The clamor for relief and understanding continues its futile quest toward the hearts and minds of our congressional and government leadership. And each pronouncement of intentions and methodology seems to be worse than the last.
The most painful emotion to feel is that of frustration. Inattention and indifference follow close behind. And as we progress, or should I say, regress, through the path toward remedy of our various national challenges, it becomes more apparent that we, the constituents and citizenry, continue to be patted on the head and have our wishes ignored.
The Obama Administration continues to self-destruct and to take us along with it. The health care debacle shows the absolute heartlessness of the lawmakers and their incapacity for logical thinking. If a single Senator were to take a crucial stand, right away he would be confronted with a lobbying and special interests groups.
And if that isn't enough, adding insult to the injury of the people of New York, the administration's insistence on trying 9/11 perpetrators in the city exposes it to increased danger and vulnerability. Also worth mentioning is the enormous expense and potential deterrence in tourism and commerce that this will create. Providing a forum for undeserving, avowed enemies is nothing short of nauseating.
Our emphasis on political correctness and reluctance to take action to protect ourselves can only result in needless loss of life. This proved to be the case in the Fort Hood shootings. In the context of international affairs, perpetuating an image of weakness gives license to the world's despots to continue along their destructive course. We are too predisposed with wanting to show the world how wonderful we are, in turn exposing ourselves to more danger. Those who seek to destroy us and those who are envious of us will hate us regardless of a particular set of circumstances. We need not over-promote our virtues to our detriment.
Somehow, we must regain and demand from lawmakers who purport to lead us, the respect for truth, no matter how painful it might be. Political coercion in any form is a pathway to losing who we are and what we could become.
The health care debate is a perfect example of how haphazard lawmaking can be thrust upon us, with the laughable notion that 72 hours would be adequate time to review a 1600 page bill. We find, hardly surprising, that our lawmakers do not pay attention to what they are enacting. Is this any different from a financial officer with a fiduciary duty to his clients who exercises horrific judgment in the handling of their funds? Why should not the Congress be subjected to the same standard of care that a trust officer would have? How do abuses in the banking industry continue to go loosely regulated and cut into the core of the average person's finances, already plagued by a sick economy. Why did our legislators choose to let it happen? And why does the Administration continue to proceed with policies that paralyze our commerce by inducing businesses not to hire, because they have no notion of what they will be facing if they are forced to provide health insurance for the persons they would wish to employ?
Now we find our world of science is not insulated from political dissuasion as the falsehoods of global warming dangers are now being manipulated obviously to placate Washington.
The saddest part is that so many of the answers to our problems are simple and less costly. Why not return the unspent stimulus money to the Treasury and immedi-ately repair a large portion of the deficit...maybe even admit that a gross mistake was made? If Bank of America wants to give back 45 billion dollars, why not LET them? Why not return the unspent stimulus money to the Treasury and immediately repair a large portion of the deficit...maybe even admit that a gross mistake was made?
And why not give tax benefits to those employers who create jobs? Instead of scaring them out of doing so by requiring arbitrary and impossible expenditures.
Maybe a few less wars might save some money. Maybe the Rules of procedure can be amended to require that legislation be limited to the objectives for which they were intended, and that no provisions for unrelated purposes be permitted to be included in legislation that is enacted.
The country does not need to be thrown into a collective state of dejection. Tempers do not need to be frayed unnecessarily and the people of the United States do not deserve to be victims of their own government's whims or lack of parental attention. A perpetuation of negativity in thought and deed will only prolong and impede recovery. These unfortunately are the biproducts of this neglectful indifference.
What is agonizing is the refusal of our governing forces to search their souls, to seek guidance, to look deeply within themselves to ask what is right, what is truthful, and what their duties and special purposes in life happen to be. There are prayers in many religious services for wisdom to be bestowed upon our governmental leaders. I think we should be praying up a storm. Required reading should be materials such as The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra and You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay. Maybe some able practitioners can send healing energy to Congress and all branches of government, and dissolve the diseases of greed and obsession with power. And just maybe letters to our leaders urging them to search their consciences every time they appropriate money for a "road to nowhere" or move highway and infrastructure money to another fund other than that for which it was proscribed. JUST MAYBE some one of our role models will ask him or herself whether it is truly in the best interests of the persons whose lives and welfare are entrusted to their care.