Who Are They?

Who are they? How did they get so much control? So much power? Has anyone checked their credentials? How do we know that they are not loons?
They're everywhere. They seem to be omnipresent. You know that they are watching us. And speaking personally, I am convinced that they don't like me. But why do we care what they think? We do care, you know. We're always quoting them, so we must care. "Well you know what they say..."
What is it they want? Do they want money? I would give them some if they would give my psyche a break.
Why do we trust these people when we don't even know them? They even seem to know what we want. I don't know what I want, so how could they? How is it that they know what's good for us? We, apparently, know nothing. They even know that we are not eating right. How do they know that? And who is this woman that is always claiming to be my mother? She must be one of them.
Why do I care if they will like how I dress? What difference does it make? It doesn't matter to me what anyone else wears, but I just know that they will not care for my clothing choices. It takes so much time and energy trying to figure out their taste. It really shouldn't, but you know how they will talk.
They know what is going to happen next and they are always scolding us about it. "If we only listened to them..." it wouldn't have happened. They make me feel so bad, so deficient. And, yet, I am concerned about what they think. Maybe I should see someone about this concern, but how would I know whether this person was influenced by them or not? They may be associated with the ones that come and take you away? Is white still in fashion?
I do think they should come out from the shadows. We really should know who we are listening to. We should be able to warn our children about who they are. And they ought to explain where they got all of their supposed wisdom that they dominate us with. How do we know that it wasn't plagiarized? We may actually be listening to the wrong people.
I really would like to know who they are.

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The Disappointment Party

Finally a Party that can keep its promises!

Clearly, I'm quite the disappointment. It's true. Ask anyone that knows me. But, I'll bet there are plenty more people out there that are in the same boat. (I wouldn't be surprised if the boat sinks.) I'll bet there are so many people that can relate to this that we could start our own political party...'The Disappointment Party'.
Well, you know, that everyone will think we are talking about the Democrat or the Republican parties. And we will have to agree, that they certainly are dreadful disappointments. And we will have to admit, that they will be a tough act to follow in our race to see what's on the bottom. But we are Americans. We are a determined lot. If we put our minds to it, we can out-disappoint anyone. After all, we have been disappointed in our leadership for so many decades that is has become a way of life.
So next Election Day, instead of voting for the usual bandits, let's think creatively. Surely we could come up with half a dozen people that could be just as disappointing as the band of thieves that have been the problem for the past couple of decades (and they are all trying to appear as outsiders, they must think we're idiots). Let's spread the payoffs around a little bit. The current crop of scoundrels should be taught to take turns at screwing the American people (any kindergartner knows to play fair and take turns).

So is there anybody out there that wants us to vote for them next year?

Here's what we could do:
1-Hold a contest to see who is the biggest disappointment.
2-Send in your list of people that are disappointed in you (first names will do), and the extent of your damage to them. And may the most efficient disappointment win.
I know that I'll be in the running, but I am sure that I'll have great competition that will give me a run for my money.
3-After we select our nominee, we could advertise, "We Make No Promises". And this claim should be pretty easy to fulfill. No other candidate will tell you that. They are all on a "I feel good!" trip. They have to keep a positive front, we don't have to. We don't care.
4-Then our campaign stumps will go like this, "We never met expectations in the past, so why start now?" We could print bumper stickers, signs and t-shirts. It's sure to be a hit. At least, no one will accuse us of flip-flopping. And since our skeletons have been out of the closet for years, there's no need to worry about them embarrassing us.

Our candidate will continue to explain, "You think it's bad now, just wait, we guarantee that we'll make it much worse." Oh, that's honesty. And forget about the chicken in every pot nonsense, "We can't afford it." And health care? Health care fooey! "Sick? Don't get sick. You get sick...you die." Yep, sounds like the guy for us. Wreaks of disappointment, I feel bad already. He's very convincing. And how about taxes. "What do you mean, you pay too many taxes? You still have money left? How did that happen? We'll fix it fast. You won't ever have to worry about taxes again, we'll just take it ALL. You work for us now." Yikes! That's leadership! I'm impressed. But I do seem to remember my mother singing, "St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go, I owe my soul to the company store." Hmm...what goes around comes around, I guess, or maybe I am my mother.
I don't know, I'm just so disappointed.
But I do know that in the past, we always thought we were voting for winners, and lost. So this year we could vote for a known disappointment and get what we voted for.

This could be the year of real 'change'.

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Political Sows

Do you know this sow? Of course you do. It is not a mystery. It is either a Republican or a Democrat. Yes, you are right, it is both. The lines have truly blurred. The only thing we know for sure about these sows is that their appetite is a bottomless pit when it comes to money. Your money that is. They spend a bazillion dollars campaigning to get elected. And we give it to them so freely. Maybe we are crazy too? But now look at their reasoning. They have no problem spending millions of our hard earned dollars on spin, lies, and then have the audacity to call the electorate names if they do not want their taxes raised. Such caring thieves.
Again, they claim to be for the people, maybe even pro-life, but have no problem sending American jobs out of the country, to where ever it is cheaper, and then pronounce how healthy the economy is. Great, so we get to live, just not feed our families. Both sides have raped the American people repeatedly.
So who will you vote for? Who do you trust? Who isn't lying? Woodward has written that the Bush administration deliberately lied to the American people. Really? Gee, that's never been done before. I'm shocked! As if the Clinton administration was the bastion of truth.
And what about those running for Congress and the Senate and the Governor's mansion? Are they any different? Who can you trust?
Another thing we are sure of when it comes to our elected elite, is that they are very much in favor of sex. Lot's of it. Both sides of the political isle. With any gender. Sex in the oval office, congressional offices, boats, basement, bathrooms. "Hey, we're here together, let's do it." Until they are caught anyway. But these are the people making our laws. And they do love to wag their fingers at us.
Sometimes all we need is for someone to give us permission to say or do something. Sometimes when something is done that is different or goes against the grain, that is not wrong in itself, then we realize that it is okay to do it. Well, I hear-by give you permission to write-in your votes this Election Day. It really is okay to NOT vote for the Democrat and the Republican Sows running for office. The world will still be turning the day after the election. The sun will still shine brightly in the sky, (unless, of course, it is raining, then you must take it on faith that it is shining). It is okay not to vote for the usual banditos. It is not written in stone that we must. We have had other parties before and we survived. It is time to break this very bad habit, this bad addiction. It seems that we just keep doing what we are programmed to do. There must be a safe feeling in that. That is how addictions are. But addictions can kill too. It is not safe for us to continue to vote mindlessly, for this sideshow that we call Congress. Write-in your votes for President, Congressman, Senator, and Governor. Vote for your cousin or boyfriend or wife or husband. How much worse can it be? Really.
The two criminal mobs that are the Democrat and Republican parties, must revise their pathetic illusion of governance, and send true servants of the people to Congress again. Well, one can only hope. The mud and BS is soooo very deep in government these days, but we the people can still enforce term limits without an amendment to the Constitution.
We can vote out incumbents regularly. It is not against the law to do so.
Or, we can continue to vote lazy and take what we get...and complain again as usual.

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