Why Is 'Government' Such A Dirty Word To The GOP?
Government Established as a Servant & Representative of 'We The People'
NewsFocus, by Tim Watts  030109

For many years the main argument of corporations and big money has always been that government has no right in telling business how to operate. A mantra of the political far right in this country has always been the dissolution of government as the regulator of big business, heralding a "free market" system with little or no government oversight, freeing the corporate rule to "let the markets decide." This is all we have ever heard for some time, but now that the economy is collapsing on top of that flawed ideal, along with all the rest of us, this tired cliché has been exposed as nothing more than what it is, letting the unscrupulous and crooked run the game the way they want to.

Government regulation over Wall Street, the central banks and our large corporations, has always been touted as a bad thing by the wealthy, something that would stifle economic growth and progress, while limiting small business in the process.

This is a grossly disingenuous argument, one which tries to wrongly tie together the vast large corporations of the mega-rich with the incomparable small businesses of the middle and lower class. Since the ultra-wealthy are far outnumbered in the US, making up only 1% of Americans, they try fervently to convince the middle and lower classes that the problems of the elite are the same for all smaller businesses, which they quite obviously are not.

An excellent example of this would be the marketing ploy of an estate tax versus a death tax. Yes, there is an estate tax, but that in no way infers a death tax. While an estate does get transferred in death through surviving family members, very few us of have large estates to worry about or to pay large taxes on. So the rich try to paint the estate tax into something common that we all share in, death. It is however, only in their death that large taxes are levied through the transfers of vast wealth.

The estate tax was placed for good reason and intent. It was a way of keeping the very wealthy from becoming ultra-wealthy and thus gaining more power and influence than our own government. Like it or not, it has valid reasoning behind it, but we are being duped into thinking that we will all be taxed upon our death. Nothing could be farther from the truth or more absurd.

Marketing Duplicitous Arguments

Another manufactured term, "tax and spend" liberal is just one more calculated attempt by the right to brainwash the average American into thinking that there is something terribly wrong with the concept of "tax and spend," yet by the very nature of the capitalism we espouse so virtuously to all the world, that is the correct way to govern. You earn your money first and then you spend it. We tax and then we spend. A simple concept of honest capitalism. More often that not, as life often does, we do get hit with bills when we are without enough money. Those are exceptions to the rule which we try to avoid at all cost. That cost is usually the exorbitant interest rate on a loan which takes more of our money.

The idea of tax and then spend is not as crazy as the Republican spin machine would have us believe. Many people just simply don't take the time to think the right-wing rhetoric through.

The GOP likes to rack up the bills and then worry about paying later, usually preferring to let a Democratic administration do the dirty work of raising taxes to pay for the Republican spending spree. Then, the next election cycle, the GOP will bitch about how the Democrats raised taxes in an effort to get Republicans back into power again. But I digress from the GOP aversion to government regulation and corporate oversight.

Why The Deceitful Effort?

In a nutshell, the rich simply do not want to pay their fair share with a percentage of their revenue, a system set up for all of us, not just for the middle and lower classes. They want to make hundreds of millions and even billions, but openly balk when their tax is commensurate in the multi-millions as well. Their objective is to make a lot and pay as little as possible. It's quite easy to understand why they want no government oversight or regulation. They want free markets, to do business in any manner they deem fit, unchecked by government regulatory agencies.

The problem with their argument is that the world is unfortunately full of imperfect and immoral people who sadly use greed as their sole driving force in life. Until someone can definitively guarantee that avarice has been removed from the corporate universe, then oversight is indeed needed to protect the populace from the clutches of the elite. Many from the far-right and the upper crust might cry foul at such a charge, but they would be remiss in their argument before it even began, in light of the already proven track record of many of the unscrupulous rich, such as Bernie Madoff, Enron and WorldCom, to name but just a few of the most recent examples.

