I Know What You Want

I feel your frustration. I see the wariness in the eyes of working-class people across the country. We are not fooled by the pompous promises and hints of a better world. Republicans are self-righteous pigs, and Democrats are whores.

Our nation is being sold to the highest bidder, and the buyers hate us for our low-level morality and our spoiled sense of comfort. We are the rich bully to most of the world, and half the politicians are happy with that. The other half want us to apologize for having anything.

Even in America, we are simple. We, the People just want a few things.

I want to be able to earn a living.

I want my children to get the best available education.

I want to raise my family in a safe environment.

I want to someday live in reasonable comfort based on what I have earned.

Am I different from you? I doubt it. You may not have children yet, but I bet you want those things, too. You may want more than I do, but I seriously doubt that you want less.

Do any of your Congressmen act like they are interested in this list? Do any of the current presidential candidates? Is this the life that the media presents as attractive?

We will have to make choices in the next few years that will have serious consequences for America in the future. Quite simply, we need to take our nation back. Not with any violence, but with the simple act of voting out the petty criminals and low-lifes that currently populate our government. We must vote against whoever is in office, simply to make a change. They act as if our voice is inneffective, let us force them to hear us again. Let us ensure that no single political party and no single individual in Congress or any other branch has any effect whatsoever. Vote in a new Congressman, and as soon as opportunity rises, vote him or her out again. It will only take a few years for them to understand that we still run this show.

Maybe I'm raging against the machine too quietly or too late. Maybe nobody cares.

If you do, convince someone else.