Year: 2011

An open letter to the Democrats and Republicans

Dear Democrats and Republicans, Hi, remember us?  You know, the people who make up the VAST MAJORITY of the nation?  The people you are now continuously screwing over for your political infights and your corporate overlords? See, the problem is, YOU DON’T.  This impasse over a debt ceiling because you are holding your ludicrous party lines and working against one another in an insane attempt to jockey for position before the next election is completely and totally UNACCEPTABLE. Remember the

Where government doesn’t belong

Dear United States Politicians, I would like to take a moment to address a topic that YOU spend all-too-much time addressing: Civil liberties.  Or, more importantly, ways to curtail civil liberties. We have reached an unfortunate point in our history where in the name of freedom, patriotism, and God we allow our civil liberties to be beaten back.  We allow for debate about topics that, frankly, have NO PLACE in politics.  They are civil topics.  They belong in our communities,

Fear – revisited

I originally wrote this a year ago.  But based on much of what I have been posting lately, I think it is time to revisit, edit, and readdress this. Dear fellow Americans: Stop letting everyone dictate our nation’s direction and agenda with FEAR! Fear is a greater weapon than any bullet, blade or bomb.  And fear is being used as a weapon to control our actions DAILY. When did we start to let Fear rule our lives so completely? The

Big oil gets all the breaks

Today, reading news online, I stumbled, literally, across this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510/ap_on_re_us/us_oil_company_subsidies It was buried beneath all kinds of thoroughly unimportant stuff – but nevertheless, it is an attempt on the part of some senators to actually DO SOMETHING USEFUL. To sum up: A trio of Senators have proposed legislation to end the subsidies that the big oil companies currently receive. Big oil makes BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I repeat, BILLIONS in profit – and yet they get SUBSIDIES.  Subsidies are for entities

An open letter to my fellow American citizens re: terrorism

Dear United States of America, It is my sad duty to inform you that on 9/11/01 the terrorists won. I know this is going to be an unpopular point-of-view – but it is something I think we need to acknowledge, because it ultimately effects the lives we lead now, nearly ten years later. After that day, we fundamentally changed the way we do things.  We changed how we view our security, we changed how we attempt to protect ourselves, and

An open letter to the US Congress from an Average American

Dear Legislative Branch, Greetings.  I am an Average American, working for a living, trying to build a life for myself and paying my bills and so on and so forth.  I pursue life, liberty, and happiness, as per the Declaration of Independence. Now, seriously – look at me.  Because clearly you do not see me, or the other MILLIONS like me.  You see the poor, because you HAVE to pay them mind.  If you don’t you’re considered heartless.  You see

Why the modern American political system needs help – Fixes?

Let’s continue to talk about politics. My previous topic was the why of the broken American political system.  This time I want to share my thoughts on ways to fix it, and what I think might be coming. The first can be done NOW.  We the people need to tell our politicians that the Electoral College needs to be gone.  Removed.  Demolished.  Period. The Electoral College may have made sense at a time when this nation was far smaller, and