The longer i see the current U.S. president in office, the more i'm reminded of a fact that i learned long ago, but somehow got lost in the rhetoric of the his speeches. I am reminded that your average politician, does not care about americans. I believe that the majority of americans, elected our current president to bring about great change for our country, substantial change that would benefit the lives of every american as we knew it. Change, that would get the economy back on track, and change that would result in the a greater and more important diplomatic role in the world.
So, what went wrong here? Where's the change we were promised? I'll tell you, it's nowhere. While there has been a boost to the economy, we're still dealing with a 10 percent(!) unemployment rate, and a sagging housing sector. Universal healthcare is pretty much out of the question, and you can forget about getting the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq over with any time soon. Granted, the whole situation in iraq seems to be going swimmingly right now, that's great, but what about the other war? In afghanistan? If he doesn't listen to his military advisors we're going to be fighting that for a long time to come. Meanwhile, unrest is growing at home, between people's frustration with the economy, health care, and the war, lies a president that seems to have forgotten that his party not only holds a majority, but that he was elected to do away with the ineffectual policies of his predecessor. Add to that an incredibly vocal and volitile minority in the republican party, and you've a recipe for disaster.
Speaking of republicans, why in the hell is anybody listening to them? We've been at war for 8 years now, had the worst economic recession since the great depression under them, and managed to turn a budget surplus into an 11 trillion dollar deficit. I know what you're going to say, "well if the democrats wouldn't spend so much we wouldn't be that far in debt". That's true, but consider what most of that money was spent on, attempts to fix the economy. All they've done simply add on. As anybody can tell you, the lifeblood of an economy is spending. Yes, we do have a massive deficit, but you can't begin to make money, without spending it first. I don't understand where the logic in taking money out of the economy comes from, but then again, i never really studied economics, there, i said it, too bad.
Meanwhile, as this is all going on, republicans never cease to open up the rhetoric can on how obama is trying to destroy america through socialism, or how he's trying to kill your grandparents, or how he's going to eat your babies or how canada's health care system will kill your soul and send you to hell. The screwed up thing is, THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS TO TRY AND WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE. People who clearly have no real interest in doing so. Consequently, all that's been going on is bickering. Nothing has changed, and everybody is suffering for it. We were told back in the bush era that to not support the president was unpatriotic, well now the same thing is going on but the repubs are maitaining that they're being far more patriotic then anything obama is trying to do. But, where was this point of view when dems were saying the same thing just a few years back? It was nowhere to be found, and let's be frank, there were policies that were in violation (or at the least, very very questionable) of the constitution of our nation! Where were the glenn beck's then? The rush limbaugh's, they claim that they were there fighting against their own ilk but it's BS!
I'm learning as time has gone on, that none of these people truly want change, they simply want to be the party in charge, or at the very least, maintain their seat. But, as we can see now, nothing is getting done because too many people are either buying in to the republicans BS or accomplishing nothing by trying to work with them. My question is, what did we elect these people for? Aren't they supposed to work for us? Didn't we put them in office? What about what the people want? Doesn't that matter any more? What about equality, diplomacy, democracy? It seems to me that our current system is standing in direct contrast, and that more and more the two party system is merely a veil under which the truth is lying. That is to say, there is no more democracy, only two bickering parties who are struggling to rule over one another.
Think about it, we're always forced to choose between the two, sure there are other parties out there, but let's be honest, they don't have the money to make any real headway into the political spectrum, and a good majority of those parties are just extreme versions of the other two parties anyways. Nevertheless, i think it's time that we resurrected democracy from the dead, and showed the two political behemoths that stand before us, that they have somebody to answer to, americans. Isn't it time for a real change? Isn't it time, that we threw out the ineffectual old guard? I only hope it isn't too late for real change in this country.
(Edit: Let's not have topic titles in all caps, shall we? It's a bit disruptive. - Funk)
So, what went wrong here? Where's the change we were promised? I'll tell you, it's nowhere. While there has been a boost to the economy, we're still dealing with a 10 percent(!) unemployment rate, and a sagging housing sector. Universal healthcare is pretty much out of the question, and you can forget about getting the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq over with any time soon. Granted, the whole situation in iraq seems to be going swimmingly right now, that's great, but what about the other war? In afghanistan? If he doesn't listen to his military advisors we're going to be fighting that for a long time to come. Meanwhile, unrest is growing at home, between people's frustration with the economy, health care, and the war, lies a president that seems to have forgotten that his party not only holds a majority, but that he was elected to do away with the ineffectual policies of his predecessor. Add to that an incredibly vocal and volitile minority in the republican party, and you've a recipe for disaster.
Speaking of republicans, why in the hell is anybody listening to them? We've been at war for 8 years now, had the worst economic recession since the great depression under them, and managed to turn a budget surplus into an 11 trillion dollar deficit. I know what you're going to say, "well if the democrats wouldn't spend so much we wouldn't be that far in debt". That's true, but consider what most of that money was spent on, attempts to fix the economy. All they've done simply add on. As anybody can tell you, the lifeblood of an economy is spending. Yes, we do have a massive deficit, but you can't begin to make money, without spending it first. I don't understand where the logic in taking money out of the economy comes from, but then again, i never really studied economics, there, i said it, too bad.
Meanwhile, as this is all going on, republicans never cease to open up the rhetoric can on how obama is trying to destroy america through socialism, or how he's trying to kill your grandparents, or how he's going to eat your babies or how canada's health care system will kill your soul and send you to hell. The screwed up thing is, THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS TO TRY AND WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE. People who clearly have no real interest in doing so. Consequently, all that's been going on is bickering. Nothing has changed, and everybody is suffering for it. We were told back in the bush era that to not support the president was unpatriotic, well now the same thing is going on but the repubs are maitaining that they're being far more patriotic then anything obama is trying to do. But, where was this point of view when dems were saying the same thing just a few years back? It was nowhere to be found, and let's be frank, there were policies that were in violation (or at the least, very very questionable) of the constitution of our nation! Where were the glenn beck's then? The rush limbaugh's, they claim that they were there fighting against their own ilk but it's BS!
I'm learning as time has gone on, that none of these people truly want change, they simply want to be the party in charge, or at the very least, maintain their seat. But, as we can see now, nothing is getting done because too many people are either buying in to the republicans BS or accomplishing nothing by trying to work with them. My question is, what did we elect these people for? Aren't they supposed to work for us? Didn't we put them in office? What about what the people want? Doesn't that matter any more? What about equality, diplomacy, democracy? It seems to me that our current system is standing in direct contrast, and that more and more the two party system is merely a veil under which the truth is lying. That is to say, there is no more democracy, only two bickering parties who are struggling to rule over one another.
Think about it, we're always forced to choose between the two, sure there are other parties out there, but let's be honest, they don't have the money to make any real headway into the political spectrum, and a good majority of those parties are just extreme versions of the other two parties anyways. Nevertheless, i think it's time that we resurrected democracy from the dead, and showed the two political behemoths that stand before us, that they have somebody to answer to, americans. Isn't it time for a real change? Isn't it time, that we threw out the ineffectual old guard? I only hope it isn't too late for real change in this country.
(Edit: Let's not have topic titles in all caps, shall we? It's a bit disruptive. - Funk)
