Wasn't there a movie recently entitled 'Disturbia?' I didn't see it, but duly noted the title!!
Well, as a disgruntled Bush....what should I call myself? Well, leave it well enough alone and suffice it to say that I am NOT a fan!
So, I bemoan my position among the taxed without representation. Yes, folks, the wealthy have their represenatatives (IF they've contributed enough); the corporations have their lobbyists (and again, if they contribute, they may actually get 'face time' with representatives), but you and I, dear friends....
....WE get nada! Nothing! No one represents us or cares about us....until election time rolls around. Then the candidates flood our states with visits and all of a sudden appear to care WHAT we think on a variety of issues.
I don't know about you, but I find this disturbing, upsetting AND frustrating! So, call me the citizen from 'Upsettia.' She is from no particular strata of society that counts for anything, but she DEFINATELY is from 'frustrata.' Now THERE'S a strata we can relate to!
Yes, if the parties were really clued in they would come visit on off-election years. They would join us in our local coffee shops and ask us what we think. They'd be sure that these kinds of visits were well publicized! They would use them to show how 'in tune' they are with their constituents!
But DO they visit us except when they want our votes! NO, NADA, NOT! They have better things to do, it seems. Sound familiar? Didn't our illustrious VP say that about a small war in Southeast Asia a few years back?
Well, I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired of this taxation without representation! I've already told the Democrat party that they can forget asking me for contributions.
I have to save that money to give to my struggling children. If I don't save $$ for them, who will? They certainly don't earn enough to save themselves!! They are among the generation who can't seem to find well-paying jobs despite their educations. They bought 'Friends'...remember that funny sit-com from a few years ago....well, it really was on tv to convince my kids' generation that THEY TOO could find love and happiness in a household occupied by several other 20-something adults!! It was okay to not be able to 'make it' on one salary! They are just part of the crowd....join in and love it!
So, much of my disposable income helps to support my kids who share rentals with other young adults. THIS is the life we wanted for our kids?
So, we now have two Republican parties....one slightly more generous with the 'little guy' than the other, but republicans nonetheless! This Democrat party is not my father's democrat party! Where are you? Are you still out there somewhere? Is there anyone who speaks for me? I can't find you!
My message is, 'WRITE IN GORE!' Yes, I voted for him and he won, but he sits in Norway accepting his Peace Prize while Georgie Boy sits in the White House!! Gore has said that he will not run, but he has NOT said that he will not SERVE! SERVE he WILL, if elected, so write him in and recapture the office that was GIVEN to Georgie in 2000!
What a coup that would be....an elected official who did not spend a penny to run; did not scamper all over the country trying to act interested in what we think; winning an election and becoming the President who replaces the oaf who was GIVEN the office in 2000! Farewell, P-Resident Bush; Welcome, President GORE!