Are we angry enough?!

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.  Wayne Dyer

Authors note: My friend Raymond Farrar said, “When you change the way you look at a thing, the thing you look at changes,” which I have been using in my writings.  Now that I know the original quote, and the source of the quote, l will use the original and attribute it properly in the future.

That being said, the meaning is the same.  We must change the way we “look” at the political process in our Nation to understand why we have the problems we have.  More importantly, we must change the way we look at it, or we will never be able to rely on those elect to find long-term solutions to those problems.  Only by “seeing” things differently can we bring about credible change.

What is the most pressing problem our Nation faces?  Is it the debt?  Is it the budget?  Is it the economy?  Is it tax reform?  Is it immigration reform?  Is it race relations?  Is it gun control?  Is it the farm bill?  Is it the environment?  Is it campaign finance reform?  Is it…?

The answer is, none of the above.  Our Nation’s most pressing problem is the fact that the political status quo is perpetually maintained.  All of the above are important, but they are really only byproducts: merely the results of the political status quo being maintained over the past several decades.

Politics is about the calculus of winning elections.  Governing is about policy making through the legislative process.  We have allowed, and continue to allow, politics to serve as a poor substitute for statesmanship.  Consequently, the short-term imperative need for career politicians to win elections supersedes the need to find long-term solutions to our Nation’s problems.  Remember, in our republican form of democracy, we elect those who are empowered to exercise control over the government.

To enjoy credible change in our Nation’s governance we must break the political status quo.  We must begin to, borrowing from an oft used cliché, literally "think outside the box."  Continuing to accept the lie that must only vote either "D" or "R" will ensure we never achieve credible change.  Subsequently, we will continue to get the same "politics as usual" that is bringing about the slow demise of the Untied States. 

 

We say we are angry about how Washington operates?  However, are we angry enough to do anything concrete about it.

 

Demand alternatives to Ds and Rs in 2014!