Rose Colored Glasses, Washington Style

"Wow, like dudes and dudettes, what are you smokin' in Washington????"

Seeing the world through rose colored glasses are we?


Please come visit my blog at its new home:

http://aspect.arjis.connect.com

Thanks, and see you there...

Same Old Politics. What Will Change?

Image via Wikipedi
I read this article on The American Thinker. It talks about the possibility that blackmail of Obama and his team will influence decisions the next four years.

Is Obama vulnerable to blackmail?

You know it sounds like an over-used, re-run, worn out phrase:

"we need to get the bums out of Washington"

But, it never seems to happen. "Our fellow Americans" don't deserve anything that they didn't earn. In this case, they don't deserve a better government, because they didn't work to weed out the corrupts, and the "corruptables" out of office. The country needs new players in the game. People who believe in what the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were based on. Not "representatives" who are back-biting, corrupt pawns of every special interest, PAC, and criminal that can buy them.

It is my opinion Obama and his crew are not the only ones deeply connected to old time corrupt politics and politicians. We have so many entrenched "legacies" in our government who continue to push their agendas, not the peoples. That money was long ago paid, and is still there, just fueling the debates and stalemates we read about daily. Repayment for past favors...

Left, and Right... What about a moderator? What about another entity within those halls who hasn't been entrenched there and doesn't owe "favors"?

"You did it… No, you did it…" *fingers pointing both directions…

Grrrr. Business as usual DC politics… Sickening! The Republicans, the Democrats, they all have skeletons in the their closet.

The lots have been cast, the "people" have spoken, now we have to deal with the state this country is in with the current mix of politicians we put in the seats. There will be NO CHANGE, because no one is willing to change. DC needs to get over the bickering, finger pointing, selling out, and conniving. The "statesmen" need to actually work together to do the people on the street and in the workforce some good, instead of selling out to corruption and special interests.

They can go ahead and point fingers at each other, but that will never be the solution to the problem. The people need to REALLY vote change. That means up-rooting the buried alliances and corruptions that continue to influence the decisions made affecting the people and their lives.

They need to do something different: "Vote the people, not the money" This country needs a catalyst of change, not a new face on politics as usual.

A New Hope?

Image via WikipediaWell, soon it will be Inauguration Day. The country will be bringing aboard the 44th President at a time when we are living in the worst economy, potentially, since The Great Depression. Stocks at cellar prices, the Big 3 automakers begging for money, companies laying off workers, and the banking, lending, and mortgage industry fiasco at its peak.

What can we hope for to bring us out of this mess? I have seen a poster depicting "Super Barack". Is he a superhero? Can he put in the American people's hearts a feeling of safety and patriotism? Now that the voters have spoken, will the country stand behind him?

No doubt, there are many who predict he will fail. Many who hope he will fail. And, many... who know he will succeed. They have put all their trust in him. My thought on the matter was the election didn't give me much of a choice. Geographical relocation just before Election Day assured I had no choice.

Regardless, I am not sure I would have voted Democratic or Republican. Perhaps an Independent...?

Maybe a third party figuring in the equation could be the New Hope. Maybe the stagnant aisles on the congressional floor might come alive with some truely productive debate and generate some legislation that will prove to be the catalyst for real change.

The daily arguments of the left and right are getting old. People cry out in the streets for change, yet we still elect the same old ideas into the mix. The Democrats and Republicans hand the floors back to each other, and the talking heads comment on the wins and loses of each party when the majorities shift. The people sit in amazement as nothing is different, just that they are getting older.

Why do the people of this country insist on making this a two player game? It is a game you know. The game of politics, and we have lots of old players. Players with lots of connections, and lots of favors that need repaid. New players show up on the playing field with the old time connections.

If America could just have a vision statement. A place where it wants to go. New and fresh ideas generated by a Congress whose members compromise with each other, doing what the people want, and not what will keep them elected. Politicians who won't cater to the big time election money.

"My constituents want this!"

What a noble quote for an elected statesman to make.

I know, I am dreaming... Sad isn't it