Dear friend Brian Griffiths calls out Jack Cafferty, and in the process I guess others of us who have all but given up the ship. I respect Brian and wish I had a smidgen of optimism left, but I really don't.
Sorry. Please, PLEASE prove me wrong!
Here's my response to those who chastise people who want to crawl into a hole and hide for the next 4 years, or forever... (Read Brian's post first).
Some of us are all dreamed out, we have awoken and seen the nightmare that is reality, and it s*cks! The city isn't shining any more, and we frankly don't see how to turn the light back on. We are indeed in a warped world, the very fact that Marxist Obama was allowed within 100 miles of PA Avenue proves it.
We haven't abandoned the dreams in our heart-of-heart, but we have heart failure. The rest of the country, those who elected him, have killed the dreams. We can't dream anymore, we just can't. Would love to, but don't seem able.
The other & darker side has won, and I'm not just talking about an election.
We won't have to go to hell, hell is now here. We are torn between the doldrums (Jimmy Carter's Malaise) to "meekly accept the situation", and being mad and not wanting to take it anymore (like in "Network").
It is one thing to be ticked, and another to be able do do anything about what ticks us off. Since armed rebellion is off the table, and the educational system raised idiots willing to vote in these lack of freedoms, how do we undo a generation of decay? Are we not too late? I'd love to believe we aren't, but what I see tells me otherwise.
It will take a lot more than being chewed out to get us to dream again, we need OUR inspirational speaker, OUR leader with vision who can inspire us, to make us think that there is "hope". Without that inspiration, we are doomed to wallow in this muck.
Our dreams are smaller, if they exist at all. Once we dreamed for a McMansion, cool cars, and a way to provide the best for our families. Now we hope we can cling to more than a cardboard box for our home, and the childless among us are glad we do not have to find a way to feed extra mouths. Some of us are downtrodden, lost, miserable, and in despair. If I was single, and only responsible for myself, I'd seriously consider becoming voluntarily homeless and live at my work to reduce expenses, taxes, and to make ends meet. I have actually contemplated how I could get away with it so as to build a nest egg, rather that have to spend more and more for less and less. Of course, then if I lose my job I'd also lose my home immediately, instead of waiting for a foreclosure.
You asked "are we in an America worth living in anymore"? Well, we are still in the greatest country in the world, but not for long. It is fast becoming something much less than it once was. It may well be a one-way trip.
The problem is there is no place for us to go. If a new country was formed, one that adopted our founding documents and promised to actually follow them, it would be tempting.
We are stuck here, and can either gleefully accept and embrace it (not a chance), reluctaltly and pragmatically hate and loathe it but still accept the reality (where I am), or kick butt to get our country back (where I wish I could be).
Don't hate me Brian, I'm just being honest with where I am right now. I hope I don't stay down forever.
Thanks!
Tired of paying your taxes like a responsible citizen, just to bailout others? Don't Worry...
... Harry Reid says you don't have to pay your taxes, they're "voluntary"! (Sort of)
No, I am not talking about Warner Brother's Marvin the Martian, but yesterday's hearing about the possible demise of the death penalty in Maryland did have me wondering. Just who would a (CASA-supported?) alien meet if he asked us to take him to our leader? Would it be Martin O'Malley, or Marvin Mandel?
Governor O'Malley got loads of press yesterday for his testimony in favor of sending the death penalty to the gas chamber, but another Governor testified in favor of keeping it as a final sanction against the most vermin-like murderers in our midst. His story needs telling as well.
After Martin asked us to not care about retribution or fairness to victims, Marvin talked about the need for the final option to remain a tool for Justice. The Ex-Governor recounted going to the jail when prisoners had taken over and threatened the life of the guards in the tower. Against the wishes of others, he went to talk to the prisoners. I say talk, not to merely "hear them out". He gave them 3 minutes, they started with their demands, and he told them they had only 2 left. He would release the dogs on them if they did not free the guards. Now note that this was during a time when the Supreme Court had ruled against the Death Penalty, before we reinstated a court-approved version of it. The prisoners asked why should they care about killing the guards, they were already sentenced to death. The no-nonsense Governor at the time said if they killed the guards he would call a special session the next day and pass a death penalty law just for them. They let the guards go. Years later Mandel would meet a man who had been trying to see him, to thank him for saving his grandfather, a guard in that tower.
Another instance that Governor Marvin Mandel recounted was seeing a prisoner in his cell, who complained that they never let him out, even for exercise. Mandel talked to the Warden, who informed him that the prisoner was not allowed out because he would kill the first person he got hold of. Gov. Marvin went back to the cell, staying further away from the inmate this time, and asked the prisoner if this was true. The prisoner acknowledged that yes, he would kill the first person he could.
Former Governor Mandel also talked about a Judge he appointed who was against the death penalty. The Judge changed his tune when he had a case that was very horrific.
Say what you want about Marvin Mandel's history, but in this case I
wish he were still maintaining an office on the second floor of the
State House. On this issue, he is more a leader than Marty, who is
evidently both afraid to sign a death warrant, and also afraid to not
kill those on death row. You see, if the current Governor doesn't carry
out his duty he may get blamed if they kill again. Doing away with the
death penalty, he can blame it on the legislature if an inmate kills a
guard, or another prisoner, or if they escape to murder the public.
Abolishing the death penalty is the easy way out for him, but have we
ever known him to really do the hard things his job requires? Take me
to your leader... indeed!
Crossposted on Maryland Chesapeake Blog & Red Maryland
If we HAVE to have a Dem as Governor...
... Why, Oh Why Couldn't It Have Been Doug Duncan?
After reading his comments about certain unnamed (cough...o'malley...cough)
"Maryland
state or local elected officials facing reelection in 2010" one hopes
that he, or someone like him, might consider giving MOM a real contest.
If Bobby Ehrlich doesn't run against O'Malley, any chance we can
recruit Doug to our side?
His complaints against politicians apply to some of our own as well. Too often those in power of any & all persuasions care more about getting along 'til the next election, when they should be more concerned with radically re-evaluating every program and expense. Do any have the 'nads to actually cut the ones that do not work. If not, maybe we should cut their's off at the polls!
It reminds me of something heard at last night's Help Save Maryland rally at Lawyer's Mall, something along the lines of... "Politicians care about the next election, Leaders care about the next generation".
Crossposted on Maryland Chesapeake Blog & Red Maryland
