From the VOMITORIUM

There is a lot zooming around the airways around the Beltway….Middle East Problems…..Cuts arguments…jobs dilemma (something few want to address)…and a weak economy that has no help from the government….like I said a week of killer problems……and during all this the White House Press Secretary made a statement during a briefing about Libya and the problems…..

From the White House press briefing on 25 Feb 2011:
MR. CARNEY:  ……………..  The Libyan people deserve a government now that protects the safety of its citizens, is responsive to their aspirations, and is broadly representative.

In other words Qadafi and his stooges need to listen to the people…is that about it?

Read it again…please…….has anyone in Washington…the White House or the Congress ever taken this same advice?  I know why do I say that?

In a recent poll conducted by the WSJ…..81% say that we should tax millionaires……68% say we need to eliminate the Bush tax cuts…..74% say we need to eliminate the subsidies for the oil companies….but yet the Congress and the Prez are doing the exact opposite of what a majority of the people want….why?

Do I have this about right?  The Libyan leaders need to respect what the people want, but the leaders in US can ignore the desires of its people?  Where is that democratic?

I think the US, especially those in power, should stop lecturing other countries on what they need to do or not do….especially while they ignore the wishes and desires of their own people.

Now is the time for the country to have a substantive conversation on the direction of the country……put aside petty and I do mean petty, differences and political BS and settle on what is good for the people and the country.  It is a pipe dream, I know, but this has to be done or this form of government is heading for the door……..