by samuel samson

Created on: October 16, 2009   Last Updated: October 18, 2009

"Don't just do something, stand there." That should be posted above the entrance to the hallowed halls of Congress. Better yet, it should hang from the entrance about four feet eight inches from the floor, so that we can be sure that our representatives feel as much pain as we do every time that its ignored.

We can agree, I hope, that Congress as a repository for wisdom and virtue is nothing but a myth. A harmful, ludicrous myth. Harmful because so many people believe it to be true. Congress is at this moment filled with hustlers, liars and thieves. For the most part, it always has been.

Every once in a while, a bright light appears, but its snuffed out so quickly amid corruption and decadence that little good comes of it. I agree that there should be regulation but the regulation I propose is for Congress itself.

Abraham Lincoln once said "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." How true this is proving to be. Our freedoms must be protected to the last man. We do not need a nanny state making every decision of our lives. What we need is for the people of this great nation to start taking responsibility for their own lives.

We need to hold our elected officials accountable for their lies and corruption. Step one would be to put term limits on these petty kings and queens. Washington is a cesspool of power politics. Power corrupts over time. It only makes sense to limit the exposure of the people who we trust with our freedom.

Political parties mean nothing. Both sides have plenty of blame. There's such a mafia feel to the government these days. They spend money that we don't have to line their own pockets an assure their re-elections. Then when they need more, they just shake down the citizenry. A big fat government shake down.

Under attack is the American work ethic and way of life. This life, by the way, is all inclusive. It's open to everybody willing to work and make their own way. This government that we are stuck with believes in punishing that. One side of government promotes the welfare state like a religion, the other side is swollen with corruption and stupidity. That leaves us in a bad place.

Our only choice is to clean house and start over. Are we all too addicted to this crazy way of life? I hope not.

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