America In Crisis!

September 29, 2008

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Americans are about to forced to drink the nastiest Kool-Aid ever concocted by man. We are going to have a bill shoved down our throats that we are being told is good and necessary. Mind you, we are being told this is a good bill by the same people who are responsible for putting the United States on the brink of economic disaster. Do you want to believe them and drink their vial formula?

I do not support this bill and I hope every American citizen does not support this bill. I can’t begin to tell you the bad that awaits the passage of this bailout bill.

However, we are left with virtually little we can do about the bill. There is much though that we can do after the bill is passed, if you care. I encourage everyone who reads this article to email or pick up the phone and call your U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative and tell them EXACTLY what you think of them. Tell them you do not support this bill and that you no longer support “business as usual” in Washington. Tell them you intend never to vote for a republican or a democrat who does not care about “We the People”, who cares very little for a republic, who puts off capitalism as though it were some plague, who takes money from special interest and is willing to sell our country in exchange for a vote. Tell them that and mean it.

I contacted my congressman, Mel Martinez. Here’s what he told me.

I believe that this problem is far too complex and serious to be handled in the same ultra-partisan fashion that has unfortunately characterized much of the 110th Congress. I assure you that I am committed to working with all of my colleagues to address this crisis and enact meaningful reforms to protect homeowners and ensure the long-term economic prosperity of our country.

Isn’t it just a bit too late for that? Isn’t the reason we are here now because this same Congress, the same politicians who passed the laws that allowed for Wall Street to give away money they knew could never be repaid, carried on with business as usual? And now they want to be the heroes and fix it!

After today, America will never be the same. I hate to sound this way but I am ill today, upset, angry, ready to go to Washington and take a whole lot of men out behind the barn. What is it going to take to get “We the People” to get off our dead asses and take back this country? I question whether we care anymore. Maybe we will care when it is too late. Or maybe we are more concerned about who will win Monday Night Football?

If you turn on your television, log onto the Internet or read a newspaper and hear or read about someone telling you this is good for the country, they are lying. They haven’t a clue as to what free enterprise and capitalism are. They have no history of what made America great. And more than likely they stand in line to profit from all this.

America will change forever if we let it but it is not too late to stem the tide and turn things around. It is up to you. Congress is broken. They are as responsible for this mess as anyone and yet they will not assume responsibility for it. The democrats want to blame the republicans and republicans blame the democrats. We all bear a degree of blame but now we have an opportunity presented to us as free Americans to do something about this. You and I hold the power of the ballot box. It is time we do something about it.

If we put the right people in Washington, we can begin to build a road that will lead us back to financial freedom and success and away from socialist practices. We can find a way to stop rewarding those who are greedy, who lie, cheat and steal at the expense of you and I. Capitalism rewards those who work hard. That is what has made us great.

Pick up your telephone right now and call your congressman. Email them or whatever it takes to get their attention. Tell them you want your America back. Tell them you will no longer vote for them unless they change their ways. You must demand action that will put us back on track. Our government is headed in the wrong direction. The alternative is a continued downward spiral of greed and corruption. We will see more nationalized banking. This bill rips the guts out of capitalism.

I have heard ignorant Americans say this only proves capitalism doesn’t work. How wrong they are. What this proves is that capitalism doesn’t work when allowed to run amok, over regulated and a government that encourages poor business practices all in the name of your vote.

I know most of you will not agree with me but I encourage you to look at what this bill will do and not buy into the scare tactics used by those trying to save their own butts. Why should you or I believe a word that comes from their deceitful mouths?

The most intelligent response I heard came from one of the few republican House members opposing this bill. He asked why, if this bailout proposal wasn’t good enough for private industry to take upon themselves, it is good enough for the American taxpayer?

It’s time for a revolution and that begins with you! I want my country back!

Update - 11:11 a.m. Sept, 29, 2008

Rep. McCotter of Michigan speaks on the House floor.

12:10 P.M. Sept. 29, 2008 - House website is being slammed hard with people reading the text of the bill etc. Here’s a site where you can get the information without so much trouble. Thanks to The Open House Project.

2:26 P.M. Sept. 29, 2008 - Vote on bailout bill in the House fails. Follow this link, or at least try. The government site is so slammed with traffic, it is very difficult to get to it.