Posted by
Virginia Daddy on Friday, March 14, 2008 10:41:42 AM
There is nothing exciting going on these days in the political world I find important. OK, so some big things have happened since my last post, but none of these are terribly inspiring. We have a nominee for our party and many conservatives find him unacceptable. We've been down this before, and I am not sure there is much to add. We've got a fun debate going between Hill and Obama, both are scary nominees, but at least its entertaining to watching the libs eat each other for a change. We've also had a governor of a large state go down in shame. The NY governor fell hard, and deservedly so after being what he attacked. But still, nothing too much to get me to comment. We've got our nominee, like it or not, while the other side still battles on. Another powerful man goes down for illicit sex. Ho hum.
I guess I am getting tired of the political scene these days. I still love politics, and the intrigue. But is it just me or have we focused too much on these issues? I am reminded of the last line in Voltaire's Candide, "Let us tend our gardens". I wonder what would happen if more citizens sat back and worked to make their world better, rather than following and hoping that our government will make things better? The government should be featured on TMZ, and exposed for all its worth. The dems are now pushing to utterly destroy the tax cuts, all the while talking about helping the middle class. The Congress consistently rejects reforming pork spending and giving the President the line item veto to keep good bills but to get the junk out.
Constantly our politicians play politics to beat the other side rather than work to what is truly best for our nation. Its a game of power, and in the end, the public loses.
Part of the problem, though, and this is a growing and evolving thought for me, is that the public is also part of the problem. Its ignorance and obsession with everything but what is at home empowers these fools to play us. Our failure to address the problems down the street and in our homes and back yards allows the anointed to do what they may. Our inability to corral our children from TV and the internet gives them access to the seductive and abusive world of ideas without substance. Our kids fall prey to those who wish to push limits and advance their agenda. They grow up not knowing wriong from right, further enabling the politicians to twist their minds.
The public thinks, like the hero Candide in his pursuit of Cunegonde, things will get better once they get their candidate in, or they acheive success anywhere else but home. But, like Candide, once they reach that goal, will find the target to be withered, crippled, diseased, and less than ideal. I think it time we tend our gardens.