Daily Agitator
A wonderful term, at least politically……
And most of the time it does NOT mean ALL Americans, just those that work hard and try to survive…….those calling for a shared sacrifice seldom ever have to sacrifice anything……
My friend over at Quintessential Havoc (go to blogroll and visit an insightful site) and I have been bitching about politicians for some time now and it got me to thinking about ways of changing the whole atmosphere in which they work (I use the term loosely).
Americans for generations have been asked to sacrifice for the country’s sake…..wars, depression, national disasters, etc….each and every time Americans have stepped up for the good of their country…most recently Americans have sacrificed, not all, but a few….war has made American families sacrifice everything…not only the loss of lives and the mutilation of bodies. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken families to the brink…..multiple deployments, sons, daughters, fathers and mothers taken away from their families so that many situations are lost like births, deaths, birthdays, anniversaries, first steps, etc. etc. And these people do this voluntarily for the good of the country.
What have you done?
If you do not live near a military base then the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan mean very little to you…..Americans are not asked to sacrifice for the good of the country and when only a small percentage is asked to do so…sacrifice, that is……
I am tired of hearing these “do nothing” worms in Washington talk about sacrifice…they know nothing about sacrifice….but they want you top sacrifice while they retain their privileged existence…..that is time for a change…….
But then I think that congress people should not have their families with them and that they should live in a dormitory type structure…(I hear that the Watergate is for sale..) after all these people only work about 3 days a week and spend the rest of their time at home fund raising….so it is not like that they would be deprived of their families, like the troops. There would be NO need for private schools or houses in exclusive neighborhoods. If they have time for tanning beds and golf and other such pursuits then we are paying them too much or they are NOT doing their job…after all they are in Washington to run the government, not to increase their visibilities at social functions. Or to take vacations and call it work. Let these clowns share in the sacrifices of the working people of this country. (Emphasis for effect)And further more it is time to consider making these perpetual candidates to start retiring when they hit 75…..time to move past people running the country that are over 90 and cannot remember their gran kid’s names…we all bitch about making the government more fiscal conservative then eliminate the expenses that these celebrities run up in the name of doing their jobs. But nope we had rather let them gut the education system, among many programs and retain their elitism.
The problem is that Americans are timid and allow the top 10% to make their decisions and their sacrifices.
YOU WANT CHANGE! Then change everything about the Congress…you will have to do it because your elected officials will NOT change the sure thing or the sweet gig that they have….but NO you prefer to let them talk and promise and bullsh*t you…all the while they are getting rich on your dime…..does that sound logical or for that matter, rational?
Yes. I’m not quite sure I entirely agree in the UK at least since they are making some serious efforts, but you are nevertheless right.
The truth is that we do all need to make sacrifices at times for our country, BUT (there it is) the country has to be WORTH IT to ALL of us!
Great sentiment……and the working people seem to always make the sacrifices while their leaders continue their extravagant lifestyle and tell us just how bad it is….like these pinheads would know….
Oh, they KNOW how bad it is all right – they just don’t care because it’s only loose change to them!
I am working on a post on the upcoming election and trends……and trends will tell the story….
I don’t mean to be rude about the uS because it’s the same all across the democratic world, but the electoral trends will simply demonstrate once again how stupid, ill-informed and easily swayed the electorate actually is… betcha!
Well they say that the truth is cruel and in this case you are absolutely correct……I am watching what we political scientist (just had to throw that in for word count…lol) currents in the political storm……to others it is just called trends….
PS: Thanx for the heads up… 🙂
You are welcome my friend……