travis' brain dump

At first glance one might think this is about the new kiddo… nope… this is about politics kids. That’s right, I’m back with a brand new slam on people who whine like little babies yet do nothing to help themselves.

First and foremost, I’m neither Republican nor Democratic by association in political views. I follow the issues and while sometimes I might favor republican views more, I’ll just as quickly support an opposing Democratic motion should I find a Republican one over bearing. Just don’t label me “green” and we’ll be okay. 🙂

Now… onto the rant. So, as I do most mornings, I popped over to CNN to view the usual headlines and such so as not to get left behind on current events. What do I see? pictures of sad, gloomy Republicans and quotes of their dismay over the results of the election.

I figure we would have to have seen these no matter who won so I’m sure I’d be picking on democrats right now if the tables were turned, so keep that in mind when you read what I’m about to say. It’s not directed at any one political party, just the people individually who complain ignorantly. 🙂

“Being a conservative, I think the Republican Party’s kind of lost some of their identity of who they are. I really don’t understand how it could happen,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s really sunk in. It’s hard to understand.”

Ok moron… How did the Republican Party “lose some of their identity of who they are” ??? They are still the Republican Party and they still have the same ideals as they did during the entire campaign and years before. Just because a Republican lost the Presidential election does not mean Republicans in general are now empty voids with no identity. Ok, so maybe some of the over-the-top ones lost some of the bigot attitude and looked past someones skin color when they were deciding who they would vote for but that’s hardly losing one’s identity unless that’s what you base your life on… *rolls eyes* As for understanding “how it could happen” … That’s easy…. the majority of the American people spoke via ballot how they felt and a decision was made. End of story. Take your diaper off and go about your life, the sun will still rise in the morning. We may not be able to see it due to pollution one day, but hey, it will still be there. LOL

“We have to watch this guy and not give him an inch,” one McCain supporter wrote. “The same way he criticized every move of President Bush. We have to make things as difficult for him as he did for Bush.”

And what are you going to do about it during the next four years? Turn into a Cindy Sheehan and camp out in front of Obama’s house? Give me a break. Of course we have to pay attention to what the President of the United States is doing. That is the whole reason we’re in the mess that we’re in. Everyone talks about “watching our government” and making sure they don’t trash our rights but yet nothing ever gets done. I’m sure this next run will be no different as long as people like you make comments like that and don’t actually do anything about it.

The fact of the matter is this. More than half the country voted for Obama and he won. Now instead of causing problems and running around whining like little babies, continue to do something to help your country rather than hinder it. McCain lost, Obama is in so stop living in the past and wondering about what you could have done to make things better then and focus on making things better now and in the future with the tools you have. If you’re afraid of certain things Obama wants to put into effect, start your process now with getting all the facts on what it is you’re going to protest and mail/call your local representatives about. Being President doesn’t mean “absolute power” even with a support Democratic House or Senate as long as the people exercise the check and balance system in place. Bring light to the faces of those representatives that don’t do what the majority of the people ask of them as they are failing to do so and start making the government work for you. If you don’t do anything to interact and involve yourself in the established channels, no matter how hard it is, you have no right to complain about anything that is put in place. 

As for making things as difficult as possible?! That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. You sir or ma’am are and IDIOT! Use the system to support or fight individual policies but don’t go off and make some half-cocked comments that we need to make things as difficult as possible for the new President. Thanks for helping add to the problems bonehead.

So many times people like to blame the top of the food chain first and foremost for all the problems in the nation and while it is easiest to do so, it also isn’t always where the blame should be. Yes, the top of the food chain may come up with ideas, albeit some dumb ones, that get pitched, accepted and put into bill form, but it takes representatives to vote it in or out at the end of the day. Now if the entire representative system is voting in the favor of the people and the President still pushes back – then we have obvious problems which do have solutions through that same system. So many people want to complain that the government doesn’t work for them yet they are doing nothing to make it work for them. Yes, many politicians are crooked but in some ways it’s the American people’s fault. We allow them to do it. We see them doing what we don’t like and we allow them to stay in office. If we’re not going to do anything about it, why worry right? WRONG! Pay attention and educate yourselves on what your representatives are doing. If they aren’t doing their jobs to what you believe they should be, vote them out. If you lose in such a vote and people have voted them in again, look at it in two ways. 1) Maybe you’re wrong and should educate yourself further or, more often than not, 2) The people who voted them back in are uneducated and you should focus your efforts on ensuring they make good educated decisions.

Education people. It’s what this nation lacks most. It’s probably one of the biggest reasons why our government is in the shape it’s in. When I say education I don’t necessarily mean a college or other post-secondary education. I mean self education on what the current issues are and what people are standing for. I wonder how many people didn’t vote based on issues or actual track records of representatives but instead voted to keep the existing status or voted for some other reason (race, religion, whatever) this election. I’d bet more than 70% easily.

Anyway, I’m rambling and this is quite honestly something I could go on about for hours that I don’t have. If we’re ever going to survive as a nation we need to not only pull together and work together, but educate ourselves before blindly voting, protesting or trying to influence others. If we don’t, we’re doomed. PERIOD. As I stated before, some of the things I said earlier, weren’t a slam on a group of people but a slam on individuals who blindly or ignorantly complain. Aside from that what has been said over and over again is so very true. Education and Unity are the only things that will save us. Hopefully somewhere in the near future enough of us can put the past in the past, look to the future and move forward together as “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” If we don’t find and embrace those roots that this nation was built on and immerse ourselves in striving for the same future the founders of this country envisioned, then it was all for naught and this nation will perish.