Politics, Politics, and more Politics!

On Saturday, April 10^th, I attended what was meant to be a “Town Hall” type meeting between our districts member of the House of Representatives and his constituents. This was a first for me. I actually expected a rather large crowd considering the things that have been happening in this country the last decade or so. I was very sadly disappointed; as I am sure the Congressman had to be. Since this article is not about this particular Congressman, but about the continued apathy of the majority of the voting public, I shall not give his name. I will, however, let you know that he is a Republican and that he has been a member of the House for quite some time. I did research his voting record, and that coupled with what I observed of his body language and general demeanor during this two and a half hour stint, I did like what I saw and heard. That being said, do not misunderstand me when I say that I still no longer trust any of the political parties in this country as I have yet to see anything that says the parties believe in and back the individual politician. All evidence points to the parties demanding that the individual politician follow the party line in unwavering lock step. It is that party attitude that has put this once great nation in the obvious peril of being no more that we are in today.

However, let me get back to the mildly shocking discovery that I made while attending this shindig. It all has to do with the people that lined up to ask questions and give out ideas on how to straighten out this mess. Very few people actually realize that the last general national election was and is the single most nation changing event in the history of this country since those 57 very brave souls penned and signed the Declaration of Independence so long ago. This last national general election put the icing on the “progressive” (read that Marxist) cake that was first conceived well over a hundred years ago.

Those that lined up, with very few exceptions, were there to heap praise on this politician and then in the next breath ask some sort of personalized favor. As I sat quietly observing all this, I couldn’t help wondering just what it is that people want of their politicians. Our district in this state is spread out over quite a few square miles and goes from a rather heavily dense population to a very sparse and spread out population. Some of us drove over 60 miles one way to attend this meeting.

We are a border state with Mexico. Recently a rancher near the border was murdered quite possibly by Mexican drug runners. Yet no one at this meeting asked what this congressman was doing to get our southern border secured or why he has not done anything since 9/11 to secure our southern border. Remember that we had a Republican majority in the House when 9/11 happened and still they did not vote to fund the securing of our border with Mexico. I believe that California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas should all be screaming at the top of their lungs in the House and Senate to get this done as soon as humanly possible – I mean look at it this way = This is the only country on this planet that in the span of one decade funded the research, development, and actually sent men to the Moon and brought them back all in one piece. . . So why can’t we secure our southern border? It just does not make any sense. Perhaps it is not the wish of the non-elected powers that be who control the political parties that do not want these borders secured. And for what reason? Anyone who knows me or who has read my writings of the past year knows that I honestly believe that it is the illegal drug trade that controls this situation. No one else seems to care except for me and a few of my friends.

Another thing that I noticed about those attending was their obvious lack of the knowledge that the currant batch of politicians in D.C. are steadily moving toward taking every penny that we earn in taxes of one sort or another. When the Congressman mentioned the recent revelation of a V.A.T. (Value Added Tax) that could be forced upon the unsuspecting public sometime in the foreseeable future, hardly anyone even batted an eye. This showed me that they had not even a clue as to what he was talking about.

He also made it known that he was in favor of abolishing the IRS (this is tax time) and replacing the Income Tax with the “Fair Tax”, they still did not seem to understand this fully. Let me be clear here, I believe that any tax that can be increased for any reason just cannot in all honesty be “Fair” by any means since it can be increased at the whim of the politicians in D.C. My position is that I favor a flat rate tax set at a percentage that cannot be changed at any time by any one, and abolishing all other taxes. Period.

Again, this “Town Hall” meeting was just a little disappointing to me from the obvious apathy that seems to still exist in this country to the obvious recruiting efforts of his staff to bring in volunteers to get him re-elected in November. At the urging of my wife, we submitted our names for consideration. I sure hope that I don’t wind up regretting that decision. My wife’s logic is natural as she pointed out to me that if we were serious about getting this country back on track, then we need to do something much more than provide my “lip service” in this blog. After all, wasn’t it I who has been constantly bellyaching about getting up off our lazy collective butts and DO something?

I hope this guy doesn’t get too tired of me asking about when are we going to get National Guard troops on our southern border in all four states to stop this invasion of drug runners.

So it looks like I just might be getting up to my ears in Politics, Politics, and more Politics!

I honestly do not know if I can handle any of this . . . . .