On voting...

Next year we all have to go to the polls to vote for a President and Vice President of the United States of America.
First of all, the Democrats can't find anyone to run against Obama ; second, the Republicans are destroying any credibility that their candidates might have in running against Obama.
The big issue is that actually there's no need to go vote.........
YOUR VOTE DOES NOT COUNT !!!
Even though the Presidential candidates names are on the ballot, your vote is ignored. Only the Electoral College has the right to vote for the President and Vice President. The vote of the people can be completely ignored by members of the Electoral College, as well as their votes can be bought.
So, with that in mind, what's the sense in all this "campaigning" and voting ? Could it be another great distraction from revolting against Washington ?
If you do vote, VOTE EARLY and VOTE OFTEN...just like the illegals do. And remember, you don't get to vote for the President (Obama does).

The absurdity of it all...

This whole Presidential candidate thing has gotten out of hand.
All we see is a bunch of people running from state to state in what they're calling "debates" for a chance to "badmouth" each other and present some sort of plan that might or might not work, assuming Congress will let it. No matter who "wins" any of these debates, they have each diminished the credibility of the others by the time it's over.
It really doesn't matter who ends up being the Republican candidate...as long as they can beat Obama.
The Democrats are just as ridiculous in the fact that they aren't putting up anyone to oppose Obama even though over 60% of the country is against him. Is this the best that the Democrats have to offer us ? And...to add insult to injury, Obama is no longer doing his job. His entire focus is on running around the country campaigning for re-election. I'm not quite sure why he even has to do that as he is the Democratic candidate (by default).
In addition to all this running around, millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent by a man that has disappointed us in order that he get four more years in order to disappoint us more.
Has anyone calculated exactly how much the Obama campaign is costing us ??? I guess that this is his way of creating jobs; by hiring people to work on his campaign............but he's running unopposed.
I don't like him, I won't vote for him and I'm fed up with his spending my money on fancy dresses and parties for his wife and all of my dollars that he's wasting while not doing his job.

Democracy

In my recent observations, I've noticed that our representatives (Congress and the President) are no longer referring to us as CITIZENS, but rather as "Consumers".
They're passing laws and regulations about what we eat, what we are allowed to own, where we can't go and about our habits and health.
This is not the Democracy that our founding father's had in mind.
Of course, over the past 200 and some years that we've been a democracy, we've allowed our "rulers" to slowly move away from democratic rule and more towards being "Rulers" rather than complying with the wishes of the citizens. The present administration is the most guilty of this.
In my observations, I see why this is so.
Democracy is unnatural...
Just watching children in the schoolyard during their play period, they always have one that seems to be the "organizer" or leader of the groups that they form, telling (or suggesting) what they'll play and what the rules will be. This is a more natural form of governance. It is more akin to a monarchy or dictatorship; which is far more acceptable than democratic rule amongst the group.
Perhaps, it's time that we reevaluate how far we've moved from being a Democracy and reorganize ourselves into a better form of government. Since democracy is merely MOB RULE, and in today's atmosphere, it's money and politics that has become the determining factor in how our government is treating us...a change is due.
Personally, I'd like to get back to honoring our Constitution and update it to encompass our modern technology, keeping the original seven Articles (with a few updated modifications). Some of the Amendments are either no longer valid or needed, others are vague enough where abusive use has come into play with them; as well as needing some new ones for our modern world.
Now, I'm not saying that children, unencumbered by politics or money have a better system of organization; I'm merely saying that if we want to continue to be a Democracy, we have to work harder at it and not sit back leaving all decision making in the hands of a few. If we don't do something soon, we will all be under the whims of our Rulers under the guise of socialism and eventually a Dictatorship.

Even though our restricted media tells us little to nothing about world events, other sources from around the world do inform their populations as to what's going on in the world.
An example is that while the Obama administration is reducing our military might by not only reducing the number of people in the military, they are selling off our arms (Planes, Tanks, Submarines, guns & ammo, etc.) to other nations. Meanwhile, Russia and China are building up their already enormous military with the prospect of a coming world war.
As we all know by now, through his restrictions on free enterprise and his ineptness, Obama has put us on a downward spiral to destroy our economy.
Obama has put us deeper in debt during his term so far that all of the Presidents from G. Washington to G. Bush all together.
It appears that Obama is hell-bent on reducing America to a third world country.

Apparently, this administration has done nothing but help plummet our economy into a downward spiral.
Their excessive spending and accumulation of thousands of business restrictions keeps the government taking in less and less, thus putting us into a potential for another great DEPRESSION.
A solution to putting people back to work, making the economy robust and giving the government more money than they can spend might but the following. As much as one might disagree with the suggestions below, I only ask that you consider them. They must ALL be implemented, as by "picking and choosing" which ones, defeats the purpose intended.
(1) Vote out all incumbents, including the failed President (Obama). This would give us a chance to start fresh with a President and Congress that might do the will of the people (Example: Repeal Obamacare which in itself will be too costly to maintain and restrict the fine medical services we now have).
(2) Tax the unions. Since these multibillion dollar organizations have huge staffs with exorbitant salaries and are mostly political arms, they serve little of their original intended purpose of helping the working class.
(3) Tax all churches and religious organizations. Some of these have become multibillion dollar organizations with a political agenda anyway (not to mention the millions of dollars sent from mosques to our enemies in the middle east).
(4) Legalize prostitution. Since prostitution has always gone on and will continue to flourish, why not tax it ?
By having licensing, medical documentation and taxation on it, law enforcement could be used elsewhere, the spread of venereal diseases could be minimized and this would produce additional income for the states.
(5) Legalize marijuana. Just like the laws and taxes on tobacco and liquor, the same rules, laws and restrictions could be imposed on marijuana (packaged and sold just like cigarettes). This alone would reduce crime, free up law enforcement, regulate quality and produce a huge windfall of money to the government.
We all saw what happened during Prohibition and why the 18th Amendment was repealed.
(6) Deregulate various industries that are only hampered by many of the restrictions and regulations imposed on them, thus charging the public even more for their products or services.
(7) Institute the Fair Tax Plan so that the government would take in more money and the wage earner would keep more of their money. With this plan, the IRS could be minimized or eliminated, thus saving even more money for the government.
(8) Stop all subsidies to corporations. This would make competition greater, reducing prices to the consumer and keep billions of dollars in our treasury.
(9) Only give foreign aid to those countries that can pledge allegiance to us and have them make an accounting of how this aid was spent.
(10) Eliminate many government departments that are really states rights (Example: Department of Education).
(11) Put import taxes on all items coming from countries that tax our exports. This would bring jobs back to America.
(12) Put all illegal aliens into work camps, either producing agriculture or consumer items for export.
(13) Stop rebuilding areas in other countries until we've rebuilt our own deteriorating infrastructure and cities.

Whether you agree or not, you must admit that these suggestions would not only put America back to work, help the poor to move up to the middle class, make the government (both federal as well as local) take in more money, but make us the greatest nation in the world for ourselves and the generations that follow us.
Let's make the global economy compete with us rather than how we're struggling to compete with them...