A Punting Political Pundit

In a very diabolical way, I refer myself as a political pundit because I know very little if anything about the world of politics other than how a “Bill” passes through both houses of Congress which I hope I remember from my high school Civics class. And, who knows, maybe I don't recall that very well and my thoughts are actually worse that I had originally thought that they might be...

So, I guess I could be in some seriously deep shit here if I am not careful... oh well...

First of all, let me say with complete DISRESPECT (for both Republicans and Democrats) that those members of the House of Representatives and those members of the Senate, should unequivocally be considered a bunch of frigging ASSHOLES... and, if I were President here... I would spend all my days and nights and maybe some weekends too (although I like my weekends off) lobbying and politicking to get each one of those BASTARDS not re-elected the next time they are up for re-election... and, believe me, there is nothing personal here... it is just business and just in the best interest of the 80% of the US population that they do not really represent but claim that they do....

Now, I am sure that all the Conservative Talking Heads Talk Show Hosts would want to wash my mouth out with Lysol Soap but they are all riding the “Millionaires Train” as well so what real credibility to they really have to the rest of us?

NONE... and that is putting it in a politically correct blunt way, which is good now that I think about it because I don't want to offend anyone who may not be reading this.

At one point-in-time which I would venture to say was about 40 years ago or 1975, each Political Party stood for something specific with the Republicans being conservative (pro business) and small government and the Democrats being liberal (pro labor) and big government but both wanted a balanced budget, and both wanted military protection, and both wanted education, and both wanted to take care of our senior citizens.

Those values are still there (within the ranks of both political parties) but they are hiding in the corners of false promises of transparency, re-election priorities, making the other party look bad, and not realizing that millionaires will never understand what it is like to live paycheck to paycheck.

And, therein in lies the key to our difficulties. It is just that simply but no one sees it or wants to recognize that this kind of discrepancy exists because that would not put them in a very good light with all those constituents who voted them into public, political office... now would it?

I mean think about this...

From about 1950 until 1980 +/- our public education system grades 1-12 were consistently ranked as #1 across the entire world... and, that is some heavy duty shit folks... but today, our education system is ranked #14 across the entire world...

What happened?

Was it Republicans that caused this to happen because they believe in small government or was it the Democrats whose liberal views finally got the best of them?

And, you want to know something?

Each political party is pointing the finger at the other political party blaming them for the problem rather than working together to solve the frigging problem.... and, if that is indeed the case, which it is, then both political parties are to blame...

• If there is high unemployment, then both political parties are to blame,
• If there is an increase in drug trafficking, then both political parties are to blame.
• If there is an increase in urban violence (racism), then both political parties are to blame.
• If there is an increase in terrorism, then both political parties are to blame.
• If there is a decrease in the quality of life, then both political parties are to blame.
• If there is an increase in infrastructure decline, then both political parties are to blame.

And, at this point, it should seem rather obvious to the reader(s) of this article that both political parties are to blame for damn near everything that is going wrong in this country... but, it is not their fault alone, because we are all the sons-of-bitches that re-elected all of them again and again and again... so, we are receiving exactly that which we asked for... nothing more and nothing less...

But seriously, it is not that simple is it?

The real CRISIS IN AMERICA boils down to the “haves” and the “have nots,” with the understanding that most of the “haves” never send the elevator back down for the rest of us to get on... and, no matter how much we want that to happen, it simply cannot happen and never will happen and MUST NOT EVER happen; otherwise, it would throw our economic system into chaos...

When Adam Smith wrote the Wealth of Nations, he spoke about the “invisible hand” that would always be there to regulate the economy and for the most part it has... and, to those of us who believe or perceive that it has not performed this task as Adam Smith stated it would, are WRONG simply because we have not given this “invisible hand” enough time (years) to work properly.

But, Adam Smith, in a manner of speaking, missed the boat because he never addressed the need for an economy predicated upon “haves” and “have nots,” on upon Management and Labor... and therein lies our other big problem about which our politicians do not fully understand or appreciate and those that do see this, are, for all intents and purposes, IMPOTENT to affect any meaningful type of change.

The Global Economy has simply exacerbated this situation taking it well beyond the point of no return

and that FACT both political parties understand all too well, especially since they are well entrenched in the ranks of the “haves”.

And, what I really am having a hard time understanding is why the “have nots,” let them get away with this... because there are many more of us than there are of them.