No Regulation Required- Trust Us

It would now seem that the recent devastating events on Wall Street and the sudden disastrous downturn in the economy are showing us the staggering damage that can be wreaked by unregulated corporate Wall Street elitists whose pocketbooks and wallets serve as their only guidebook and moral compass in business and in life. When big money tells us that we need less government, it usually means it wants no regulatory oversight of itself. The hypocrisy and inequality in that thinking is that a greater majority of the ultra-wealthy are generally quite gung ho for increasing our military forces or federal, state and local police forces, as a way to kneel on the people, but yet they will never admit to any government regulation of themselves.

So where has that mentality taken us the last 30 years? The rich have become far richer while many in the middle class have now moved to the lower class. Very few have escaped the lower class under this perverse one-sided economic ideology.

Since the Reagan administration and now the Bush I and II administrations, there has undeniably been a growing divide amongst the rich and the ultra-rich, giving more wealth to the powerful uber-rich, whose pockets are already deep enough to take on free governments, thus influencing their political systems for their own personal gain.

Many have commented on this open danger to a free democracy, but yet the game has been allowed to continue unfettered and under-regulated for years now, quite literally to the breaking point of the flawed and corrupt system that it truly is. But to quote the fictitious Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, surprise," the American people get to pay for it all.

Government oversight and regulation is clearly the people’s way of policing corporate corruption. Without it, the high risk of fraud, diminishing safety standards, and financial impropriety increases as a direct result. Corporations would grow unchecked, becoming more powerful and influential over our political system, allowing the danger for fascist control to creep in. A people's government would logically seem to be recommended for any advancing society with the hope of flourishing as a nation and a culture, while a fascist rule is stifling, with no social growth to the people as a whole.

Government Was Established as a Guardian & Servant of 'We The People'

A government, in a benevolent form, is meant to facilitate the hopes and dreams of the people it governs, as well as acting as a guardian of their inalienable rights and liberties.

You cannot have a functioning society without some form of oversight to protect the people from each other. Historically that oversight has generally been needed between the upper and lower class, as well as for regulating against corporate greed and evil. The component to accomplish this social organization is called government. It is without a doubt a most necessary ingredient to an intelligent organized society.

What many on the right fail to realize, is that a "society" is a mixture of various people, oftentimes distinguished by their race, religion, wealth and social status. The benefit of society is the benefit to all, not just a few. The reason that man came together to form societies in the first place was for safety and living necessities, as well as convenience and companionship. In any decent society you will find degrees of socialism as a way of caring for the people. That's what having a society is all about. It's not about coming together to rape and pillage each other until the last man standing has all the wealth.

Like it or not, that latter mentality is, for all intents and purposes, the unchecked capitalism that we currently allow to thrive within our free society today.

How Much Government Is Necessary For Society To Run Effectively?

It would seem the argument lies in how much governance is necessary and how much is too much? While both sides can argue that too much government can be restrictive to society, the other side of the coin is too little holds no social value and defeats the cause it was established for. Quite frankly, when it comes to the extremes between too little and too much government, the latter is hands-down the best option when that government is functioning as expected and making the people's lives undeniably better as a result.

The notion that big government is a bad thing relies on the old less is more argument;  with less government oversight allegedly producing stronger capitalism. Since the system of capitalism is based on profit and greed, less regulation merely strengthens a flawed system, perpetuating an unstable economic model. In this case, less is not more, it's just bad capitalism.

Argue all you want about the virtues of capitalism versus socialism or communism, but it all comes down to the altruistic nature and benevolence displayed by the government for the people it serves. The particular system or type of government would appear to be secondary to the kindness or nefarious intentions of those governing it.

A government equal with the people, because it is of the people, is what our forefathers intended, but we have been misled to believe that government is a bad thing for the people, when in reality it is a necessary component of a free society.

Government has two primary enforcement tasks to an equal and open society. It provides regulation and oversight of the unscrupulous wealthy who would pose a danger to society. It also has the function of guarding against crimes from the individual, even though those crimes very seldom have the sweeping impact as crimes from the rich and powerful elite. Crimes of the lower class tend to be petty in value as compared to the crimes of the corporate elite.

A Change of the Political Guard

With the last two national elections, political power in the U.S. has shifted on Capitol Hill. Instead of the left screaming about a right-wing dictatorship or fascist rule, we now have the right complaining to the rafters about dictatorial rule, but this time under the guise of sweeping socialism. They bitterly claim that the size of government will grow, when in reality it has already burgeoned under every political reign while under the GOP watch.

