Power Mongers

I am growing ever more annoyed everyday at the hatred towards one another, or one group or the other.

It seems that if someone who does not have the same opinion as the other, then the fight is on. Who can be the loudest? Who can overpower whose belief without regard for their right to have a differing opinion. Who can gain control (power) and exercises dominion over others? Who can embarrass and/or ruin the credibility of another?

It has become the national pastime to create a divide between our people in this country.

People are described by something that sets them apart from others. Black Americans, white Americans, Mexican Americans, gay and lesbian. Our political organizations wreak the most havoc. Of course they are at the root of all evil in this country. Republicans vs Democrats is not good enough for those who desire absolute control.

We have divisions within the divisions, liberal democrats and conservative republicans. I listen to the Bill O'Rielly's and the Allen Combs' and sometimes get fired up when they spew their opinions all over the airwaves. I do have to express that I agree that there are groups who would love nothing more than to gain absolute control of this land to exercises their form of "ism". Which in my opinion they would like nothing more than to rid our land of religion and ridicule those who believe in a higher power, and make it illegal to believe. Some would love to take my guns from me, others think home protection comes with a cyclic rate of 300 rounds per minute. There are also those who would like nothing more than to see this country fail. Some of those people hold political office.

Those folks have made it "cool" to be loud and in your face. "Screw the man. Rules and morals are only holding us back. No one should be able to tell me what to do." I truly believe that people are becoming extreme in their politics, lifestyles, appearance because society is breeding the position that popular and/or cool, (depending on your age), are living alternatively to a disciplined, thoughtful, respectful, in-control life.

It is either being fed by our political leadership or they are buying into what is being shoved in our faces by a loud few who have access to producing our media. Either way life has become chaotic, hectic, antagonistic, hateful, and down right dangerous.

Now the original point I wanted to make with this blog post, is that so called leaders today have only their own agendas/interests in mind. All we hear in the media is "the democratically controlled congress", the far left, the extreme right, and so on. Each group is stuck on themselves and their positions of "my way is the only way." Each group or group representative can say nothing without attempting to make their opposition look bad. All this is an attempt to sway opinion toward their control. Each election is a war of who will control Capital Hill, not for the good of the people, but for the good of their agenda.

No longer are our leaders serving the people. No longer do our leaders represent their constituents. They don't even consider what they might think. They don't consider the position they hold is a position of duty and responsibility, but a position of power. A few of you may know what I mean when I use the phrase "kingmen". This way of doing things has hypnotized Americans into complacency. "What can I do about it now that he/she is in Washington?"

If our elected officials are not exercising their authority, that we gave them, on our behalf, the way we think, feel, believe, know. Then it is our responsibility to raise the roof. We can control Washington. We do this by getting involved. Get educated about issues and candidates. Vote! If you have something to say beneficial to our pursuit of happiness, say it! If you are concerned about issues, talk to your congressional representatives. If your rep does not do as they said they would. Use your absolute power as a citizen and hold them accountable, and vote them out.

Our elected officials work for us. We pay their salaries. We reap the benefits for their good decisions, and pay the consequences for their wrong decisions. Stop our taxes being used for frivolous crap. Stop our jobs from being sent to foreign countries, stop being a nation of consumers and begin again to be a nation of producers. And take accountability for your own mistakes as-well.