. Health care; theirs is the best available, the most modern up-to-date drugs and technology, and instant access to the finest medical facilities and staff at all times. Homes; they can afford four and five and more homes anywhere they want in the world. Education; they go to nothing but the finest schools and universities without worry of how to pay for that education or how to survive while going. How can I trust these people to do their best for me and mine when they don't ever walk in my shoes? They come to my level when they want to convince me they are worth putting into office again for another 4 years; when they have more shallow promises that are cast at me like bones to a hungry dog.

These people have so much power they could have people disappear. Ever hear of the wittiness relocation program? How do you know these people are still alive? How do you know you can believe the newscasts? Evidence? They have the toys, money and power; we have the scraps left and lots of illusion. There was a movie made titled Wag the Dog that shows just how vulnerable our trusting society really is.

Lets take a good look at what this so called caring society does for it's trusting aged and infirmed.

If you don't have money to care for you when you get old, I'll guarantee you will be warehoused in some over crowded under staffed old folks home. You'll sign over every penny you may ever get or be entitled to again, and what will you get for this money? A bed, small dresser that holds all your worldly possessions, in a small shared room with a shared TV mounted on the wall. You'll be herded like cattle to and from showers and meals and be fed barely enough to keep a fly alive. Your dignity and respect will be checked at the door and you'll be left to lay in your own excrement until they get around to helping you. Then you'll have someone that hates their job because they don't get paid enough and the benefits suck; they can't give the kind of care they would like, IF, they are the kind that cares. It will get to the point that you will be parked in a hallway day in day out; nothing to do but sit and wait to die. Or, you can rot in bed; alone and ignored by your family.

Do the politicians care? Hell no! If they did, they would do something to change things. You can bet their last days won't be like this. Do you still think they can relate to our lives? Our futures?

So what's the answer?

Get rid of the electoral college. Make them work for us and for every vote.

Do away with the IRS. Make the government run on what it gets from sales tax and limit the sales tax to 5%; never, ever allowed to go over 5%. Why? Because the population grows every year. Just a base population would bring in more than enough for the government to do the job they are elected to do. The extra income would be coming from illegal aliens, foreign visitors, criminals such as drug dealers, and even the wealthy; because, no one would be exempt from paying sales tax on any purchases they made. There would be no loop holes for these people to avoid paying taxes like they do now.

Do away with all the perks and extras and outlandish paychecks for the representatives and elected officials.

Make them live on a paycheck like we do.... hourly wage and pay their own gas and supplies, plane fares and all those extras like papers and lunches. Vacations and holidays; coming to work when they feel like it not showing up to vote on issues. No show, no vote....equals ,.... no pay. Watch and see how fast they change their ways.

Do away with rider bills. Each issue gets it's own vote.

Do away with companies loop holes such as those that move to other countries to avoid taxes. If they have moved to another country to avoid paying taxes or get cheep labor make them pay those foreign workers the same benefits they would have had to paid the American worker or they won't be permitted to sell their product in this country. So they may as well stay here and pay our workers.

Create jobs by improving our roads, bridges, and schools

Have another land rush; in the desert there are lots of acres that could be given to the homeless to homestead. Like the land rush in Oklahoma of years past, land could be had by staking the claim and living on it; improving it and making a new life in the desert. Desperate people could be given a chance to make something of the land and themselves.
So the next time you get the opportunity to voice your opinion through any means; do it. Vote, speak out in the crowd and at home; you'll find there are many people all over our great Nation that agree and have wonderful ideas for a better future for all of our citizens; from our elected to the alleys huddled masses, yearning to be free. Our hope for a positive future is in our hands. If we truly believe in God; we must let him be God and do what Jesus told us to do..." Love our neighbors as ourselves"; because, we are only as strong as our weakest citizen.