Irony on the rocks with a twist...

I’m tired. I’m tired of watching the lockstep two-party three-ring circus spectacle that is American politics. I’m tired of watching the fraudulent show played out for the benefit of keeping people hopelessly divided, while those in power seem more interested only in their own enrichment than they do in the people they supposedly serve.

I’m tired of the “same old new direction” in Iraq, a questionable invasion and occupation, that has gotten us more than three thousand dead, tens of thousands wounded (and who really knows how many Iraqi civilians killed and maimed). Most of all, I’m tired of everyone putting up with the callous indifference of George W. Bush and his supporters. The decision to go ahead and make the total blunder in Iraq bigger than it already is, despite the advice from seasoned statesmen, career military strategists, members of Congress from both sides of the aisle, and the referendum this past November from the American people, demonstrates there is far more than merely a lack of competent leadership in the White House, it demonstrates that these people just don’t give a damn what anyone else thinks.

I’m also tired of hearing the same spineless talk from Democrats, who seem determined to demonstrate their “November mandate” through their sudden willingness to do “The will of the people,” simply because enough folk finally realized that the Neocon dominated GOP wasn’t the least bit interested in what they wanted. If they haven’t always been so, it is obvious that the majority of American politicians have become little more than whores, selling their love and affections to anyone with enough money to pay their rates, unfortunately, lower and middle class Americans simply can’t afford them, so they get ignored. A promise from a politician is of no greater or lesser value, than love from a prostitute.

If the Democrats in Congress truly wanted to show the American people they mean business, they will jettison all their self-serving platitudes, which probably have greater chance of inflicting vicious paper cuts, than in changing the long ago made decisions concerning White House policy. It should be noted that the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the authority to make war, fund war, and in instances where it is necessary, charge the Executive Branch with “High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” of which this citizen holds both Bush and Cheney to be guilty
“…Beyond a reasonable doubt.”

There comes a time when the only way to repair a damaged, or faulty structure, is first to dismantle it and then rebuild it. Failing in this, such a structure will inevitably collapse in on itself. This structure and fabric that has held this nation together through 230 years is sagging, and no matter how many times they are repeated, denials will not keep it from falling. It is up to all of us to either unite against those who would ruin this nation for their own gain, or remain divided, only to watch it fall.

When the “political sharks” on the Right smell blood, they don’t make empty postures, flailing about like helpless minnows, touting “non-binding resolutions.” They do not plead with their opposition to stand still, so they can more easily rend the flesh from their bones, they charge in with the precision of thousands of years of absolute instinct, and they show no mercy. The time will come when it will be too late for action, and any who survive the slaughter will be looking around for someone to blame. The inevitable frenzy of finger pointing will not make any difference, for reality will not change; the dead will still be dead, the missing limbs blown off by roadside bombs will still be gone, and the only place the guilt and shame will be evident is in the mirror.

Let the ideals set forth and signed by our forefathers on July 4^th, 1776 be read and spoken aloud once more with pride, passion, and enthusiasm, as a testament to the indomitable will, and spirit, that bore a nation. For if Congress proves itself unequal to the task of reminding the President and Vice-President to whom they are accountable, it becomes the duty of the American people to remind Congress of that very same notion; otherwise, it may as well serve as our only epitaph:

“…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…”

TANSTAAFL!

©J.S.Brown 2004-2007
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