The Death - Republican Failure in America

 

The Death – Republican Failure in America

 

The western culture during Christmas season is something that I am heavily addicted too.  I am a sucker for the old school Christmas toons and a slow night with hot chocolate and a super cozy blanket.  I love to slow down, contemplate life, and think on how I can improve myself.  During my last zone out special I started thinking about the conservative lifestyle and the realization that true conservatism in the United States is almost dead. 

 

I am a pretty social person and out of all my networks of friends and family I can safely say its about 1/3 liberal and 2/3 republican.  I have lived on the east coast and the west but it’s always roughly the same split.  After every election I’m always fascinated at how little the Republican Party accomplished and mostly how little it represented.  I contribute most of it to the lack of it constituent’s willingness to voice their opinions or act on their beliefs. 

 

I don’t consider it a major mystery why most republicans are so reluctant to speak up, after all most main stream news and entertainment outlets make it seem close minded or even wrong to have any opinion if it doesn’t fit their views.  I think about 20 years ago how someone would react if you said “I’m not comfortable with homosexuals”.   If someone was to say that now they would be casted as a homo fob, rather than someone just not being comfortable with the lifestyle.   

 

The culture that surrounds conservative thinking is to avoid conflicts.  Most constituent’s are followers of a Christian based religions and believe they are suppose turn the other cheek, but often it’s forgotten that even Jesus Christ when needed, flipped over tables in his father’s temple.  He stood up against a tyrannical roman government and said, “I am the King, that’s why I was born.”

 

I don’t think most average Americans understand how detrimental the loss of the Republican Party will be.  I agree that the Republican Party is stuck in the past but what most people consider a flaw in many cases is extremely needed.  It was the values of the past that made America so strong.  Work ethic, Family values, protection of business, and earning your way is becoming an exclusive republican trait. 

 

Without the Republican Party there is nothing stopping America from selfishness.  We are already teetering on the remaining wealth in the US leaving. We are all fools if we believe a country bent on stealing from the rich and allowing government to dictate the rules to corporations will not have awful effects on us all.  Why would the wealth stay here when they could easily relocate anywhere in the world.  We should do everything to work with employers to secure them as American assets.  It’s tough to look upon those with more and say it’s unfair, it probably is but the alternative is much, much, worse.  

 
The lack of backbone in conservatives is the one major flaw that will ultimately remove Republicans completely as a party, not to mention, help the steady removal of organized religion.  Unless republicans can learn how to get voters out and allow for honest opinion to be expressed, I don’t see how they can survive in the modern self serving America.

Turkey Turkey

 

 

Turkey Turkey

 

As I sit pondering my turkey recipe for thanksgiving and inadvertently searching black Friday deals, I find my mind drifting away from the blaring news.   The airways are filled with rattling noise about hostess and the downfall of the Twinkies legacy but all I can think about is how little the news ever talks about real problems.  It seems that America would rather ignore controversial issues and at the same time we ask our politicians to lie to us because they can’t get elected if they speak the truth.  Long story short; as I’m zoning off, my mind drifts into a personal YouTube clip, and an idea smacks my brain - Retroactive Immigration.

 

I know that no matter how I bring this topic up, my idea will be considered close minded or racist in some way.  I want it to be known I respect immigrants and truly believe that they are essential to the American way.  However, hard as is for some to believe, I just wish to protect the American identity and our way of life.  With that in mind - I propose a radical idea.  Retroactive Immigration: The deportation of any individual(s) who received citizenship by illegally obtaining access to the United States by false documentation or any illegal action(s).  Keep in mind; this applies to only those who gained citizenship illegally.  Sounds overboard as first, but is it really?

 

For generations it has been the standard of the U.S. Legal System to prosecute crimes even if committed years prior. Why then, would this not apply to illegal immigration and those who gained citizenship from illegal behavior?  Maybe I’m a little cold - but it seems like the best solution.  The most valuable and cherished possession of any American should be his or her citizenship.  

 

The Constitution states that the Legislative body is prevented from passing any law that makes past acts criminal, if it wasn’t illegal when it originally occurred.  So then if immigration was illegal when it occurred, and there is no statute of limitations, then why is there no standard for removing illegal immigrants and those they sponsored/reared while in possession of ill gained status?    

 

Immigration on such a rapid scale forces the American identity to be replaced by other identities rather than a slow natural blend.  America is the world mixing bowl - but we are overflowing the bowl at a rate that replaces America’s distinct flavor.  Our allowing of immigrants is a tribute to our open and loving nature but it has been dramatically abused.  It’s not offensive to demand that those who have abused our system be returned to the nations of their origin.

 

I wonder if we hadn’t ignored that so many foreigners were hiding in our homeland, if they would have been forced to improve their own countries.  I could go into more detail on policies, that could help to achieve this, but that’s for another post…

 

We may inadvertently be stealing the best chance of other nations to gain stability by taking its greatest natural resource; its own people.   For the benefit of all nations, the United States must pass some form of Retroactive Immigration Legislation and stop illegal immigration. 

