Socialize, Nationalized ... both are still bad

Rant on politics, again.

It had to be a bad day for the Dems when Maxine Waters (D-CA) gets recorded talking about her 'liberal' agenda to socialize ... um ... um ... basically taking over ... the oil industry.

 Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW_FXjbt6wY

Of course there will be those that argue that she was speaking for herself and not the Dem Party, but as a member of the House of Reps and a member of the Dem party she was speaking for them. I do not think she was speaking for her constituency though. I find it difficult to believe that the people of California would like for the government to increase its controls over how they should live.

Ms. Waters represents a loose canon among politicians in WDC. The loose canon is the thought that those who govern know far better than the governed what is best for them. That best describes an aged ideology of aristocracy and noblesse. It is not applicable to contemporary USA. In the USA we are governed by consent. We choose by majority who will 'represent' us. We do not choose by majority who will 'rule' over us or 'govern' over us. Our representatives are there to 'rule' for us ... be our voice. Our representatives are there to 'govern' for us ... be the voice for the local populous to the halls, chambers, and board rooms in WDC. My heart goes out to the people of California that Ms. Waters represents. She does not represent them well. She represents her personal agenda well at the expense of her constituents. That can be fixed in 2010, Cali.

I am also concerned politically where this will take the USA and its 50 states along with all of it commonwealth, territories, etc. We have a few within the few at WDC who think it is right that they should determine the course free of opinion from 300,000,000 other US citizens. That is shocking. It should not be surprising with the number of special interest hawkers shouting out their wares and giving away their incentives for listening to the spiel.

Let me see if I get this right. Get stirred up about something. Discover other people agree with you. Run for office. Like it. Think you are always correct. Get funded and make promises for that funding. Go and get acclimated. Expect the adoration and the funding. Play the game. Forget the host upon which you parasitically feast. Yup. That sums it up for a lot. The sad thing is I do not know how many found themselves trapped in that path or did so knowingly and willingly.

The extrapolation is if they think they can get away with it with small things they will get away with it in larger and larger things. Then we will find there are members for life in WDC. The President is decided by the members in WDC and the special 'influencers' with no real or clear voice by the masses. Oops. Isn't that where we are?

I was a risk manager once upon a time. I worked with police detectives and officers in regards to the various thieves caught in my retail store. I even studied a bit of psychology to gain a better understanding of the human condition. In our conversations I discovered a commonality. Almost all of the thieves started out stealing something small. Right a bad check for a little. Use a credit card for little purchase. Shoplift something insignificant in value. The migration quickly escalates from there until there is a great big investigation and I am providing testimony to a judge who will then incarcerate someone for years ... for theft.

I also see that pattern emerging in the political forum of Washington DC [WDC for short]. At first there are seemingly insignificant things going on. The Dems cried horror at what the Repub President was doing as the while they control the House of Reps. The Dems take their turn because the marketing machine [aka US news reporting agencies] have effectively sold the US voting populous and special interests that it would be best if they were in charge. Now that they are in charge, the national debt they decried as exorbitant has tripled. If our grandchildren would have inherited what was before, surely their great great grandchildren will inherit this. And here is part of the pattern. "It will not effect me" They have stolen, misspent because they know they will enjoy the fat of the land and another generation will pay the price for it. Can we say Rome is falling? So those that we innocently, or not, sent to WDC on our behalf now run their own agenda. First a few little things. Then some bigger things. Then a Constitution that was penned in guard and hopes against modification by a selfish sub-group gets changed under the miss information guise of 'reform'. A once free, independent, and sovereign people becomes the subjugated masses and a byword for what not to become.

Sadly, all of this is easily thwarted. Apply the simple basic truths of the Judeo-Christian Bible and teachings to your life and your government. There is still a majority in the US of people who claim to be christian. Fewer admit to going to church. Fewer actually live it out in their daily lives. Most do not think it is for everyday; good for Sunday, Wednesday, or mass only. Others still do not want to be thought ill of by their friends for being a church-going christian one of them.

The fix is not being christian but being Christian - one who is like Christ, aka Jesus of Nazareth. If you are like Christ then you find a way to serve, take care of what is your responsibility, dominate your world, have rule over it, make it fruitful, and cause that pattern to multiply. "But, I might offend someone or they might make fun of me." Jesus said offense come and so they also persecuted the prophets of old. Deal with it. This is your responsibility, not you permanent residence.

Church, all of those who call themselves by the name of God and Jesus, take a stand. Take your role. Speak out. Speak up. You are not the whipping boy of US politics or consumerism. You are an economic and political giant that too many little voices are trying to scare from rising up and being active. Be active. Participate. Roar down those who would decide how you and your children and children's children should live. The Church has been excluded from things because the Church has been silent. The Church is not separate from US government as certain organizations insist. The Church is why we have the government we have. Government should not hold sway over the Church. The Church - all the people - should hold sway over, dynamically involved in the government.

To borrow from Stan Lee, ... 'nuff said.

Author's Note

Opinions expressed are purely my own.
For clarity of points please refer to the Judeo-Christian Bible for lifestyle and political insight.