The Future is Ours to Lose
January 30th 2011 13:00
There is something to be said about the continental sized divide between words the public “needs to hear” and immediate actions that have to be taken in the here and now.
The most powerful man in the free world gave his annual address to a divided nation in the face of tragedy, discomfort over escalating debt, a shaky economy, a failed education system, uncertainty with safety of the food and water supply, record levels of unemployment, distrust of a democratically elected governmental body and a sense of fear and panic among the populous.
President Obama touched on each and every one of these issues with the same excellence and precision that elevated him into the executive branch but also left many to ask the usual questions of how the United States of America could possibly have her cake and eat it too.
A cake that has become too rich for our own taste and too big for quick decisions about bringing her size down in the simple terms of cutting things that have become rallying cries.
While conversations about cutting the practice of PORK spending, making government more transparent for constituents, eliminating waste, finding ways for political opponents to work together for the greater good, keeping America competitive with her peers in the technology race and bringing the power of the federal government back to the people may be pleasing to the ears; there is another conversation about how all this can be done when the evidence tells us that it is an impossibility in the current political climate.
Beyond the apparent display of discourse and civility at the 2011 State of the Union address; there is still a great divide in the way business is being handled on both sides of the aisle.
A business that is about the perception of strength by the men, women and political parties elected to represent the interests of the people on Capitol Hill and the Oval Office.
In recent years this perception, displayed as obstinacies, has overtaken the responsibility of representatives to also consider the greater good as the world has watched politicians and political parties butt heads rather than coming together on major issues that have not only affected the constituents in their home states but citizens across the United States of America.
On the major issues that have been fought on the Supreme Court level there may never be room for representatives to agree to disagree but for all the issues that fall in between there is a point where we can go further than simply coming to the table.
The table has always been there as an idea bigger than any political party or movement.
The problems in America and the rest of the free world have nothing to do with the discourse between political factions or the way Congressmen and Congresswomen have chosen to approach the difficult task of creating, voting on and passing legislation.
Each and every problem always comes back to our use of extremes to approach disagreements and the viral effects this method has on society.
Whether it’s the blanket statements to label entire groups of people who have different political beliefs than our own or the use of tragedy for political gain it is something that has to be dealt with as a world society.
It is the extreme nature of politics that drive the “winner takes all” mentality as opposed to the natural instinct of using common sense to decide how to avoid the problems that lead to the trillion dollar deficit, economic collapse, unemployment crisis and other pressing issues in modern conversation.
When history looks back at this volatile period of American history they will not see an age of violence perpetrated by the actions of mad man that tried to use his radical political beliefs for his own personal gain.
What they will see is a nation in panic that refused to fall back on the simplest principles to pull themselves away from the brink of their own self destruction.
Principles of respecting those who have different ideas of how a government should operate and using these differences for the greater good of not continuing the cycle that drove the bus into the ditch.
For the arrogance of politicians who have done everything to avoid seeing the obvious solutions we will be forced to cut the things we care deeply about and will blame the men and women who are forced to do it.
A pointed finger of blame that will wag in the wrong direction because it is and will always be up to the voting American Electorate to decide the direction of their representatives and ultimately the future direction of the United States of America.
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The most powerful man in the free world gave his annual address to a divided nation in the face of tragedy, discomfort over escalating debt, a shaky economy, a failed education system, uncertainty with safety of the food and water supply, record levels of unemployment, distrust of a democratically elected governmental body and a sense of fear and panic among the populous.
President Obama touched on each and every one of these issues with the same excellence and precision that elevated him into the executive branch but also left many to ask the usual questions of how the United States of America could possibly have her cake and eat it too.
A cake that has become too rich for our own taste and too big for quick decisions about bringing her size down in the simple terms of cutting things that have become rallying cries.
While conversations about cutting the practice of PORK spending, making government more transparent for constituents, eliminating waste, finding ways for political opponents to work together for the greater good, keeping America competitive with her peers in the technology race and bringing the power of the federal government back to the people may be pleasing to the ears; there is another conversation about how all this can be done when the evidence tells us that it is an impossibility in the current political climate.
Beyond the apparent display of discourse and civility at the 2011 State of the Union address; there is still a great divide in the way business is being handled on both sides of the aisle.
A business that is about the perception of strength by the men, women and political parties elected to represent the interests of the people on Capitol Hill and the Oval Office.
In recent years this perception, displayed as obstinacies, has overtaken the responsibility of representatives to also consider the greater good as the world has watched politicians and political parties butt heads rather than coming together on major issues that have not only affected the constituents in their home states but citizens across the United States of America.
On the major issues that have been fought on the Supreme Court level there may never be room for representatives to agree to disagree but for all the issues that fall in between there is a point where we can go further than simply coming to the table.
The table has always been there as an idea bigger than any political party or movement.
The problems in America and the rest of the free world have nothing to do with the discourse between political factions or the way Congressmen and Congresswomen have chosen to approach the difficult task of creating, voting on and passing legislation.
Each and every problem always comes back to our use of extremes to approach disagreements and the viral effects this method has on society.
Whether it’s the blanket statements to label entire groups of people who have different political beliefs than our own or the use of tragedy for political gain it is something that has to be dealt with as a world society.
It is the extreme nature of politics that drive the “winner takes all” mentality as opposed to the natural instinct of using common sense to decide how to avoid the problems that lead to the trillion dollar deficit, economic collapse, unemployment crisis and other pressing issues in modern conversation.
When history looks back at this volatile period of American history they will not see an age of violence perpetrated by the actions of mad man that tried to use his radical political beliefs for his own personal gain.
What they will see is a nation in panic that refused to fall back on the simplest principles to pull themselves away from the brink of their own self destruction.
Principles of respecting those who have different ideas of how a government should operate and using these differences for the greater good of not continuing the cycle that drove the bus into the ditch.
For the arrogance of politicians who have done everything to avoid seeing the obvious solutions we will be forced to cut the things we care deeply about and will blame the men and women who are forced to do it.
A pointed finger of blame that will wag in the wrong direction because it is and will always be up to the voting American Electorate to decide the direction of their representatives and ultimately the future direction of the United States of America.
For more conversations about the things we have to lose, choice, environmental issues, food, movie reviews, music, politics, culture and life be sure to check out the other blogs at www.politicsandculture.net and check out the links to my other social networking pages on Facebook Myspace, Youtube and Twitter.
Please also click the vote button and the featured ads for this and other blogs on www.politicsandculture.net to show your support for the cause that isn’t about finding a place where everyone can agree on issues but is about finding a place where everyone can join the conversation and have their voice heard by commenting below or on the individual social networking links.
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