Get Out of the Stands

Girls Gone Wild, Government Gone Nuts!

Posted on 06. Jul, 2011 by Tommy Newberry in Values

Politicians in both parties have let us down.

Republicans and democrats alike have had ample opportunity to behave and legislate effectively and they have failed. They have failed miserably. This is the truth. If I wanted to be politically correct, I might say that Congress has been “progress-challenged” or “integrity challenged,” or that Congress has had “achievement differences” compared with the entrepreneurial world where actual results are not optional.

Most recently, these elected officials piously lectured Americans about their way of life and their need to sacrifice, but themselves lead extravagant lifestyles bubbling with excesses? The vast majority of elected officials in DC are making more money in government “service” than they could ever command in the private sector. Compared with a small business owner, they work part time. Unlike a small business owner, they are guaranteed an income. Unlike a small business owner, they are assured of a loaded pension. And unlike a small business owner who works on commission, these politicians are supplied by taxpayers with:

• Guaranteed Income
• Ridiculous Pensions
• Perks & Privileges

A far cry from the founders concept of “citizen legislators,” these “public servants” who are to be addressed with the prefix of “honorable” are no longer worthy of such a virtuous designation. Congress got us into this mess and now we are supposed to trust them to get us out of the mess that they created? They have wasted our money and now they are running our banks? They have fumbled the business for which they were hired, and now they’re in the car business and the… They’ve bankrupted Medicare and Medicaid and now that want take over all of healthcare? They even voted to exempt themselves from any public healthcare option that may be signed into law. Who got us into the mess we are in right now?

As former journalist, Charley Reese observes, there are 545 human beings responsible including 100 senators, 435 members of Congress, one president and nine Supreme Court justices. He adds, “It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 plus million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.

When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.”

What’s wrong with this picture? The same culture that brought us Girls Gone Wild, has now brought us Government Gone Nuts!

Success is under attack. Now is the time to fight back. Now is the time to stand up and get out of the stands.

Tags: Charleu Reese, Girls Gone Wild, Government Gone Nuts, Justice, Supreme Court, Tommy Newberry