Thursday, September 16, 2010

PROMISES, PROMISES, PROMISES

The average public seems to not understand what it takes to govern this country.  Campaign promises indicate intent and goals but no one can promise that they can get the Legislators or the opposing party to allow the promises to get fulfilled.  Many people criticize Obama as not keeping his promises though he has kept more of them than The Republicans wish him to keep.  It is clearly stated by the Republicans that their singular aim is to make Obama fail and not vote in the interests of the American public.

Mind boggling ignorance of how laws are passed and what difficulthy there is in amending the Constitution,
Teapartiers have stolen candidacies from more mainstream Republicans while splintering the party votes.  Those of us who care about what is happening to the country and the Middle Class are appalled at the limited scope  by those voters.  It is as though we are allowing our teen agers to make the rules...those of us who lived through the years of the 'flower children' and their 'anti-establishment' views' are experiencing deja vu.  The Teapartierrs are not referring to or learning from history . The Teapartiers and their followers will learn a lesson, while obstructing positive movement for the country, that their adolescent and naive solutions will not work but will hurt many people in the meanwhile..

While I sincerely agree that we need many changes, we must consider the state of our country as though it is very old plumbing.  While fixing a leak you may have to jiggle the pipes.  Reverberation may spring leaks in others, so far away the leak may do considerable damage before it is discovered.  This should convince some that amateur plumbers aren't always able to control results or costs.  Neither are amateur legislators holding key positions in the Administrative service.  Many who have won nominations should be receiving the Darwin Awards, not be voted into offices that negatively impact the rest of us.

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