by Peter Stern

Created on: March 18, 2010

Still a Rogue Nation

America, the Beautiful ain’t so pretty any more.

It is time for the American people to take back their nation from irresponsible and lackluster special interest-motivated elected officials. Replacing top members of the Obama administration may be in order.

The majority of Americans should be unhappy with our nation’s growth and evolution — or, if you believe it — intelligent design.

It doesn’t matter if you are Republican, Democrat or Independent. It is of no importance whether you are wealthy, middle class or poor, religious or atheist. As Bob Dylan sang during the 1960’s, “You don’t need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows.

On the national, state and local levels, generations of Americans will have to struggle to change the last decade of harm generated by wealthy special interests and the elected officials they have placed in their pockets.

Most Americans, individuals and families, are hurting—big time! The American economy still is failing the majority.

For just a few people to achieve vast wealth and power, generations of our children’s children’s lives have been placed on a back-burner. They will continue to pay the price for our folly, which was to permit leaders to squelch or circumvent constitutional laws to gain more profits. The American people have been deceived and scammed. Here is a list of some of the ways:

* Starting a needless invasion and war with Iraq

* Determining to install a democratic nation of Iraq, without being requested to do so

* Sending our children soldiers on missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, which were ill-conceived and absurdly planned with no victory in sight

* Cutting taxes for the rich, while spending more than $3 trillion on war costs

* Determining many U.S. policies and actions behind “closed doors”

* Providing false and/or misleading information and intelligence to the American people

* Eliminating urgently needed social programs for children and poorer citizens

* Doing little to prevent the diminishing quality of public education

* Bailing-Out and increasing government intrusion into business affairs

* Permitting increasing health care costs despite curbing “frivolous” medical lawsuits

* Permitting astronomical costs of fossil fuel — gas, oil, electric — while avoiding real investment and progress into alternative fuel possibilities

* Permitting increasing costs of tuition for higher education

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