The Smallest Pebble

A great man once told me that

 “Integrity is what you do when no one is around.” 

It’s funny, the little quotes that stick with us as individuals. How simple words can move, alter, and even help to create our very foundations.  I sometimes wonder why I justify my short comings and allow them to reign, but it is easy to forget that I am human, and am not designed to live entirely perfect.  With that being said I should always strive to live as good and as pure as I can.  The most important part of living with integrity is defining what pure actually means to us as individuals- and following that definition even when it is difficult and painful.

Why has the world forgotten the lessons of old?  It seems that we are taught daily to follow the path of self gratification, selfishness and materialism.  Everyday less and less people choose to give of themselves freely, true practice of religions, and expect future generations to be better than the ones before us.  I remember as a young man I was asked by a friend who happened to of been in a string of bad relationships at the time, who I would recommend for her to date.  It took me a while to come to the conclusion that I didn’t know one man - not one man that would treat her as she deserved.  It was a real awakening to me because I had many good friends but even among them I knew no one who would give of themselves freely. 

I myself am a product of a broken home, typical- selfish parents sleeping around and justifying the behavior in what ever form they could, but I was giving a huge break.  At the age of 5 my step mother came into my life and became a life example of a beautiful, selfless person.  I sometimes wonder if she wasn’t given to me; to guide and mold my life, would I have inevitably ended up like my parents, or would I have found the strength on my own to be a good man even against the grain of a ever dying world?

Will we as a people ever choose to be honorable, just and full of integrity?  Will we ever stop justifying selfish living?  How do we re-create the moral compass that makes us more than just men and woman?  How do we become greater - when do we rise and be all we could be?

I’m not waiting for some political hero to rise up to the call, I’m simple going to live the best I can in this world, and if it means often times being walked on, used, or taken advantage of.  It takes a strong person to be what is right.

Our political world is a sea of broken men and women.  If you have the stubborn yet honorable pride in our country like I do, I beg you to endeavor to change or influence what you can, no matter how small. 

Even the smallest pebble makes a ripple far beyond its own size.

Just one political wish.



I’m sitting across the diner table with the family, and I was posed with the most interesting question: If I could have just one political wish- what would it be? Now obviously I could have responded with the typical Miss America pageant answer and said “world peace and no starving children” and although that would be amazing, I chose to pick an answer more achievable.

I honestly believe majority of the problems that we face in our country today occur because of the way we fund our political leaders. We have set up our system to fail. If a good man wants to make change he must first get elected-- and in order to get elected-- he needs vast amounts of money. He or she is forced to earn that money either through favors, influence, or direct votes. This is the sad truth, but never the less, it’s the game.

I choose to believe that some of our elected officials want to stand on their principles, and if we give them a way to get elected without having to fill obligations, they may be able too run on their convictions. If we want to see good men and woman in power then we need some simple changes. No donations, except from individual registered voters, with a limit of 1000 dollars and only to the individual running. Absolutely no donations to parties or special interest groups. They get their votes just like every other individual at the polls. No corporate donations, groups, or fundraisers, just individuals by mail and all fully disclosed to the public. By allowing anything else is giving more weight to one persons vote, it’s not fair, it’s not the American I envision.

It would inspire more elected officials to do town hall meetings and to raise capital from smaller, more personal venues, and for once a small voice may be heard. It would also remove power from party leaders and give it to the everyday citizens. We may actual gain educated voters rather than those who are moved by flashy media tactics or celebrity endorsements.

No taxation without representation

I have a beautiful little 3 year old girl. Her very existence flipped my world upside down, and I have never been happier.   The move to fatherhood changed me from a man whose only concern was having a good time, to now being a personal full time bodyguard whose new goal in life (amongst total political change) is to protect my little girl.  I don’t know how other new fathers are, but I can’t sleep unless every door in the house is locked and my trusty 38 is within reach.  You may think overkill, but I think peace.

Now that I’m done with my testosterone high, I’ll get to my point.  It crossed my mind how awful it is that my daughter will have to pay for the debt that has incurred by our government, even though she has no one who represents her. 

13 colonies stood against a giant to stop tyranny and now we have become the tyrants to our own children.  Under no condition should we be able to pass any legislation that will push debt onto anyone who is not of voting age.  Yes, I am saying that all bills must have funding up front, or at least will be paid off by the individuals that were of voting age when the debt was formed.  My daughter should not be paying off anyone’s debt but her own.   (not that I would allow her to enter into debt- with the exception of school, home and a car of course)

"No taxation without representation" is the rally cry that drove many British colonists to stand up and fight, and eventually what created the American Revolution.  Even prior to the formation of our great nation we believed that every man if taxed had a right to be represented.  This is a fundamental cornerstone that defines our nation; let us demand that we live up to that high standard again.

 

 

 

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