10/6/2012
A
year ago, I was excited about this coming General Election Day. I thought it
was going to be the culmination of a lot of people working very hard to get the
“PEOPLE’S”
message heard and acted upon by our Representatives in Washington, D.C.
The
list of advocates for the common folk was impressive:
The
Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Emily’s List, The War Resistors League, Common
Dreams, The Root, Color of Change, United Republic, Center For American
Progress, MoveOn.org, Upworthy, The Huffington Post, The Opinionated Liberal,
Quiet Mike, Lester and Charlie, The Common Sense Coalition, Mined in America,
The Coffee Party. These, and more, seemed to making their collective voices
heard all around the Nation. It was like manna from Heaven. The skies were
going to part and “WE THE PEOPLE “were to be blessed with a truly
democratic government.
The
folks listed above, and many, many more, are still ringing their bells and
blowing their horns; all with great causes that are aimed at giving us the
Country we have long dreamed for. Sadly, however, it seems that things we thought
were on their way to being changed for the better have either stalled out, or
have taken a trip South for the Winter. It’s beginning to sound like we’re
still wallowing in a great big pile of doo-doo with no relief in sight.
Why
is it that we insist on electing absolute numb-nuts
to run our Country for us? Why do we even consider the incredible con men as an alternative? There has to
be someone out there that knows how to do this government thing. Someone must
have a block of time available to stand up, tell the Press where to stick it,
tell Corporate America to keep their hands out of the cookie jar, and run this
Nation as it is supposed to be run.
Think
for a minute, if you will, about such entities as the Supreme Court and the
entire National Justice System. It is a complete joke. A black Woman from the
inner city gets thirty years in prison for an ounce of marijuana, but a White
Male Murderer from the Mid-West gets eight to twelve years in prison, with the possibility
of parole in four years. Crap, that makes sense to me! Who’s running this dog
and pony show? Are you, perhaps, thinking of running for the local school board
in, say, Broward County, Florida? That will cost you a measly little $200,000.00 just
to get in the mix. When I heard this, from a friend in the know, my jaw not
only dropped, it became unhinged (I know; to the great pleasure of many.)
Stories like these only confirm our need to erase the entire structure of our government
and start over, from scratch.
A
great place to start is with the Constitution,
our Bill of Rights, and our Emancipation Proclamation. Hell, throw in the Federalist Papers for good measure. And then, we
need the Second American Revolution to become a
reality. Everything under the sun is fair game: our economic structures, our
justice system, our social safety net programs, our legislative system, our
education system, our Military structure and mission, and our presumed role in
international affairs. Only after this is accomplished will the United States
of America, once again, be fulfilling its promise to all its citizens.
So,
what the heck, are we all up for a little Revolution?
Anybody?
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