Showing posts with label congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label congress. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Disappearing America

"A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking." -- James Madison, letter to William Hunter, 1790 (as quoted in today's Patriot Post website)

The citizenry of this country (a country made up by a whole bunch of 'you's and 'I's) have allowed themselves to slip further and further from the ideals expressed in the above sentiment by James Madison. Today our elected officials are less concerned with representing our interests than they are with securing another term in the office to which they were elected.

Many friends have told me that our current political system is a good political system. But I disagree.

Where are the moral values which were inherent in the founding principles of our Constitution?

Where are the guarantees to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" promised by our Declaration of Independence?

What is it that compels our representatives to vote for legislation that is counter-productive to the commonweal?

Our country wallows in the corpulent mire created by our own successes. We are surrendering our best technology to others in order that they can produce the same goods and sell them back to us at a discounted price. But with the purchase we too late realize the inferior quality of the goods, shrug it off, discard the item, and buy another. Ah, the luxury of a disposable society.

Einstein once said that it was luncacy to continue employing the same methodology and expect a different result. Well it is time we applied Einstein's logic to our own politcal situation and throw thosee bums out of Washington DC! And I mean a clean sweep of congress in 2010!

It may sound extreme, but even the good legislators will need to go if we are to reclaim the country for our children. An oncologist will tell you that you will risk a cancer's return if you only remove the damaged portion of the tissue. Some of the surrounding good tissue must be removed to ensure that you have removed all the cancer.

Our representatives and our president do us no favors with their current legislative activities, and I say enough is enough! We brought you into this town, and by God we can kick you out of this town!

Act locally in this election cycle, and your actions will have national consequences!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Do you want to know a secret?

Allow me to suggest the following line of action for my followers on Twitter, Facebook, and whoever else may read this blog: Congress represents "We the People..." Even those representatives whom we personally did not elect represent us nonetheless. Theirs should not be a tyranny of the few (or oligarchy in the Greek), so we need make sure our representatives represent the will of the majority of their constituents, and our will will be heard. No longer will I remain one of the silent majority acquiescing to the very vocal minority of liberals now in charge of us.

In June 2006 people with backbone stopped Congress from passing a "Shamnesty" bill that would have flooded this country with some 15 - 20 million new illegal aliens seeking to either "cut the line" of our lawful immigration process, or just "step out from the shadows" to claim their "rightful" benefit of US citizenship.

What I propose on these three sources, is that we take back this government by stopping our representatives in their tracks! Call DC when there is a piece of legislation we don't want passed, call them when there is one we think is worthwhile. Tie up their phone lines and prevent them from doing the bad business that hurts our pocket books and families.

"We the People..." such wonderful words to start our Declaration of Independence may have been overlooked by the unuseful idiots we've elected, or allowed to be elected, but they will hear the cry again. From the people they were elected to represent! And represent they will!!!

"I'm mad as hell and I won't take it any more!!"

We can start with the Freedom of Choice Act. I think the majority of Americans do not favor such a hideous Bill. The gruesome procedure, when brought out of the abortion clinics into the light of day, do not meet the standards of fairness and decency for individuals, neither those having abortions or the abortee. Those undergoing the procedure are being used as pawns in a program of eugenics, those being aborted have no choice.

We must make our voices heard. NOW!