I swore I wasn't going to waste any more time on blogs but I am making an exception to my own resolution because now is the time and tide that waits for no man...it's an opening you may never have again in your lifetime.
You have an opportunity to do more than rant or cheerlead. You can, if you have the commitment, set the rules for the democrats and through them, the rules for politics in Washington and by that, get back a people's goverment once and for all.
Judging by the comments on "party loyalty" a few weeks back a large number will disagree with me....be that as it may..
Objective Number One:
Party loyalty will mean how loyal the party is to you/America not how loyal you are to "it". And this means to ALL of America, not just your own issues or pet causes.
Objective Number Two:
You will call out ALL politicans even the demos. You will NOT settle for any half baked "reforms" that allow ANY of the pay for play legistation/pandering to special interest for re-election/ to continue for either party.
Objective Number Three:
You will make common cause with the "other side" around ONE COMMON goal of rooting corruption out of goverment because that is the only issue you have a snow ball's chance in hell of agreeing on. You will not identify yourself as STRICTLY the gay rights, anti-abortion, pro illegal immigration, or any other hot button issues that will defeat your single purpose of cleaning out government so that THEN democratic rights can be applied your issues and to all other issues without special interest influence from either side.
Objective Number Four:
You WILL devote some of your energy to targeting and exposing the two pronged corruption at it's sources...the politicans AND the centers of influence behind them. This means the corporate lobbying firms, the organizations like the Heritage, the AEI, AIPAC, Hudson, JINSA, Cato. You will realize that while the dems and the repubs are talking about reform they are still inviting partisan "experts" from AEI to testify before congress on issues that affect us all, but benefit only their clients and interest. You will require them to use and listen to the trillion dollar goverment agencies and employees provided by taxpayers to do their research on issues instead of private partisan groups with their own special interest agenda.
The corruption scandal is your opportunity organize your site to ACT. Instead of being a posting spot for assorted democratic politicans to put forward their position and talking points, get some organized goups to formulate and send them YOUR position on corruption in Washington and force them to RESPOND to YOUR position.
And since they will never be ONE position among everyone here on all the issues, if any of you choose to take up this assignment, STICK to the ONE issue, that if settled, will take care of the rest of the issues in a manner fair to all Americans..and that one issue is Corruption. Don't clutter up your focus by dragging in a thousand other issues that can be dealt with and settled later one by one.
And to all the politicans and their staff at this very minute on vacation in Hawaii with the Airline industry and the politicans currently on vacation in Jamica on a US/Islands committee tour and the politicans currently on vacation in Israel courtesy of Israel..while the free trips and bribes scandal continues here at home....bon voyage...may your planes disappear in the Bermuda triangle on your way back.