Posted by
Doddle on Friday, June 06, 2008 2:22:36 PM
Well, well, well. Aren't we in a hell of a fix?
Fuel prices are through the roof, illegal immigration still isn't fixed, the two "presumptive" major party candidates are everybody's second choice, education is just plain broken, and our officials seem to think we're so stupid we can't see the lies for what they are.
In California, the latest load comes from our Governor and the Metropolitan Water District. After a year of record rain and snow fall, they tell us we are in a drought. Like...we don't remember the floods and snowstorms just a few months ago?
But it's like that all the way up to the federal government. Does anyone else feel like a mushroom, being fed manure and kept in the dark?
These people are not listening.
So, once again, the regular folks are going to have to do something about the situation.
My suggestion?
Shut it down. All of it.
What do I mean?
I mean stop the economic motor of the country by going on strike for one day a week. I suggest Friday.
If no one does anything....drives, uses electricity, buys anything, cooks anything, does anything but sit the day out, reads, writes, but consumes nothing...it would certainly get somebody's attention.
I know it will be tough, but better to do it of our own will now than be forced to do it later because "they" said so.
Government officials listen to one thing, and that's money. If the money flow is impeded, even for one day a week for say three months, they will have to listen.
We are now being ruled by an oligarchy of special interests. Environmentalists have created the oil shortage by derailing drilling in our national interest. Politicians have done nothing substantive on immigration in hopes they would carry the immigrant vote. Education is run by a bunch of wimps who are afraid to make learning a matter of individual responsibility.
If we stop everything on Fridays, we take 14% out of the economy. That's a substantial hit.
Now, I know that there cannot be full co-operation on this, but if we extract even 5% from the economy, then they will get the message. Remember what happened when we, as a nation, wrapped ourselves around the immigration problem? We didn't keep the pressure on long enough, but at least they did hear us.
This is a matter of difficult choices. We either do something now, on our own, or we let the panderers do it for and to us whenever they feel like it.
We are not their servants. They are our servants.
When was the last time you saw a politician do anything that served the country on a practical basis?
You haven't.
They are not listening to anything but big special interests.
Well, we are the biggest special interest, but unless we get ourselves together, those in power will continue to stick it to us.
Y'know, the French did do one thing right. The populace struck every now and then. I believe they're getting close to striking again over their own immigration problems.
It's time to shut it down until we get what we want.
Now.
On the illegal immigration thing read my earlier post on this blog.
Respectfully, or not,
Lee w. Dodson