Wow, reality found it's way home

The fourth of July holiday is just now past,and I hope you all had a nice hoilday with friends and families. The election season is getting dirtier and more childish with the passing of each day. Why can't honor and integrity be a part of the American way of life. Shouldn't there be some sort of penalty for saying something that is clearly a lie , and acting on it as if it were the truth. Both sides of this Presidential election have pushed the envelope , as far as telling tall tales that are detrimental to the country as a whole, not just their opponent. Each day on the news you will hear something that you know is not true ,that one candidate or the other has said and the whole country will be acting on it as if God himself had made a decree, not caring if there is any personal damage inflicted by the careless use of something that we learned to be ashamed of as children. Liar liar pants on ... well you know, at all cost: Whatever it takes to achomplish the desired goal. Lowering yourself, to less than zero should not become a sought after trait in the person running our country.Who can tell the best story and do it without breaking into uncontrolled laughter is declared the new President , by the consitution and is honored with all of the pagentry accorded to the office. Isn't it great....

Nothings changed. United States of America...

Sorry to report , that nothing has changed in the past couple of weeks. The Presidental campaign is still dividing the country. On the the one hand you have a candidate who has never offered any specifics on any issue, choosing instead to just say that on DAY ONE I will do this , or I will do that, never really offering any type of plan other than to say I will do it differently. Regettably, never considering the very fact that in order to do anything both houses of congress and the President have got to work together and put forth some amount of effort and work as a United group striving towards a common goal. No longer: we don't do that here in America any more. Now sadly, we just point fingers and place blame, even if the facts don't bear out the issues. We now stand pat in our opposition at all cost. And this really is the sad point about all of the division that has swept America, all cost. Blind allegiance to an unknown, following blindly not knowing where one is headed but going there just the same. The other hand, has had three and a half years to show us what he is made of and that fact usually would be the tale of the tape under normal circumstances not any longer. This President wasted some time in the beginning of his Presidency that could of been used working on some of the very issues that are now coming back to haunt him. Did he really control both the House and the Senate. In the beginning, sure he had those two branches of our government on paper but he did not hold the allegiance of the parties involved. Sour grapes: there were sore losers among both branches who had their pollitical aspirations dashed by this upitty community organizer and they were not about to allow our President, a black man to gain in any of his attempts at solving any of the problems that are facing us. The President worked through this and did gain their trust and allegiance only to find that nothing was still not going to be achomplished as long as this man was black.. Mid terms: the mid terms brought another set of obstacles with the advent of the tea party and the removal of the majority that this man may have enjoyed. Now he was at the mercy of the G O P and there was no way that they were ever going to allow a black man to solve the very problems , that they themselves had been unable or unwilling to fix for decades. Childish behavior: In grammer school, we expect a certain amount of backstabbing,finger pointing and name calling as this comes with the adolescent mind. We don't however expect to have this kind of behavior coming from our so called professional politicians. These people have earned for the most part at least some sort of degree, having gone through at least some college. These people have sold themselves to us as the be all and end all of all of our problems. If they can't fix it no one can. They all claim that they know how to run a business/ government, yet if they were sitting at the helm of a company that has not achomplished anything in over three years, you would think that they would seriously be thinking about the removal of the over FIVE hundred workers responsible that have done nothing. We hold the upper hand: sorry Mr. President , but you seem to be forgetting that we do hold all of the cards. One term: one term and out has been the battle cry of the GOP for the duration of the Presidency, AT All COST. Did I say childish and it is not going to change anytime soon....

Republican nomination process complete, well almost

This past week Governor Romney wrapped up the Republican nomination, with a win in Texas. Now the gloves have come off and Katie bar the door, as everything is free game. Does it matter if it is true, not anymore just say it enough times and well you know it worked for George. I read the comments on Yahoo News stories from time to time , to gauge where the American people stand on a variety of topics, and I can tell you that we have never had as much hate and mistrust for our fellow countrymen as we have have now. Do yourself a favor and spend a few minutes reading some of the comments, and you will come away with the same feelings of dread and apprehension as I have about the future of our country. We are in the desperate need of someone who can unite Americans from both sides to work together at the problems facing this once great land. Does it bother me to use the term this once great land? you had better believe it. There is no reason why our country cannot still be the shining example to the rest of the world . Have you no honor: I was telling my wife during the Memorial day holiday that as children, America was a great place to live. A place where if you applied yourself, you could obtain whatever your dream was. Patriotism: not anymore. Once upon a time in America, come every holiday most homes would fly the American flag with a proud sense of belonging . Do you own one Did it fly. Looking back : perhaps things were not as rosey as I would like to remember them. We did have the space race , with an ever growing sense of pride that we Americans could come together and apply our knowledge to obtain something greater than the just for me attitude that we now find oursleves embracing. Unemployment fell from just over seven percent in 1-61 to run at just below four percent thru 1-70 It was a great time in America. Then of course there was a war, and a Presidential scandal forever blackening the eye of the collective American populace. Maybe not as great as I would like to have believed, but still better than the prospect that we now hold. It's time...

