As the inauguration of the 45th President draws
near I have decided to do a little self-examination of how I react to those
politicians with whom I do not agree as well as those with whom I do. To be completely honest, I did not decide to
come to this self-examination purely based on my own desire for
self-improvement. No, the decision was
made after deriding and ridiculing those from the other spectrum of political
ideology from myself and realizing that their arguments and complaints were
eerily like some that I have made in the past, albeit against a different
President and politician. My hypocrisy
was glaringly obvious as I pointed out the hypocrisy of my political opponents.
Rational thought is completely thrown away when it comes to
political and sports discussions. Think
about it, it doesn’t matter what your arguments may be for the Dallas Cowboys,
you will NEVER convince a Philadelphia Eagles fan to cheer for the
Cowboys. Just as it seems that you will
never convince a Democrat that a Republican is not a racist, homophobe. The problem for this type of “fanboy”
adoration is that we often fail to see the flaws in our own “team”.
When President George W. Bush added somewhere around $4-5
Trillion dollars, depending on how you do the math, to the national debt during
his presidency. During 2001-2009 the
Democrats, both politicians and their “fans” screamed about the national debt,
all while the Republicans and their followers redirected and justified his
spending. Since President Obama took
office in 2009, nearly $10 Trillion dollars have been added to the debt while
the Republicans and their sheep hypocritically rant about spending and debt
while the Democrats and their lemmings rant and explain away the economics of
debt and spending. If driving up the
national debt is bad under one President is bad, doesn’t it reason it is bad
under another?
When it came to light that the US government was using warrant-less wiretaps to listen in on US citizens phone conversations, albeit
for use against terrorism, the Republicans during the Bush tenure opined that
it was for national security. During the
Obama reign the Democrats defended while the Republicans demanded action to
stop it. If the Constitution protects us
from such searches, then does that not apply regardless of which party is in
power?
Before I rant and rave about some perceived injustice or
political decision, shouldn’t I stop and look at my own self or side as
well? For years, I have lambasted those
that blindly vote only along party lines, but I have found that I have blindly
defended some politician or policy based solely on some party loyalty. I have decided that I am better than some
stupid little fanboy who will accept what my side decides is correct and
automatically attack the other side. I
am a white man, so white that I may or may not glow in the dark, but I am not
the color of my skin. Nor am I defined
by whom I cast my ballot in an election.
Why do we believe others are defined in the same way that we claim that
we do not wish to be defined?
Political discussions generally can be summed up in this
analogy; “my dad can beat up your dad!”
the problem is neither dad wants to fight and could care less in which
petty little fight you find yourself. You
may find this surprising but politicians, regardless of party affiliation,
could not care what the peasants think or do.
They only care about where the next fundraiser is and how they will get
their name in the next major news story.
Please understand this one point if nothing else. Donald Trump, Barack Obama, the Congress, the
Republican, Democrat, Green, Libertarian, or even the Communist parties are not
your Messiah. They will always
disappoint and frustrate you. They are
not here to meet your every need and desire and they will never save our
country or your soul. For me it is time
I remain honest to God and myself and continue to take care of and protect my family.
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