Sunday Politics

I’ve been quiet on the subject of politics for a while now, but today I have the time and desire to vent my spleen about the current batch of bullshit that passes for government in this country.

Government vs citizens’ rights. The government HAS NO RIGHTS unless we say so. THEY work for US. In theory. The last couple of decades, however, have fostered the notion that the President and all of Congress are royalty. These so-called public servants have access to top notch health care for FREE and for LIFE, are above the law and are not subject to any of the annoyances that we peasants must deal with daily. They can vote themselves a raise any time they wish. They can vote to take our money without our consent, violate our civil rights and dictate rules for our personal lives. This is not the way it should be. The government is supposed to be representative of the citizenry, yet ours is controlled by insurance companies, big pharma and anyone else with deep pockets. Anyone who thinks money can’t buy you whatever you want in the US government is delusional.

Speaking of civil rights… There have been two flights turned around and escorted by fighter jets in the past month for such heinous crimes as getting drunk and writing a stupid comment on a comment card. FIGHTER JETS. Talk about idiotic overreactions! How much money did those asinine little follies cost? The Dept of Homeland Security and the TSA are nothing but bureaucratic money drains. Why not put that money to, oh, I dunno, THWARTING terrorism around the world rather than harassing Americans? The TSA is run by gate employees who barely have a GED yet they have the authority to harass, detain and even ARREST you. The government has decided that you lose your right to refuse illegal search and seizure as soon as you step into an airport and all the sheeple just let it happen. Do you really think that your civil liberties are NOT being chipped away? Are you stupid? Every time the government encroaches on your liberties in the name of “safety” it is against our constitution and it should NOT be allowed. Are Americans really this dumb? Apparently.

If you think that ANY of the civil liberties that have gone by the wayside will EVER come back, you deserve to lose them.

Big government only gets bigger. Along with all the entitlements that so many Americans think are a great idea, comes government control of citizens. Want your health care for “free”? Well, then, let the government run up a deficit (that means NO MONEY to pay for it, geniuses) and decide who gets what. I can guarantee you, the middle class (what’s left of us) will pay for all of it and the dependent population will grow substantially. Want a docile citizenry? Put them all on the dole. Dumb them down. Lower their expectations. Why work when you can just hold your hand out? Why think when you can just sit back and let the Nanny government make all the decisions?

The America that our parents knew is gone. This republic has passed its peak. It is on its downward spiral. Which is inevitable, granted, but sad nonetheless. Even Rome fell and America will be no different. This is just the beginning throes of the decline. Future generations will have to deal with a world where America is just another country with too many weapons and no economy to speak of. Americans sneer at Socialism and laugh at Communism, but that is exactly the direction we are headed.

I used to think Socialism was the way to go, but it will never work here. There are too many politicians and corporations with their fingers in the pie. They won’t stop until our society is completely broken and there is no more money to take. Socialism begins with a society that believes in certain human dignities and Americans are just too greedy and jaded. It’s too late for that here. I think we’ll skip straight to a communist model.

The best we could do with health care at this point is make medicine a business like any other and abolish insurance altogether. Of course, this can’t happen because the insurance companies OWN the politicians. See? There’s no escape from the corrupt collusion of money and politics.

I’ve given up hope that the sheeple will come to their senses. We are bracing for 2.5% of our money to be stolen by the government for the “have nots” (NOT us) to get their FREE health care. I wish we were as rich as the government claims we are. We pay our bills and are consistently punished for it. If we sat back, let the house go into foreclosure and got on the dole, we’d reap the benefits of all this “reform”. Because the current version of “fair” translates in reality to stealing from 75% of the population to pay for those on the dole in the first place.

We are at the bottom of the middle class strata, but by gods, that doesn’t mean WE deserve anything for our money, right? RIGHT? Well, that’s what this legislation is saying. The government is saying “Fuck YOU for paying your bills and owning your home! Ha! If you were a lifetime renter with 10 kids and on welfare you’d see how great this plan really is!!” Personally, I resent that. I might be a teensy bit more positive about it if I GOT something, ANYTHING for my 2.5%. Like maybe free Minute Clinics? But NO, I’ll get nothing and LIKE it. Fuck that and fuck the government that is doing this to its citizens.

Yes, Socialism has high taxes, but EVERYONE gets to benefit from the perks like good health care, lots of paid vacation time and an overall better quality of life. From rich to poor, everyone can use medical facilities when they need to and never worry one minute about it. Hmm, perhaps the lower stress is one big factor in their health? Just sayin’.

I resent these “reforms” that are sailing through the branches of our supposedly representative government. I resent that fucking Nebraska or Idaho or which ever fucking useless Midwestern state gets a free ride (paid for by ME) just to get this legislation passed. I resent illegal search and seizure propagated at our airports. I resent our government running absolutely rampant with no apparent way to stop it. No matter which of the two useless and corrupt parties are in charge, the government has become emboldened and empowered to do whatever the fuck it feels like. This is NOT how a republic is supposed to run.

Vote Libertarian and let’s take back our country and stand up for our rights. The two party system is clearly not working. Voting third party – now that’s CHANGE I can believe in. VOTE LIBERTARIAN! [Please NOTE that this post was before the radical Christians took over the Libertarian party! I currently have NO party since they are all batshit crazy. -A, Dec 2016]