Government Accountability, funny headline.
I only see a few ways of resolving the issue at hand before a complete meltdown. Look at the history of other countries and you can see some very common things that happen prior to the final implosion. The rise of most of all of the notorious dictators came after great civil unrest due to deep levels of corruption that the people felt they could not change.
Hitler came on the stage as a man who would stamp out corruption, keep down Marxism and deal harshly with the Jews which the population felt were a contributing factor to the corruption. The people were beaten down and the present government was acting against the will of the people, time and time again.
Germany was in the midst of a Great Depression and people were desperate for someone to end the poverty that was created by the previous government, help with their uncertainty and end the political instability. Hitlar came in as a hero and killed the corrupt politicians. This is what threw him to such a high regard with the government oppressed people. He then went on, as we all know, to severely abuse this power.
Does any of this seem like in some ways we are on the same path?
Take a look at the rise of any of these dictators of the past and you will see commonalities in the political atmosphere.
I can actually tell you that 5 years ago I would have never even thought that I might actually need my gun for a militia as stated in the Constitution. I thought it was a great thing but nothing I will ever have to use. Also, the thought never even crossed my mind of joining a militia to take back the government.
Now on the other hand, if I was aware of a group who was going to do this in a peaceful manor at first, I would be one of the first to sign up. The thing is, just like fdjake said, none of the dirty bastards will be giving up this gravy train. They will sick our own military on us before doing so.
I am afraid, unfortunately, to get them to start acting again as Civil Servants rather than Politicians will require overthrow of the government.
The first peaceful steps that must be made are completely paid for by the people elections so all incentive to pay back a foreign country, political action committee or large corporation will diminish.
We then need to demand term limits to break the “good old boy system”. You know how it goes. The new guys get into office with intentions of doing some good and cleaning up the place. Instantly they are approached by the old timers and they tell them, “you need to vote with us on all of these issues”. We know the people of your state won’t like it but do it anyways. We have statistical information that if you clean up your act 3 months prior to elections the people will forgive you for everything you’ve done. NOW, if you don’t do as we all agree, you will get no pork barrel projects for your state, your constituents will be angry at you and you will be a 1 termer. So kick back and get on the gravy train. You will have paid for “business trips” all over the country with a 2 hour seminar and 3 days of fun and sun for you and the wife.
Next we need to push them to pass some really hard line laws against themselves regarding bribe money etc and enforce them. We all know the stories of Bill Clinton collecting campaign contributions from foreign governments and Chinese people who have been dead for 50 years. He even had contributions from some dogs. We also know that the Republicans could have come down hard on him and made heroes of themselves. But they didn’t. Why? They are all “on the take”. Why would you risk giving yourself up by turning another in, democrat or republican. Once and a while there is a sacrificial lamb but the issue always ends up disappearing.
Regarding the mainstream media. I don’t know what to do about them. They are the primary driving factor for this corruption and the sole reason that the politicians are able to pull this stuff off. If there was media outrage and they were relentless in attacking this corruption it would quickly end. That is why they are called the government media complex. They are both deeply in bed with each other. The government agenda is promoted through the main stream media.
Now, we all know that the Politicians are not going to do the things listed above but it is a necessary step prior to physically overthrowing the government. We must demand what we want and nicely ask for the “Change” prior to forcing it which will likely be inevitable.
Am I looking at this from the wrong perspective? Am I getting too worked up about this and should I just deal with it and shut my mouth like a good citizen should? I don’t think so. I am an American and freedom courses through my veins. I was not put on this planet by God to be controlled by any man, especially a small group of “special” people.
God Bless America!!!