Read all the coverage of the One Nation rally yesterday in Washington sponored by the unions, self described socialists/communists, liberals and others. Not as well attended as Beck's rally the end of August. The press was rather critical of it and showed a number of pictures of how the Mall was left when the rally was over. I was surprised at that. Conservatives tend to pick up after themselves, Liberals leave it for someone else to do. Rather indicative of their political philosophy, don't ya think?
Yesterday on the Mall after the rally:
After the Beck rally:
Just about 30 days until the November elections. The American public has not been paying attention for years and to quote President Obama's pastor "the chickens have come home to roost!!" I have talked with people all over the US and folks are scared. They don't know what is going to happen with taxes, health care, energy, and a variety of other issues. They woke up one morning and saw what was going on in Washington. The massive increase in debt, the huge increase in federal employees, the increase in new agencies along with the new rules and regulations, the huge increase in IRS agents to make sure that everyone has health care, and the list goes on and on. For the first time people in this country are afraid that their children will not have the opportunity to have the good life that they have had. It doesn't really matter when and under whose administration it started, it is ending up under the Obama administration and he is reaping the blame. As he should as he has had a big hand in growing government.
But it is not just at the federal level, everywhere one looks one sees how government has broken down yet it is costing us more and more each year. Look at what is happening here in NC. This week's scandal was the over payment of unemployment benefits by the state and the state's attempt to recover those over payments. It amounts to somewhere in the neighborhood of $28 million (yes that is Million). Now the state has decided not to recover this money which means the taxpayers are not in the hole for an addition $28M. This is in addition to the SBI scandal and the state lab scandal and Perdue's lack of reporting of "free" flights during the campaign to rumors of fmr Governor Easly's indictment.
Then you get to the local level where the front page today has a long story on the number of teachers in the local school system who have been indicted for abusing school children. It appears the school board's attorney did not report complaints to the police department in a timely manner which meant those teachers were in the classroom longer than they should be. There were also several cases where the teacher was transferred and the new school was not informed of the complaints.
So there is a sense out there that something has to be done. We have got to start paying attention at ALL levels of government. The days of just ignoring things because the "don't impact us" has to be over. We as a country can no longer afford to not pay attention. It is time to make major changes in this country.
So if you aren't registered to vote, get registered. And if you are, vote on election day.
At the state level keep in mind that the Democrats have been in total control of this state since 1898 with the exception of 4 years in the state House and two Republican governors. When one party has total control and has in effect no opposition they tend to become correct. Doesn't matter which party it is - it just is. So here in NC the Democrats need to be thrown out and the Republicans need to be given an opportunity. It will be hard as they will have to deal with a $3 Billion deficit next year; some how they will have to close that gap in order to balance the budget next year (not including the latest $23M over compensation).
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