Immediate action

In the wake of the recent scandals at both the GSA and the FBI, the immediate course of action should be to fire all of the principal players at the ground level , then fire the first level managers, reprimand and possible demotion of the next level managers and a sever reprimand of all top level managers, in both departments. All of these people were asleep at the switch and need to be shown that business as usual is not to be tolerated. For those of you demanding that the President be held accountable, let me tell you this . There are over a million employees in the federal Government and to think that any one person could be responsible for thier actions is foolhardy at best. This is why there are managers at every level, and this is where the disciplinary actions need to start.

Hope against hope

With Gov Romney over half of the way ( by delegate count)to securing the Republican nomination for President , the others in the field should really just bow out and let Romney get started on what will be a exercise in futility as felt by many on both sides. For those remaining in the race they are showing that they really have no connection with reality,not to mention the one's funding their endeavors, hoping against hope,for some major malfunction by the frontrunner, that perhaps would propel their dead campaigns. Obama, Lindsy Lohan and the Masters. The President doesn't have the record that one would of enjoyed going into this election season,but he does have a list of achomplishments in spite of having to fight every inch of the way against both parties. Lindsy Lohan, will never learn to become a productive member of society, as wittnessed by yet another alleged episode of her life as she knows it coming just days after being released from probation. The Masters, it's good to know that at least in one place in the American culture,we can expect to have many men striving towards one goal, without the lies, cheating and complete disrespect of the others in the pursuit. Honor , remember it. Once upon a time in America.....

Rick Santorum, does he ever listen to himself talk

Rick Santorum , may be surging once again in some of the southren states, but he really doesn't have a chance at getting the nomination. We would be better off with Obama as President than to elect Romney, sure now he is once again trying to back peddle on something he said that he did believe in when he said it. Take away health care for millions of poor and disadvantaged American children , just because he wants to make some talking points on the trail. Do as I say , is he really the one to be handing out the directions as to how we are supposed to be living . Hatered,quick to judge others, sure if you're not like me . What Rick Santorum needs to think about , is what would Jesus do ? and that's what he should ask himself each morning as he starts his day. What would Jesus Do????

Something to be proud of

With the Super Tuesday primary taking place tomorrow, a good many of you may be going to the polls in your state to select your candidate for the nations highest office. This years election season,which for some has been going on for over five years, is nothing to write home about. Have we learned anything about what these individuals will do to enhance America. Some American's are getting rather tired of all of the name calling and finger pointing, the endless bashing of the "other candidate" without any regard as to one's party just as long as they achieve the desired outcome. And one can hardly wait until the general election too see just how low we have gone as a people and the never ending quest for greed. Back in the day , as they say, American's would never stoop to telling outright lies. Once upon a time, there was something called honor, a principal that would govern how one would act and be judged accordingly. Today we have four candidates in the Republican party, each one of them telling America that they should be the choice for the partys nominee. Lets take a look at these individuals. The front runner Willard "Mit" Romney has earned a fortune with what some would call unethical practices. While being totally legal some would question as to the morality in his decision making process, putting the dollar (and the never ending quest for it )above of all other concerns. It's just business. There are winners and there are losers. Next we have Rick Santorum. Rick spent some time in Senate before being subject to a loss, sending him into the private sector. His religious views are strong and heart felt as is his commitment to family, and his desire to bring something that was lost back, to the American way of life. His desire although is not grounded in the reality of today. Sure it would be wonderful if both parents did not need to go to work each day, leaving the children to raise themselves, once they come home from school. But once again the quest for the almighty dollar , has made it a necessity for any family to be able to make it in todays world. Then you throw in a lay off or plant closing , due to the business practices of todays world and the destruction of the family is now complete. Home losses and stress due to the practices of those in charge have left very little room for the Ozzy and Harriet leave it to Beaver days of yore. Government in your bedroom, Please don't. In the third spot, Newt Gingrich fills this spot loosely. Sure he was the Speaker of the House back, before being asked to resign in the wake of unethical and unsound practices. He never accepted any guilt for any of his wrong doings , although he did pay sanctions of $300,000.00 dollars as a result.In leaving he did leave his fellow House member with a speech about how self important this man really thinks he is. "I'm willing to lead but I am not willing to preside over people who are cannibals. My only fear would be that if I tried to stay, it would just overshadow whoever my sucessor is" Lastly Ron Paul What can you say about him . The main stream press won't give him the time of day , but do they really owe him anything. End the fed , end the wars bring home all troops,quit giving aid to countries that hate us take care of your own, not really bad ideas but sadly they are not things that Washington wants to talk about. Good luck