The good and bad of it all

The Cowboy offensive line looked damb good today. Kind of what we have been needing for quite some time. Lets hope it continues, been waiting so long that I am having a hard time believing it.


Our government looks pretty inept which seems to be the norm for quite some time. Folks it isn't about the shutdown. It is about their whole body of work. You have the economic oligarchy, the ultra liberals, and the tea party run by certain elements of the economic oligarchy which all combined can't be more than 35 to 40% of the country running or destroying the whole country. There is 60+% of this country watching us burn.

I started trying to figure out why nothing gets done to right this wrong . Is it apathy, ignorance, fear of something new, or what? Are most people like myself, willing to work hard to hide from trying to figure what truly needs to be done. I can spend the whole afternoon picking weeds instead of writing the stories I want to, is it; am I afraid of what there is out there, or not willing to make the sacrifice to learn and work hard to truly get what I want. Is the whole frigging country like me? Or are people thinking, oh once the shutdown is averted, everything will be okay, (sticking head in the sand)? This is all truly baffling.

There is almost two thirds of the country who by definition of our constitution should be running the country, but aren't. What gives? And we are not talking about major upheaval here either. We just need to make our representatives, represent us or replace them. Most of this 65% or so are rational thinking people,yet they tend to buy into we must accept things the way they are. Heck we spend more time analyzing how our football team could be better than our government. Again, willing to work hard, but not on what will truly benefit ourselves.(example of myself)

And now we have a shutdown looming in front of us. The political pundits are having a field day making their money talking about it. One article on Reuters says rational people from both parties will work something out. Most of the CNN trolls are spouting their ideological dogmatic idiocy. No one really knows. The ultra rich are having a field day making money off the market uncertainty. They don't care. And yet the majority of this country should care, they give lip service that they do, but don't make the effort to protect their own interests. Basically this 65% is the middle and upper middle class. Most are educated to a degree, have professions, make money, some volunteer at their church, others at their favorite charity, some are working two jobs to keep up or to get back ahead, all good people with good intentions, but the most important big picture element in their lives, how the government is run so they can continue with their lives is put on the back burner or accepted that they cannot do anything about it. And I hate to bring up this example, but this is exactly some of what happened that let Hitler come to power. (No offense to the Germans and congratulations Ms Merkel) And granted the economy was much worse in Germany at the time. Yet, it is holding off of action that can hurt us more than we realize now.

We just went through economic turmoil and that doesn't seem to be enough to spur people to action. Shoot we haven't completely recovered, but we don't force our government to do what is in the majority's best interest. And the answers are simple,just different from what we come to accept as the norm.

So this week begins the tick tock of the clock. Will our government shut down? And if it does, how bad will things get? Or is it the debt ceiling question that will cause more difficulty. I ask you America: what will it take for us to get off our backends and make Congress and the President respond to us.

And on a side note, Obamacare etc is not the right answer, but we need a better healthcare system in this country, one for the patients, run by the doctors, not the insurance companies. Yet this shouldn't be the reason the government shuts down. Rewrite it if you don't like it. Democracy allows for fluid government.


Finally it is a beautiful first day of fall here in north central Texas, warm, sunny, clear, super blue sky, could not get a prettier day. And yes the Cowboys looked exceptional today. Won't happen every week for any team in the NFL, but enjoying today overall. Of course other than my rant on why my countrymen and I can't get our act together and force the issue with the good ole government.

Have a great Sunday evening and prayers for the victims in Kenya and their families. Sometimes I do forget there are some real problems on Planet Earth that would be nice if those were addressed also.