Stoopid Stuff

But what about ME?

As I was watching the debate, I started to wonder: Do they really not understand what people want? Are they SO out of touch that they just make decisions and spend money and lives and time on what THEY have decided is important, without any consideration of what American citizens might care about.

So I started to wonder.

As a voter, what DO I want?

Do I want more wars? Do I really gain anything, security or peace or ANYTHING, from fighting wars 18,000 miles away?

Do I really gain anything from helping Israel oppress and dominate the Palestinians?

Do I really gain anything from a confrontation with Iran?

What do I gain from a confrontation with Russia over Georgia?

Or would I be better off with guaranteed health insurance?

With a job. A job with a future.

A chance to get to work without being hostage to four dollar gas.

A future for America not tied to an 11 TRILLION dollar debt and a poisoned planet?

How can we convince our leadership we don't care about nuclear weapons and the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and the bare-knuckles confrontation in the Caucasus? We're not afraid of Iran, we want our law enforcement and intelligence organizations to manage the threat from terrorists, a threat that will diminish as we stop killing their families.

When will our leadership recognize that their job is to improve the lives and meet the needs of their constituencies, the citizens of the United States of America, and not to play stupid games and take self-aggrandizing positions with the lives and treasure of those citizens?

You know what? My problem is actually NOT with a political leadership that acts like a bunch of thugs running away from a smash and grab robbery. Oh no. My problem is with a population that doesn't seem to mind that every year they write a check to the government, and nobody seems interested in how they spend that money.

Bridges and roads and schools that actually work.

What am I getting with the income tax checks I write?

War in Iraq, bombs in Pakistan, madness in Afghanistan, hate and fear and death and murder and torture.

I do NOT want that.

I'd like my tax money to contribute to the well being of americans. Not the murder and domination of people half a world away.

Am I the only one?

posted by mikey @ 7:51 PM