The other day, I tweeted a story I saw about a smuggled baby orangutan. This, along with all the upheaval over the Mueller report, led me to realize the news has been completely hijacked by greedy, grasping politicians seeking power to use citizens as their piggy bank. This sad story about the orangutan made me wonder where all the good hearts have gone.
It is easy to see where the old guard congressional Democrats get their jealousy and therefore, hatred of Donald Trump and as a side effect, our country; They worked their entire life to amass their fortunes and power only to have this billionaire upstart come in and take control. Let us quit believing their only concern is the welfare of the people - for decades they've done nothing to lift people out of poverty. They dribble out handouts - just enough to keep people in their place. Inner city schools and housing are a tax $$ gobbling mess.
Note I said 'old guard congressional Democrats'. We now have the 'new guard'. At least the oldsters paid lip service to love of country. These new ones are only in it for the scam on the citizens. AOC actually laid out the scenario on camera (here's the link) - not even hiding the scam. I will discount this group in my quest for good hearts.
Years ago, youth staged a movement against the Viet Nam war - they didn't care which party was in charge - they wanted it to stop because of all the young men being killed in an overseas war. Over simplifying but you get my point. It took a while but it did stop. These young people had good hearts. They drove the news reports unlike today's non-stop political rally by partisan media outlets. As they drove the narrative, our congressional employees listened as they wanted our votes.
More recently, the Tea Party movement attempted to rein in an out of control US Government. They drove the news reports unlike today's non-stop political rally by partisan media outlets. Unfortunately they weren't strong enough to overcome the swamp. However, they did make some congressional employees listen.
My question is: Why are we allowing these politicians and their media pals to drive us? What is so terrible in our country today that is making people practice violence against their fellow citizens? Knocking people's hats off - come on. Our country is actually in an upswing - except for the ridiculous federal deficit and the many pot holes in our roads. These are problems we expect our congressional employees to work on - instead they campaign and fight with each other and hurt us.
Where are the goodhearted people who care more about orangutans than what Joe Blow Politico says today? Lets get back to expecting our congressional employees to listen to us and actually work for us instead of against us.
[previously posted on my old website liberalwhy.com]