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So, who's running this country, anyway? Is it still that pack of clowns who've shoved the crazy train throttle to 'full speed ahead' and are trying to smash us all into smithereens against the rock wall of imperial pretensions?
Apparently so. The Republican congresscritters should be so neck-deep in investigations that they're afraid to utter a peep in both the House and the Senate. I've said from the beginning that the only way the Dems would be able to gain control was to be willing to get down and dirty and start seriously twisting some arms. Otherwise the Republican habit of marching in lock-step with the dictates of party loyalty was going to make everything ten times as difficult as it might be.
Is it that they're too nice? Or that they don't want to dig too deeply into the corruption in our government for fear of finding that their comrades aren't as squeaky clean as they should be?
What the hell is going on?
The Krazy Klown Klub attached to the White House is continuing blithely on its way, ignoring reality, and hoping that throwing more soldiers into the meatgrinder will somehow miraculously lead to victory in a war we shouldn't have started in the first place, while at the same time hoping that shaking a nearly empty fist at Iran might do some good.
And who's working to stop them? Answer...not nearly enough of those who have the power to do it.
The American people didn't elect a bunch of shrinking violets to office. We elected people we hoped would do everything in their power to put an end to this madness.
Or has it gone too far? Are the corporatists so firmly in charge that nothing matters more than the status quo? Is there no worse crime than rocking the boat, threatening their power base, the source of their campaign war chests?
So much for the land of the free.
As for those who would argue that the two parties aren't the same... No, one party is actually effective. Effective at pulling off really fucked up shit, but effective nonetheless. The other party? They operate like a bunch of startled squirrels, afraid to make a move lest the predators find them.
And people wonder why the majority of Americans don't vote.
Maybe it's because unless you're a corporate lackey, there's too few politicians willing to fight for what you need.
That's not to say there aren't some good ones out there. It's just too bad they have to share the stage with a bunch of chickenshit posers.
Land of the Free, my ass. It's not even the Home of the Brave.
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