If the United States government was controlled only by self-interested politicians, taking back America would be a difficult, but doable, task. Midterm elections are coming up in 2010, and new candidates are challenging the old guard in preparation for "takeover." In theory, people who want less government and less taxation can run for, and get elected, to Congress.
There's no doubt, we'll see some new and different faces in Congress after the midterm elections. If the changing of faces and political ideology in DC were the only answer to America's problems with corruption and closed door deals, you would see some positive changes occur in Congress and especially with the leadership in Congress.
A different kind of Congress man or woman would listen to constituents. Speaker Nancy Pelosi would have a difficult time garnering the number of votes necessary to pass questionable legislation. Politicians like Rahm Emanuel, Barney Frank, and others who gained monetary rewards and/or protected Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from regulation in 2005 would be held accountable.
Among other changes, the mainstream news media would function as news reporters instead of a public relations department for the Obama administration. Fair and balanced has lost its meaning with major news outlets.
Taking back America requires the following tasks:
1. Elect honest candidates who want less government and more individual liberty
2. Accountability for politicians
3. Take news media reports with a grain of healthy skepticism
1: Elect honest candidates? Very few grassroots candidates get elected to national office, so election of honest candidates has to start at the local level. Small cities can solidify support behind a candidate and make it happen. Start at the local level and build upon success.
However, if you live in the Chicago or some other metropolitan areas, local elections are stacked against grassroots candidates because of organized labor, voting blocks, and other special interest groups. A true grassroots candidate would not appeal to the Chicago mob and it's a fact that crime bosses have been involved in politics since the 1800s. They like the "Chicago Way."
2: Accountability:
Politicians lie to get elected to public office. The liberal media supports and defends the liberal agenda. That agenda breaks down the efforts of the voter to become informed and make wise choices. Those who attempt to understand vital issues are fed controlled information and they omit pertinent facts.
House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, encourages deceit. In the last Congressional election, she advised House members to jump aboard the drill for oil programs if that would appease voters and protect their House seats. She assured members the vote would never make it to the House floor.
When Pelosi was briefed about water boarding, (as she now admits) why didn't she go public with the knowledge and condemn water boarding whether she thought it was in practice or being considered for use? Was she ignorant or indifferent? Or is she lying?
Leaders like Charles Rangel would face accountability and feel less secure in positions of power. Rangel (D-NY) is under investigation by the ethics committee, but retained his chairmanship in the House Ways and Means Committee. Tax issues stem from leasing rent controlled apartments, failing to report revenue in his personal income taxes, and providing a tax break in return for a large charitable donation.
With an honest Congress Rangel would face consequences for questionable activities and for neglecting to pay his own taxes, while writing taxes for the American people. His recent statement about his reelection reveals that he sees no threat or challenge of accountability to his re-election.
3: Take news media reports with a grain of healthy skepticism:
The news media as a whole are liberal. Since the 1950s, the concept of personal liberties has been attacked in books that elevate the pragmatist and social justice theme. Academics have written against the notion of individualism since the 1950s and liberal agenda has successfully invaded the academic world and moved on to news media.
Progressive academics take a dim view on individualism and liken it to abuse, bourgeois, and racism. Roger Kimball, Tenured Radicals 46-47 (1990)
In the 2008 presidential election, news media contributed 98 percent of total money donations to Democratic candidates.
Can we realistically elect a new Congress? Harry Reid has been a loyal Senator committed to pushing the liberal agenda. He's seeking reelection and has the Obama administration behind him. If money and power still talk, he'll likely be re-elected even with all the voter opposition he faces in Nevada.
Nancy Pelosi has big money behind her next run for reelection despite the controversy over her words, her ties with questionable people, and her accusations toward the CIA. Most members of Congress believe she will be reelected without a problem.
In the recent presidential election, George Soros put his money behind his organized voting mechanisms and joined the effort to elect Obama.
Soros doesn't play US politics for fun or because he loves Obama. He has an agenda called global governance. He gained $2.9 billion dollars by hedging bets against the US economy. He remarked recently, "I'm having a good crisis." This is a man with money, who uses his money to directly influence American policy. Our current Congressional leadership enhance the Soros agenda.
Taking back America is a possibility, in theory. However, long-term liberal political agenda was set many decades ago, and it is now picking up momentum with the new administration.
Perhaps you still believe in the sovereignty of the United States. I'd really like to believe, but the liberal agenda is larger than any self-interest politicians. You'd have to break the back of the liberal agenda to take back America.