One bright sunny day, Mr. Turtle was happily swimming along the river, when Mr. Scorpion called out to him from the shore…."Hey Mr. Turtle!" Mr. Scorpion called out….."I can’t swim…so why don’t you let me climb on your back….and then you could carry me to the other side of the river?"….Mr. Turtle promptly replied…."No way, if I do that, you will sting me and I’ll die."….."Oh that’s nonsense!" replied Mr. Scorpion. "If I kill you in the middle of the river, you will sink, and then I would drown and die with you."….Mr. Turtle thought this over….and saw some truth in Mr. Scorpion's statement, so he let him get on his back and began swimming towards the other side of the river……Halfway across the river, Mr. Turtle felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. "Why did you sting me?"….cried Mr. Turtle as his body began to stiffen…”Now you will die as well!"….. As they both sank into the river…..Mr. Scorpion simply replied…"Because it’s my nature”.
Some of you have possibly noticed that I haven’t been doing any writing recently. (for those of you who didn’t even notice….I can only ask, “why not?”....and say from my heart “thanks for caring so much”) The main reason for this is that I really have been torn as to what to write about. It’s not that there isn’t anything to write about….rather it’s that there is SO much, that I really didn’t know where to start. So I will start here…..
For anyone out there that is in favor of what this current administration is doing to our country, allow me to ask a question…”What are you thinking?” This is ridiculous. Congress (with the complete approval and urging of the President) is spending tax dollars like never before in the history of this country. Before anyone gets their panties in a wad here, thinking that this is just an opportunity for me to bash Obama and the Democrats (good name for a sixties rock band….Nah…they would probably suck at that too)…where was I?….Oh yeah…this is NOT an Obama/Democrat Party bashing session. In fact, I’m as pissed off at the Republicans, as I am at the Democrats.
Too many Americans are listening to the Harry Reid’s, Nancy Pelosi’s and Barack Obama’s (yeah I know they are all Democrats, but this is my blog) in Washington, and like the happy little turtle in our cute little story, many Americans are seeing some truth in their statements. After all…who doesn’t want free health care for their family? Who doesn’t want to save the planet? (Especially those cute little polar bears…keep in mind, I’m pretty sure that if they were all gone, there wouldn’t be any more Christmas-time Coca Cola commercials) Who doesn’t want to see everyone have a good job? Who doesn’t want their kids to go to college for free?.....and on and on. The problem is this...and I am going to say it as plainly as I can…WE….CANNOT….AFFORD….IT. While there is some truth in their statements (remember the scorpion)…the facts of how we are going to pay for these things are twisted. Ask yourself this…do you really think that we can spend trillions of dollars on government social programs….and at some point it won’t come back around and bite us in the butt, in the form of higher taxes? What about all of the “cuts in spending” that are being promised…. Hmmm ….sounds great…but it will never happen. Why do I say that?...mainly because it never happens. (I know you’re not supposed to say “never”….but I’m pretty sure that I’m safe on this one) Here’s an idea, if you really want to cut spending….then stop right now with these programs that we cannot afford…put them off to the side of your little desk....then move on to some of the other programs that are already in place and cut those until we have NO debt. Then and only then will you be allowed to spend money…and even then, it will never be more than the amount that comes in. (kinda’ like normal people have to do) This would all have to be done with a reasonable "Tax Code" in place...Any shortfalls in the deficit would come from your pay before the tax payers would be ask to pick up the slack. (that kinda' serves as an incentive to do your job right)
For the members of Congress..........I’m sick of the finger pointing and the fighting back and forth between Republicans and Democrats (unless it would be something like a “Caged Death Match” where on CSPAN they would have to fight to the death over the issues they believe in…now there is an idea for term limits…Hey Nancy, Harry and Barack, let’s do that and see how strongly you feel about your Socialist ideas then) I’m guessing that if it came down to fighting to the death….as opposed to simply spending someone else’s money, it would give pause to some people in Washington before they jumped on the “Spend Until We Go Broke” Train. You are destroying our country with debt. This is unsustainable, so stop it and start acting like adults.
President Obama….....at some point you are going to have to "man up" and stop blaming George Bush for all of your failures....So here's some things that I would like to point out to you...You said when you were trying to get elected, that we would be on a “pay as you go” system. Now that you are elected, what happened to that idea? Oh wait…I know the answer…you’re a liar. What happen to the campaign promises of “no pet projects” or “no pork” in the bills that you would sign? What happened to the campaign promise that you would go “line by line” and veto all of those things out of any bill before you would you sign it?…Oh…I know this one too…you’re a liar. It’s time for all of you in Washington to do what you are supposed to do….represent the people. Don’t treat those who elected you as if they were stupid (although if they elected you…there could be a certain amount of truth there).
For the people of America…..Please listen…..You have heard the call from those who are in Washington (that came in the form of voting for them)….Many of you have been listening to what they are saying…and some of it has started to sound like it might be ok to go along with (you did this by re-electing them)…..And far too many of you have decided to let them crawl up on your back (this is being done by supporting their actions)….because you think “well, they wont do anything to hurt me…because it would hurt them too”. Here’s the fact of the matter….If you don’t do something soon….they will bite you and destroy you….And yes, maybe even destroy themselves in the process….If that happens, it would be the end of the greatest country in the history of the world….Before we all drown in this debt and die as a nation, you should ask your Congressperson..."why would you do that?"......If any one of them were to answer honestly, they could only say….”Because it’s my nature”. While that would be true (for both them and the scorpion)....it's no excuse for what is happening and I think that it’s time for REAL change….Then Again….That’s Just Me
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