We the People

For some reason we've allowed the managment of our country to de-evolve from a people driven democracy to an us vs them autocracy. Witness the trashing of presidential candidate Howard Dean. The only candidate with an honest and detailed alternative to the faux Texan in the White House was dumped by the news media because he yelled.

How F$%%))_ ignorant is that.

The only other candidate to show any metal was Rev. Al Sharpton who conceeded his candidacy on race early on but stayed to show the country that there was more to politics than a sound bite.

So the two most human and normal candidates were shunted out of the race for the presidential nomination because of they were normal and human. Instead we had the double talking sound bite generating POLITICIANS running the show. AGAIN.

And we let them run the show into the ground.

I'm not a Democrat or Republican. I am not a Liberal or a Conservative. I despise these labels because they imply a preprogrammed platform of beliefs. Mine are simple.

I believe the people have a responsibility to control the government.

I believe the government should be the rational exercise of the will of the people.

I believe we should question the actions of the government and the politicians.

I believe the government, when it acts on the will of the people, should at least offer us all sides of the story instead of feeding us bullsh$$ to get a bill passed or to appear to be doing the will of the people.

Instead we have sound bite politicians reacting and controlling our governments policies and actions. Picture this : W in any red neck bar kicking back with a long neck and a couple of chums, lets call them Bubba 1 and Bubba2.

W: Well damn Bubba whatcha thinkin' or you jest drinkin'?

B1: I'm thinkin' we need to do some ass whuppin'

B2: I could go for that. Who's ass you wanna wup? Some of them funny talkin' fellows from up North?

B1: Nah. Stirs'em up t' much. They'd send lawyers in. Can't have that's. 'S no fun beating up lawyers. They jest sue ya. I think we need to whup them Ragheads over in A-Rabia. W's Daddy did a good job of it back when.

B2: Yeah too bad he didn't have the stones to kick that bearded freak's ass.

W: Guy's!! Daddy did his best.

B1: Uh Huh. It was a pretty war. Blew the shit out of that country. Too bad we didn't get the top dawg there, though. Kinda like that bass that slipped your hook last weekend. How big you say that boy was? 2 maybe 3 feet? Damn I ain't never seen a bass that big.

B2: Well boys I don't think W ever saw a Bass that big either...

(General laughter: They all know bullshit when the see it.)

B2: Of course there's that freaky Osama Raghead. Heard tell he wants to destroy the Yoonited States of America for which we stand...

W: What country does he own?

B1. Osama? He owns a couple of plantations but he lives in a cave in Afghanistan.

W: Wheres 'Ghanistan?

B2: That's where the Rooskies got there asses kicked. Remember? All rocks and dirt.

W: Oh yeah I saw that on TV. Good movie. Let's kick the Russian's asses...

B1: Can't do that. They're our friends.

W: I' d kick your ass. You're my friend.

B1: You'd try....

B2: Guys.... Have another beer W.

W: don't mind if I do... So we gonna kick some ass?

B1: Yeah let's do it.

B2: So whose ass we kickin'?

W: Let's get Hussein. He's easier to find than Osama, his country is more like Texas and he's got OIL.

B1: Damn W. You are a chip off the old block...............................