The conservative right will claim that they are not responsible for the growth of big government, when in fact they are. Even though they like to claim that they are for reduced government, in reality, they are more interested in reducing regulation and taxes regarding big business and the ultra-wealthy. It is not the overall scope of large government per se, it is what the larger government does to them that they are worried about.

Noted Republican idealist Grover Norquist once said that the Republican goal was to "cut government in half in 25 years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub." And what pray tell do we do then with no government? One can only hope that he and others like him are not proposing a fascist rule in the absence of a government of, for and by the people.

Growth of our government under a Democratic leadership generally comes under the regulation of corporations, the revitalization of necessary social programs for the poor and reenactment and enforcement of environmental protections for the benefit of all. Conversely, the conservatives, the party of fear, tend to grow big government through increased military and law enforcement spending (more local police) as a method to subjugate and oppress the lower class.

For the record, the Federal government grew under George W. Bush at a much faster pace, and larger than ever before in the history of this country, with military and law enforcement as a large component of that growth. While post 9/11 programs were part of that, many were unnecessary illegal wiretap, surveillance and detention directives that were far beyond necessity and fiscal responsibility.

Who Needs Government The Most?

In answering this question, you have to also ask yourself, who fears government the most and why? The little man fears oppressive regimes that stifle liberty and individual freedom, while the wealthy elite fear regulations that stifle fiscal malfeasance and corporate corruption.

The cry from the right has always been that the left is the one to always ask for bigger government. They falsely claim the government will tax all Americans more, plus hand out tons of free money to the poor through unnecessary socialism programs. This two-fold accusation is factually inaccurate and grossly unfair and is meant to do two things, scare the lower and middle classes while inciting moderates and conservatives.

One poignant question to ask, since the rich go out of their way to avoid paying taxes as much as possible... how is it they claim to know best how to spend the hard paid tax money of those people? If the rich continually shirk their tax responsibility through loopholes and shelters, then it would seem logical that they should have no say in the spending of the tax revenue from the lower and middle classes.

The Myth of a Bipartisan GOP

While it is unfortunate that many Democratic congressmen fell in line with many Bush administration conservative policies out of fear, few Republicans can now be found to support the current progressive president. This is quite a glaring reversal indeed. As a result, the new Republican party is now being called the "party of NO."

Democrats were openly insinuated by the GOP to be traitors if they did not support our self proclaimed "war president," but now Republicans have conveniently forgotten about this blind patriotism criteria of theirs, as well as the war they falsely instigated, blaming all events from the arguably heinous Bush regime onto the two years of a Democratic congress, one which clearly kowtowed to the GOP administration, in fear of being mislabeled as anti-American.

If anything can be said for the Democratic party, they played ball with the Republicans when they came into office, as opposed to the suicidal timing of the GOP who now fervently struggles to oppose absolutely anything a Democratic president or congress will ever propose, despite a rapidly escalating financial crisis.

With two sweeping election mandates given by the people in the '04 and '08 elections, the once credible GOP has been left in shambles and without significant power, yet it refuses to acquiesce to the majority rule, as it so often expected from the left. Instead we hear half-truths and bald faced lies that continue an attempt to scare the American people into acting against their own best interests. The party of fear has decided to continue their course of conquest by dividing us with still more fear.

Different Priorities

After 9/11, the Bush cabal attacked our basic liberties and constitutional freedoms. As they claimed, it was all just an effort to better protect us and our cherished values. Whose values were being protected is in little question to the average American.

Our rights weren't worth a second thought to Bush, who declared our constitution as just a "goddam piece of paper." This was readily apparent to anyone who has dared to read the Patriot Act, versions I and II, where civil rights and constitutional liberties were stripped away or severely neutered by this voluminous legislation.

Just worthless scraps of paper to George W. Bush.

This from the same administration that openly lied about post 9/11 air quality in New York, just so it could get Wall Street up and running again as quickly as possible. The Bush regime heartlessly deemed this as an okay thing to do, costing numerous 9/11 first responders their lives, while jeopardizing the rest with life threatening sickness.

