The current administration under
the aegis of a President, whose rantings describe an apparently emotionally
juvenile and disturbed personality, has helped magnify the real politic of the
US government. Elected officials are
supposed to be servants of all the people.
It has become abundantly clear that they serve the affluent and
corporate class above all else. How else
does one explain the hideous ill-conceived legislation that is currently being
considered and held up as a true health care reform bill that would certainly devastate
so many millions of our citizens, especially the most vulnerable. How else would one explain the fact that the
Supreme Court has codified the rampant and excessive ability of the wealthy to
have unlimited access to politicians through campaign contributions and has effectively
equated money with free speech. How else
would you explain a leadership that refuses to accept the expert advice from
the scientific and professional communities that conflict with the entrenched
fossil fuels industries that currently hold inordinate sway in determining
national policy. This underlying reality
has naturally led to a corrupt government that responds primarily to the needs
and interests of the powerful. It has
become acutely apparent that this is a disastrous way to “run a country” as
diverse, necessarily complex and multi-faceted as our own.
The American people have been led
to crossroads where a definitive choice is now available to us. Either we listen to reason, pay attention to
reality, i.e. data, respect intelligence and balanced judgment, demand true equality
and representation in government and make sound and informed choices at the
polls; or, we continue on the current path to inevitable disaster.
We do not possess the commodity
of unlimited time to be a country we can actually be proud of and that will
apply its wondrous resources and human capital to fashion a country that sets
its sights towards the greater good for everyone rather than remain in the emotionally-charged
region of the lower brain.
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