"I always imagine what I would do if I had a million dollars.
But if I had 14 trillion dollars
I would make a deal with
the men and women in office.
I would pay off the national deficit
on one condition
that these elected officials
would leave office
and promise never to
screw things up again."
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE. At least that is how the constitution read it, but when you reject the idea the great leaders of this country will be quick to remind you of that and if you don't believe it then they will have you investigated for being a threat to national security.
National security, lets breakdown this word and see if we can come to a conclusion of sorts. First we must look at National, Websters defines national as this; of, relating to, or being a coalition government formed by most or all major political parties. Most or all major political parties usually in crisis. what does this definition fall under does it give precedence to hate groups and militia's. Does it include all acts of terrorism. Perhaps it goes deeper in that it gives the people a sense of Right an wrong. I am not very political, but this definition tells me that it is a group of individuals who tell me what to think and feel. and that when things go wrong it is my fault as well as the fault of the American people who didn't vote.
Lets look at Security; Websters defines security as this; something given, deposited, or pledged to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation. Does this play a role in the debt ceiling or promised tax cuts, or more jobs. Do the men and women in office take pay cuts to full fill the nations security. Do elected officials protect each individual constituent. We keep hearing that they are taking steps to keep these promises. Wait a minute did you say steps? Did they take steps to build a national debt of 14 trillion dollars in a three year period? Did they take steps to assure that millions of jobs would be protected? Did they take steps to assure that off shore drilling was safe for the environment. Did they take steps to assure that our military had the right funding so that we would not be in this condition.
Last week I watched the news and to my alarm there were six shootings in public places including the Arizona massacre. This should not be so. Now as a result people are putting their lives back together, and all of our elected officials seek blame. Why not take steps to keep from having these things happen. I do not see Jared Loughner as being the last of his kind. there are still politically motivated idiots out there and most have been elected to office. As I see it Rhetoric does not kill people, but when life sucks for an individual they usually snap and why is this so. Because the men and women in authority are looking at which rhetorical statement caused which rhetorical incident, instead of fulfilling the obligation they pledged to do when they swore the oath of office.
As a nation we are in crisis and all I can do is voice the concern of an individual who knows from past experience of taking steps to prevent as opposed to taking steps to repair. I love this country and refuse to sit back and watch it disintegrate because of stupidity. we are a prosperous nation, and had that stimulus money gone to the American people instead of big business we would see the economy exploding, please do not ban that rhetoric because an explosive economy would be a good thing.
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