The point again being right wing priorities.

All Blame And No Shame

The boisterous din from Republicans now falsely accuse the newly elected Democratic president of being responsible for the economic collapse, which was undeniably exacerbated under the policies of the Bush regime. (I say undeniably only for those who actually reason with historical fact, beyond the scope of their party lines.) The party that inherited a positive surplus has undeniably left us with an unprecedented and monstrous negative deficit.

Upon Bush's inauguration, the GOP immediately gave out tax cuts to the wealthiest 1% of Americans, they started a trillion dollar oil war, they allowed 2/3rds of US corporations to invest or flee to off-shore tax havens, where they avoided paying tax on over $2.4-trillion in earned revenue, all the while letting Wall Street fleece the 401ks and retirement plans of the average American.

And don't forget the $2.3 trillion that inexplicably came up missing and was reported publicly the day before 9/11, only to never be asked about ever again.

But the party of fear is also the party of no remorse, as well as selective memory.

Let's Hit Rewind

The Republicans foam at the mouth over President Obama's initial $700-billion dollar stimulus and his attempts to pull our nation from the brink of the GOP engineered economic collapse, all the while forgetting Bush's own $700-billion dollar bail-out, with no strings attached to those receiving it!

Bush Signs Landmark $700-Billion Bailout Legislation
Bush Administration Bailouts- $1.8-TRILLION and Counting
Bush Demands Congress Increase Deficit with Tax Breaks for Business

• First we had $200-billion for Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.
• There was $29-Billion for JP Morgan/Chase's buyout of Bear Stearns.
• Then we had the first AIG bail-out for $85-Billion.
• Then there was the second AIG Bail-Out for $37-billion (up to $148-B under Bush).
• And don't forget the $25-billion auto-bail-out.
• We gave Bank of America $118-billion.

And on and on and on. It's quite literally hard to keep up at this point. You have to honestly wonder whether this is all by calculated design or just political irresponsibility.

So why the furor now from the GOP? Because, quite simply, they're running scared. The American people are starting to wise up.

From 70 to 80 percent of Americans blame Bush and Wall Street for the economic crisis, but you wouldn't know it from the harsh partisan rhetoric from the party of no. Under the Bush regime, they were the party of yes, as in yes to anything that made their political contributors and corporate puppet masters untold gazillions of dollars. Today's GOP has literally wiped out the savings of thousands of middle and lower income families, while threatening the financial well-being of hundreds of millions more. Through it all, they still refuse to accept responsibility for their own egregious actions.

Make no mistake about it, there is plenty of evil greed from both parties to go around, but the GOP has led the way as the party of the rich for some time now. They have only one interest and that is their own fiscal bottom line.

A Dangerous Divide Has Been Created In America

For those watching the 2008 CPAC convention on C-SPAN, many were uncomfortable with the arguably divisive stark tone and anti-Americanism displayed by the various speakers. The dais ranged from indoctrinated youth too young for any tangible life experiences to help them fully understand the myriad aspects of sociology and politics, to the ever pompous and terminally inflammatory Rush Limbaugh, all railing against the Democratic platform, as if it were the root cause of all this countries ills over the last ten years. While their chorus was organized and angry, it was also, quite starkly, most unapologetic.

Since the 2008 election, Republicans have been in denial regarding the people's vote, calling it an unprecedented revolution of socialism coming to this country. You would think that Stalin himself had crawled from the grave and had been elected as President of the United States. The anger and rancor expressed towards Democrats since the election has undeniably been passionate, very heated, and sadly enough, completely without foundation.

Ironically enough, all of this coming from a political party whose own foundation is crumbling to pieces underneath it. The party is clearly out of touch with everyday America. It has escalated to a point where even Newt Gingrich, the architect of the Republican promise to the American people, has now conceded that the GOP may have to operate under a different name, or form a new third party.

And while we're on the topic, whatever became of that Republican promise to America? That was some promise.

Today we now have Republicans running as conservative democrats and independents. Moderate Republicans run as conservative blue dog Democrats, only because they can no longer get elected under the official GOP party banner.

