What We Forgot

The recent debt ceiling debate shows just how partisan and uncivil we Americans have become. Town hall meetings are all but impossible because hecklers are planted at each event, and you might even get shot in the head. Welcome to Mother America, the land of the brazen, overweight Tea Party Patriots who drone on about the Constitution, while having no concept of true democracy.

See, the whole democracy thing is about having a rational discourse, listening to your opponent, and then achieving compromise. The recent debacle in Washington was more like watching rabid clowns perform in a low-budget remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

As for the Obama Haters, come on, and give it a break — seeing your worldly self emerge from your Christian facade has gotten old. I've never seen so many people hate on one poor guy, a guy who has the most rotten job in America. And, to my shock, one day people are going to their country club churches to learn about "love," and the next day they are telling the most vile and hateful jokes about the U.S. president. Oh, yeah, there is an exemption in the Bible for hating on the president -- you can read about it in one of those obscure books in the back of the Old Testament. Honest.

I have to blame it all on gerrymandering, but fully realize that the typical American doesn't know what that is (they are more concerned about the Biggest Loser getting voted off the island). But it's this gerrymandering thing that creates Left and Right congressional districts, and the moderates are all but lost. It's a nasty game.

No, No, No!

As far as political maneuvering goes, it looks like the Republican Party and their Tea Party militia wing are doing everything in their power to sabotage the presidency of the president. So what if they keep us in a recession and millions out of work. The point is that them NASCAR god-fearing folks want the White House back.

Oh, and as far as the debt ceiling goes ... those Tea Party Patriots have no problem with taking little Johnny's subsidized school lunch away, but when it comes to corporate tax breaks and runaway military spending, they appear totally indifferent. After all, it's Obama who invaded Iraq and bailed out the banks, and had an affair with Monica. At least that's how the Texas Board of Education will spin it, and since history and facts are just another illusion to the Tea Partiers, it really doesn't matter anyway.

A Demo What?

My point is that to create a sustainable world, we must have a healthy, productive democracy. This means gathering input from all sides and creating a workable solution. And better yet, a solution that is sensitive to the long-term. This does NOT mean letting a vocal, raunchy, fringe group ramming a hard line position down every one else's throats. Where is the love? Where is the idea that we are all Americans?

It's okay to be a conservative, moderate, or liberal. Each side should respect the other, and "respect" is something we've totally lost in this country. Let's be civil, open-minded, and caring. Let's LISTEN to what the other side has to say. Let's vote in the best interest of our children and future, rather than bowing to the puppet masters.

It's not our political system that is broken. It is WE who are broken. I've seen too many people who have lost their rationalism and decency as human beings. Our country is becoming Road Warrior Nation, a land that is controlled by roaming brutes.

Show some love, baby. Show some compassion. And remember what democracy really is, and not who you are trying to impress. Throw your tea in the bay and join the rest of America. And let us become one again.

Amen, saith the Goose