Make Some Noise

The more news I listen to the more depressed I get. This country has been taken over by greedy, power hungry, tyrants. I, of course, use the term “taken over” somewhat loosely. The reality is we have allowed these people to keep their jobs. The founders of this country had a brilliant idea for government. It even worked for a while. Those days, however, are dead and gone.
Back in the early days of the USA the people loved their leaders. There was passion and love for their congressmen and presidents. Today kids can name more rock bands and sports stars than senators. No, that’s not true, it’s tax paying, voting adults, not children, that can’t name their own district’s congressman. Our goverment is breeding complacence and apathy. They are doing this because it makes their job of subverting our civil rights much easier. If we don’t care, we won’t stop them. And the media, one of the only ways people get their information, makes sure they toe the company line, staying on target (Britany Spears, the War on Drugs, the Surge is working) because if they don’t they might lose their almighty advertising dollars.
How do we get people to put down the xbox controller and find out what their government is actually doing? How do we get our country back on track? Do we vote for Hillary? Do we vote for Obama? Do we vote for McCain? Does it even matter which talking head we put in office? Every single elected official has made a promise to forget bipartisan politics and work for the greater good of the people, and then every single bill that comes across the table, the lines are clearly drawn. If a Democrat wrote the bill, the Republicans vote NO and vice versa. If, by some miracle, a bill is passed by both the house and senate, it dies on Bush’s desk.
Speaking of the President’s veto practice, lets take a look at his record. For his first term, with a Republican house and senate, Bush vetoed a total of one (1) bill. In fact, for the first 6 years of his Presidency, he did not issue a single veto. Not one. In November, 2006, the Democrats took control of the House and Senate. Bush met with top Dems and said “My attitude about this is that there is a great opportunity for us to show the country that Republicans and Democrats are equally as patriotic and equally concerned about the future and that we can work together.” By the end of 2007, he had issued 7 vetoes, a 600% increase. Perhaps he misunderstands what “work together” means.
Our country is off track, it has lost the moral high ground that we used to be able to wave proudly. We are allowing liars and tyrants to destroy our homeland and walk all over the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We allow the President to get away with outright criminal behavior without so much as a blink. Nobody seems to care. If this were happening 30 years ago, the people would have stood up and taken to the streets. My generation, however, can’t be bothered. That has to change. We need to show those in charge that we won’t allow this to happen anymore. We need to change it. We CAN change it. Log off, hang up, tune in, and make some noise.