Once elected as a faux Democrat, they can then hijack the party or derail key legislation, also a devious political tactic, long thought of by both parties, but apparently now exploited by the right.

Parsing Semantics

First off, it seems quite odd for rich conservatives to rail on and on incessantly about their fears of socialism coming to America when the bail-out to the rich bankers of Wall Street is exactly just that! For the rich corporate elite to ask for and accept this bail-out money, yet somehow differentiate it from the poor receiving monetary assistance is patently ludicrous and offensive to anyone with even the slightest IQ to reason with.

The US is crumbling economically from 30 years of Reaganomics (and the horribly overrated Milton Friedman trickle down theory it was based upon), yet the GOP wants to say that a switch from this course will take us to the extreme far left and sweeping Stalinist socialism? Nothing could be further from the truth with this tired old unsubstantiated Republican lie.

The sad fact is, the welfare paid out in this country pales sorely in comparison to the subsidies and tax breaks given to our large corporate entities and the ultra-wealthy. Punctuating the social disconnect with today's far-right Republican party is their livid screed of sweeping Democratic socialism, all the while their own Wall Street rich get fat from the government bail-out trough. The point that appears to be painfully clear throughout the years is that the far-right definition of socialism clearly seems to be a one-sided interpretation that is blind to their own blatant hypocrisy when it comes to eagerly accepting subsidies or taking government money.

The current GOP definition of socialism appears to exempt the corporate uber-rich from such a charge, yet at the same time unfairly holds the middle and lower classes to a wholly different standard. This could be argued as psychotic behavior, but it most certainly cannot be accepted as a fair and balanced view of society. In light of the huge bail-outs to Wall Street and the corporate rich, the political divide is indeed very clear as to the definition of socialism and just who gets the benefit of government money without the label.

Stubborn And Stupid

Adding insult to injury, (and you have to ask how stupid some of these guys really are) we now have Republican governors apparently posturing ingenuously on acceptance of government stimulus money for their respective states, all in the interest of saving their own political future. They pontificate wildly about the vastness of the stimulus package, but omit saying anything about their own rich corporate donors who appear to be the primary benefactors. In their partisan myopia, they would willingly reject stimulus aid for their own unemployed constituents and the destitute families within their states, all in an effort to try and make a political point, errant as it may be. It's apparently okay for wealthy corporations to be bailed-out, but damn the unemployed American worker, huh?

The worst of it is, with the economy in tatters and the deficit doubled under Bush II, the GOP doesn't want to pay the bills now. Someone needs to take their credit cards away. (Oh yeah, we did that with the last election.) So how is it that this fiscally irresponsible party can possibly say with a straight face, we need to cut taxes on the rich when they were clearly the benefactors of the Bush II tax cuts? Unbelievable.

For anyone to question raising taxes now, in light of the current financial crisis, clearly highlights the true depth of their ignorance in understanding the ramifications of this economic meltdown.

Again, stubborn and stupid.

Is The GOP making a political boner out of resistance to the much needed stimulus?

What has undeniably been most unsettling since the power change in this country has been the call to arms by the extreme-right for a revolution in this country. This radical clarion call for dissent was a troubling theme for the recent CPAC convention and one that could arguably be considered as treasonous, especially in light of the unfounded rhetoric being propagated by the GOP in just the first month of the new Democratic administration. How these people conveniently missed the egregious activities of the Bush II administration is beyond sentient reasoning.

Think about that for a minute. Only one month of Obama and many key GOP leaders are actually encouraging a revolution in this country. Wow. And for what life threatening reason? Because someone is trying to pick up the pieces from a failed economic theory that has benefited only 1% of Americans in the last thirty years, or trying to right a domestic ship that is rapidly sinking from the last eight years of irresponsible governance and fiscal malfeasance?

ONE month!

C'mon GOP. It can't be that bad, can it?

Since We're Judging Presidential Performance...

One month of Democrats in charge and you're ready to throw the country under the bus? Seriously? Now there's some good old fashioned Republican bipartisanship for you. Yessir, you did your best to man-up for an entire 30 days. Way to go GOP!

