As the election draws close, politicians are criss crossing
the country trying to convince us why we should allow them
to lead. Everyone has an opinion of what is wrong with our
country and who is to blame, but I’m not hearing anyone
stepping up to the plate to offer a solid plan of
reconstruction. In other words they are playing the “Lets get
them pissed by pointing the finger and giving someone else
to blame and hope they hate them enough to vote for me
instead” game. This is nothing new though, we have sat in
front of our televisions and watched presidents have affairs
and use the Supreme Court to get elected. Here’s what
concerns me; when I talk to people about this subject they
all seem to agree that it is a problem, but the conversation
ends on their part with “Oh well, that’s just how it is.”
 That is only true because we, the people allow it to be that
way. Go back to junior high history class for a minute. What
are the first three words of the Declaration of
Independence? …………………….Times up, it’s “We, the
People”, not we the politicians. Now, let’s go back to the first
sentence of my thought, “trying to convince us why WE
SHOULD ALLOW THEM to lead us. We the people do have
the power to have a say in any issue that faces this country.
It’s called a vote. This country was founded due to the
taxation and exploitation of the people at the hands of an
ungoverned monarchy.  They had the guts to say enough is
enough.
 George Washington had the opportunity to stay president
as long as he wanted, but instead opted to leave office
fearing that without time restrictions on a position of such
great power, the country would possibly find itself back in a
monarchy position, and not the democracy that so many
had fought and died for. The basic principal for the
founding of the United States was simple; to have a place
governed by the people for the people who allowed it’s
citizens the freedom to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that is
very important because who is really happy with the state of
our country over the last twenty years? Technology has
advanced more in those twenty years than it has in the last
200 combined yet socially we are regressing.
 We have a social security system that is forcing people
who should be enjoying their golden years to work as door
greeters at Wal-Mart just so they can afford the highly
overpriced medications that they cannot afford any other
way. We spend billions of dollars yearly and endanger the
lives of our brave solders trying to help other countries
while a large percentage of our population is living under
the poverty level if they are lucky. The unlucky ones are
trying to get to one of the thousands of under-funded
homeless shelters across the country before they run out of
beds to put them in. We have national media who are afraid
to really dive into these issues out of network fears that they
will lose advertising dollars if they anger off the wrong
people.
 Lets ask the real questions, “Why are the politicians that
are supposed to be elected to serve out the will of the
people they represent not doing their jobs?
 Why do we as people not hold them accountable for the
job they do and the decisions they make?  Why do we keep
electing the same people to congress and the senate term
after term after term? Why do Washington Lobbyist
outnumber the politicians two to one? The truth is while it’s
easy to blame the politicians for everything that is wrong.
We need to start carrying the bulk of the blame ourselves,
the people who allow the politicians to hold the positions
that they so dearly want to have?
 As we gear up for the local national elections lets
remember to keep our ears and eyes open. Lets remember
that they do work for us and as anyone who has have to
venture out into the fiercely competitive and tight job market
that have  knows, to get into the door your have to really
prove yourself. Make them answer the questions that really
matter, and make sure they know it they don’t follow through
with all the promises they make, we the people will be the
ones handing out the pink slips. If we don’t do that we have
no one to blame but ourselves.