It is frightening when I read through different blog and news entries. I mean there are two party's right? Seemingly that myth is coming closer and closer to being just that.......a myth. Promises made in 2006 are readly ignored, forgotten, or swept aside as meaningless and I wonder if anyone is watching or listening?
I want a better world for my kids as I am sure those of you who are parents do as well. Yet the leadership named Pelosi and Reid seem to have confused their party affiliations and the White House continues unmolested in it's attempt to turn this into a priviledged and secret state with the active support of the Democrats and we seemly are ignoring events around us.
Ahh the saddness of it all. Promises not kept for electoral gains, voter deception and apathy, as we all head to hell in a hand basket. In a news story I missed earlier but now have caught up with, it seems our illustrious Democratic leaders Reidand Pelosi have quietly but effectively tried to ensure we stay in the grips of the oil company's and turned their backs on their promises of a greener future. I am no big enviormental expert, but our family is trying to do it's small part to reduce our carbon foot print and these two buffoons back stab their constituents and totally break their promises of sound enviormental thinking. What makes it worse is if you click on the link to Pelosi's Congressional web page, she lists her beginning pledge of the first 100 hours. Item four on that list goes, "Make America more energy independent and help fight global warming".
Obviously Pelosi and Reid have decided to take a page from the Republican playbook and take the Democratic Party down the same path that just lost the Republicans control of the House and Senate. Are they that stupid? Or is it a financial windfall headed their way from George Bush and Company? Let me see first their was "impeachment is off the table". There was the famous rubber stamping for continued warin Iraq despite pledges to bring them home. And whatever happened to guarding our civil rights? What was it now.........lemme see here........oh yeah the Protect America Act so shamelessly snuckthrough both houses of Congress late at night on the night of their August recess. Then there was here most recently the Kucinich fiasco in the House, that was quickly shelved to the Judiciary Committee by you guessed it......Pelosi and company. Here's what's so ludicrous folks, more Republicans voted for the resolution then Democrats! Oh the irony. I have asked this before and I ask it again does anyone feel like Donald Sutherland in the closing scene from Invasion of the Body Snatchers?
But to continue the enviormental trend, recently Judy Gerberding head of the Center for Disease Control testified before the Senate Committee on the Enviorment dealing with the effect of global warming on the health of Americans. Previous testimony had been heavily redactedby the White House. When Senator Boxer wrote the White house asking for an explanation and omitted facts it was refused on grounds of Executive privilege! News flash Georgy Boy my health concerns are private to be shared only with those I choose and my physician. You aren't one of them so bud out!
Finally there is one small piece of good news to go with the bad. Taking a que from it's subscriber wants and demands a new study finds our reporting on climate change less biased, but unfortunately we suck when compared to the British in the extent and quality of the coverage. I wonder why?
<div align="justify">Two important things to note in conclusion. Obviously our political leaders seem to think
our concerns do not matter and are relying on that old voter forgetfulness and apathy. There also seems to be a blending of Republicans and Democrats to the point I can no longer see a difference between the two. Nancy Pelosi, the first woman Speaker of the House sure as hell is not doing anything good for the possible first woman President, Hillary Clinton, who by the way is doing a fine job of walking in the footsteps of her Republican predecessor. Do we really want these two holding the reigns of power? I have an idea, let's watch and listen, then when they appear in public, challenge them on their double dealing. Then if they don't get the message fire them. It is time we woke up and paid attention. For you parents out there is this the example of democracy you wish to leave your children? Is this the world you will leave them, something unfit for habitation? I know I want more and better for mine.</div>
Cross posted in idealthoughts