Is it really as bad as having our country attacked on 9/11 when bush had an August Presidential Daily Briefing that explicitly warned him to take action?

Is it as bad as the rash of unsolved US army grade anthrax attacks on America?

Is it as bad as the resulting Patriot Act that now allows our government to incarcerate anyone we deem to be a terrorist, indefinitely, with no Habeas Corpus rights, or to kill them with no explanations allowed to family members? (American citizens included.)

Is it really as bad as starting a pre-emptive war against an innocent country, savagely killing millions of civilians (men, women, children, animals), with no aforementioned link to 9/11 or weapons of mass destruction?

Is it really as bad as all that? Seriously?

One could go on and on about the numerous other Bush administration gaffes, deceits, and travesties, so let's just pick a few substantial points to highlight for those in denial:

1) the illegal wiretapping, surveillance and detention of US citizens, 2) the loss of Habeas Corpus, 3) the allowance of rendition and torture despite our pious belief in Geneva Convention rules that we so arrogantly fight others for, 4) the outing of a known CIA agent for purely political retribution, 5) the $2-trillion dollars missing from the Pentagon the day before 9/11, 6) paying newspaper reporters to write stories of propaganda in US newspapers, 7) the ineptitude and lack of urgency in handling the Katrina disaster, 8) making America a bigger target for terrorism with reckless accusations and an overly aggressive foreign policy, or 9) the refusal to show honor and respect for our war dead by issuing a media blackout so Americans don't see the true horror and cost of war.

Again, we could go on and on here, but the threat of typing cramps appears to be quite foreboding, so stop me please if the GOP already gets this.

I mean, c'mon Republicans. We're Americans first, not partisan political wing-nuts.

We've finally transitioned to a president who actually thinks before he speaks, as opposed to one who has a problem just speaking at all. (nuke-u-ler weapons)

And one month of this is just too much for some in the Republican party? Really?

Wow.  :o(

GOP, Step Away From The Podium

Some in the GOP apparently need to take a huge chill pill and a serious reality check, puh-leez. It's time to quit being partisan and become Americans in this life or death fight that we're all now collectively up against. The far-right has had undeniable power and influence on Capitol Hill for many years now and this nation is most arguably suffering from its policy effects. In light of this blinding reality, one would think it might be a great time to buck up and take one for the American people, as opposed to fomenting the rabid irrational side of their struggling party.

Republicans have openly refused to work together with Obama during a time of crisis.

At this point, it would seem that the Republicans are more about assigning the blame elsewhere in an attempt to save their political party, rather than rolling their sleeves up and going to work in a collective bi-partisan effort, for the good of all Americans, to save this once great nation.

The temerity of the Republicans to employ partisan politics during a time when our country is sinking from past GOP policies is galling at the least and treasonous at its worst. A case could be made, if you helped start the fire, you damn well better shut up and help put it out. The is an American threat, so please treat it as such with the unity and patriotism it deserves.

Is that asking the GOP too much?

As it stands, the current Republican stance on the stimulus package is tantamount to blatant recalcitrance for the people they serve and to those who need the help most, more so than the fat-cats on Wall Street who put us here in the first place.

This situation is as serious as it gets for the future of our country, and yet the GOP, a party thoroughly crushed in the last two elections, thinks this is a great time to play politics, while the nation is hanging by a thread with economic collapse.

What About All That Patriotism Rhetoric?

Let's see now, the GOP was once big on being patriotic, like right after 9/11 and also during the Iraq war, with anything less being considered to be against the US.

Remember all of that patriotic rhetoric?

And so, somehow, it is now okay to stand against the President, at a time when our country is truly in trouble of not only crumbling, but also taking down others tied to our unsteady dollar. And those countries will be pretty angry when all is said and done if this collapse is worldwide and they sink with us. All they will have left is their own dire need and lots of nuclear weapons. Not a pretty scenario to entertain, unless you're for that sordid type of thing. The latter is brought up only because, unfortunately (with all seriousness intended), it's getting pretty hard to tell just what some on the extreme right entertain these days. My humble apologies to those offended.

