It worked before you broke it...and we don't trust you to fix it.

You know, watching the Sunday News shows is a real bore. The Demoncrats want to blame Bush and Rush. The Republicrats want to blame Obama. Truth told, I blame all of them. The Republic that is the United States worked for several hundred years. Until recently, when big government got bigger, and Washington started spending money on every cause under the son, most outside of our country.

as they have progressed, they have systematically set things in motion for the complete disassembly of the Republic as it stood.

When Bush enacted Patriot Act 1, I was nervous. I mean, that was a lot of power to impart to a government that gave us Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Gulf War 2. But hey, Bush used executive privilege, so who were we but citizens to argue the point, right? Oh, but then he comes a long a few years later, and demands Patriot Act 2, a much more subversive and damn near secretive act, giving more far reaching powers. Again, executive privilege seemed to rule the day, and there was little fight against it, even though some people argued the point. Then throw in there that Bush all but had the Posse Commitatus shredded in a shred-o-matic. If you aren't familiar, that particular rule prevented the Military from being used as Police on, get this, American soil. It also prevented them from loaning the police military equipment.

As a former police officer of ten years service, I can tell you, the idea of the government coming in to police any area makes me nervous. Especially when the government seems to jump at the chance to erode our freedoms when given the opportunity. Especially the Demoncrats who want to take gun freedoms every time they are given the chance.

So then we get to the end of the Bush regime. I don;t say era, there is still a Bush son waiting his turn in the wings, and still plenty of Bush money to be had for an election bid. But before old Bush Jr. leaves, he sets some things in motion, since the economy is in the middle of a downturn. Even though wars are supposed to stimulate the economy, and the war was for oil. So Bush does a few rebates to stimulate the economy. Then, he does a bailout, giving the go ahead to Obama to do his own round of bailouts. But Obamy's bailouts are more like pork.

So here we are, the American people, wishing our elected leaders actually bothered to listen to us, wishing they cared about the American way of life, rather than wanting to change it. Wishing that it was partisan politics as usual, and that the Demoncrats and Republicrats would both admit fault, and shut the hell up.

The problem is; our forefathers gave us a working democracy/ republic. In the last fifty or so years, American politicians have done everything they can to change the focus of government, to empower the government, not the people, to minimize the importance of the people, and to maximize the influence that government has on even the most minute of details in our lives.

It's time for a change. For too long, we have sent people to Washington and various state capitals who refused to follow our requests, and simply paid attention to whatever power base had the most influence on their election that had big pockets. This country needs a revolution, a purge of all the deadwood in Washington, new rules in place to prevent career politicians from running amuck, and a way to easily get rid of the ones who try.

The problem is, that this country has done such a good job at diversifying that we are so divergent in philosophy on whats best for this country. We no longer have a fixed goal of what it should be, just idealistic wish, hope, or dream of what we think it should be, tainted by whatever set of ideals we as an individual hold near and dear to our hearts. As a Christian, I hate to say it, but the founding fathers were right on when they tried to create a seperation of church and state, but that same rule should also hold true to ideals, philosophies, businesses, and religions. Government should not be a looming monster with tentacles in every direction, it should be a subtle adviser in the background, whispering its ideas, and taking direction from it's superior.

Government should not be investing in research, or aiding other countries, it should merely be aiding its own country. If there is a cause worthy of financing, then people, individuals will come along, and champion that cause. It should not be the purpose of a government to take tax monies and invest them in that project. If I were a manager of a company, and took sole action to invest company monies into what I felt was a worthy cause, without checking with the board of directors, I'd find myself jobless and possibly under indictment in a heartbeat. We need to hold our politicians to the same two edged sword.

So I guess it's a shame that we now live in a world where we can't even muster enough people who care to fight a revolution, and take back whats ours. Serves us right.