Changes

As I ended my last entry, I wrote of accountability and holding each other to our words.  Then last night I heard that our new change is really more of the same.

I'm talking about our President Elect and his promise for change, but guess what, it is really more of the same.  Same political lifers that continue to suck the life out of our country and our self esteem.  They suck the tax payers, that's you and me, dry.

You and I and every other business/group/organization that I know of has a budget that they must meet or they cease operations.  Yet these elected officials that we fail to hold accountable continue to spend, spend, spend.

Most of us are having to cut expenses in the current economy.  We have traded off our SUV for a Prius, we have eliminated HBO and Cinemax, we have gone back to dial up rather than broadband and we have lowered the thermostat and put on more layers of clothes and blankets on the bed, in order to cut our expenses.

Just once in my life, I would love to see our elected officials stop and say, Hey we really don't need this, hey, we can cut this back and save money, our money.  Hey, let's be like every other business/group/organization and have a balanced budget.  But I realize that because we do not hold these people accountable, I will only witness what I desire when hell freezes over or when Christ comes for the second time, by then it's too late and perhaps both will happen because of their greed and mismanagement.

People, we must stand up and hold all of our elected officials accountable to US!  We are the board of directors, if we are not seeing a return on our investment, the the management team is not handling the funds in a prudent manner then we need to let them know.

Don't fall for the old " I wanted to do that, but the other party wouldn't let it happen" BS!  We elected them to work together for the benefit of the whole not a few.  Remember, citizens elect these folks, not multinational companies.  We need to get the lobby's out of politics so that our representatives can represent US, not the industries of the world.

Mr. Obama says he is an agent of change, let's hold him to that.  But how is it change if the same old same old is in power.  If he truly wants change then he needs to clean house of the insiders and start by pushing his party's control of Congress too pass a balanced budget amendment.  That is true change!  But CNN nor Fox has reported the freezing of Hell or the second coming, so I guess change won't happen.  Only SHIT happens, and we are being SHIT on every-time we fail to hold these corrupt bastards accountable.

President Elect Obama, we have given you the opportunity to radically change the government, please keep your word and prove to me and others that politicians can be trusted and that we won't just get more of the same.  

Only time will tell.