But again, this is about unbalanced right-wing individuals using unfounded incendiary language while encouraging revolution and anarchy, all after just ONE MONTH of the Obama administration.

For crying out loud people.

It took many Democrats and most Americans a little longer than that with Bush, even though there were two highly disputable elections, not to mention a laundry list of questionable activities for them to base their animosity on. Bush didn't arrive at his final 22% approval rating overnight. He earned it over many months and years.

But the Republican party could only take one month before they went Obama whacko.

In All Fairness

Speaking of the Democrats... to be fair about it, they have only been back in power in Congress the last two years, but what did they do? Does anyone remember hot headed Nancy Pelosi's famous quote? "Mr. Bush, there's a new sheriff in town." And so what did the Dems do after taking Congressional control? They laid down and rolled over for the GOP under the guise of doing what's right during a time of war and conflict. Most of them went along with Republicans, rather than risk being called un-American. More importantly, for such a party that was supposed to be so partisan, they took impeachment off the table, much to the chagrin, dismay and anger of their political base and those who voted them into office.

Two years is all the Democrats had as the majority. Hardly any time at all to rack up the historically horrible economic situation that our country is facing, yet according to far right parrots such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, this is all the Democrats fault and it is increasing exponentially under Obama, with all the blame of course belonging directly to him. So they say.

One month and this is Obama's fault? One month and some are ready to riot already?

This alone ought to raise red flags for most Americans, while highlighting the character and lack of integrity from those screaming the loudest on behalf of the conservative right. At times you just have to call a spade a spade. The Republican partisanship the last two decades is just simply shameful on all counts, humanely and morally.

Democrats have generally always been willing to police and prosecute within their own party. When the Republicans show that they can adhere to a standard such as this, maybe then the American people might decide to trust them once again, but those prospects are certainly much lesser now as a result of years of blatant lies and ill-conceived policy. (But please don't equate a private personal affair with the outrageous conduct of either Bush administration. From Iran-Contra to the Iraq war invasion, the right has been out of line with American values for some time now.)

Saving Our Forefathers' Dream

First the Dems were mad about Bush being a dictator. Now the right is claiming the same thing about Obama, albeit a bit prematurely. (see the one-month criteria) The point is, the same argument continues onward as America is being torn apart from the inside.

There is a greater issue at hand here that transcends both political parties, but until people start becoming Americans again and step away from the blinders of their own individual parties, they will never see the forest through the trees.

You have to question the discourse and vitriol that is being ratcheted up notch after notch in this country. It's all a game, us against them, and that's the way the greater powers that be in this country want things. A two-party system is the way some like it best because that is much easier to manipulate.

In the end it's all just a big game. One in which we are the pawns and for which our country has appeared to pay dearly for. The cost to America has been our forefathers' dream of government of the people, by the people and for the people.

The very nature of government is being changed right before our eyes. It's time that the rest of the media-trusting sitcom generation turn off the mainstream corporate media machine and turn to alternative forms of news and information if we are to save our once great nation.

What a truly sad dichotomy we have in this country today; the left warns of fascism while the right screams of socialism. This is truly not the best partnership for saving our country from a financial meltdown, but it's quite literally all we have. Once again this nation is faced with the historic call, "united we stand, or divided we fall."

One thing is certain, we do need government. To say anything less is clearly an  ignorant statement. The question seems to be, what type of government do we want?

Whether the GOP likes it or not, our forefathers had it right. The notion of government of, by and for the people is still as viable and necessary as ever. We just need to work diligently in keeping at it and never take it for granted.

We don't need to drown our American dream in a bathtub, but rather resuscitate and revive it as the watchdog and protector of our liberty and freedom, as it was originally intended by our forefathers.

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This is hard to watch.

The GOP Had The Plan Revised, Did Not Vote For It, But Take Credit For It

The hypocrisy of taking credit for something they had nothing to do with.
 

The perception that comes from this creepy indoctrination is the Hitler youth.

This kid has no life experience to possibly measure social politics from.

Republican versus Democrat is not what it's about.

United we stand or divided we fall.
Which are you choosing?