You Are All Fired!

If the approval rating for Congress is an indication, the majority of the American people are pretty much fed up with the bums that currently are walking what used to be the sacred halls of the Senate and House. Just mention of the word ‘Congress’ is enough to incite responses ranging from disgust to derision and everything in between.

So, in light of the dissatisfaction expressed by so many Americans, at least those who still care for this great country, I am proposing that starting in 2010, we the people just plain fire them all.

Now, you must understand that I am going out on a limb with this, so I hope you keep with me. Ever since becoming a US citizen, I have voted Conservative. It does not mean that the candidates I voted for always had my approval, but compared to the Liberal ideology, the worst Conservative is always better than the best Liberal. It may appear as a close minded attitude on my part and you may be correct, but essentially it comes down to what I consider to be the best approach to the type of government I believe is best for my family and my country. Interference from an overstepping government is NOT in the best interest of a country. Excessive government meddling in the private affairs of its citizens only brings elitism, abuse and despotism, as we are witnessing today.

The presence of countless politicians that have made a career out of what was supposed to be public service, getting re-elected over and over is the best advertisement for the idea of terms limits in politics. People like John Murtha and Robert Byrd have been insuring their own re-election by channeling appropriations to their districts. It would be interesting to research the legitimacy and legality of all the pork that has made its way into these politicians’ pockets.

Numbskulls like Barbara Boxer and Henry Waxman, disgraceful ones like Barney Frank and Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi feel that they so much superior to the people who elected them that they behave in the same “royalty” fashion that has sparked so many revolutions over the centuries.

This proposal of mine is very drastic and bold, at least for me, because I am willing to vote for a Democrat if it means to ‘fire’ the incumbent in the coming elections in 2010. I will hold my nose and go against my ideological principles as long as the country gets whole new blood in Congress.
The way I see it, the situation could not under any circumstance get any worst than it is right now. I am tired of the politicians that continue to pillage the system, continue to screw the American people and continue to bring the country down, including the so-called Republicans of today. I am tired of politicians that, from both parties, appear to be interested only in their political careers and in the process destroy the US Constitution by using it as an elastic to be conformed in their own personal interest.
But most of all, I am tired of politicians that have made long and profitable careers convincing Americans that they were somehow victims, that they were only good enough to have a government take care of them, that they were not capable to make correct decisions for themselves, that they did not have to take responsibility for their actions because they were entitled to extraordinary protection. Tired of politicians that place their campaigns in front of doing what is right, who will pander to race and religion and gender instead of making decisions that are right for the benefit of all.

There is also another advantage to my proposal, or maybe just a gamble. The newly elected politicians will have learnt a valuable lesson: you don’t do what is right for the American people and the country, you will be fired too. And term limits will automatically prune the political tree of those fruits that tend to spoil the whole tree.

So I plan on casting my vote for every single challenger on the ballot next year. It will be my message of revolt against those who have severely contaminated the political offices. If all incumbents are fired, the American people could probably get a group discount for the mass disinfecting of the buildings.

The Constitution of the United States begins with “We The People” for a reason. The Founding Fathers, in their precocious wisdom, gave the power of self-determination to the people. It was the people that decided to revolt against the British against staggering odds.
It was the people that ultimately defeated the scourge of slavery.
It was the people who defeated Nazism, Fascism and Imperialism.
It was the people who won the Cold War.
It was the people who stood by the various governments they elected that accomplished all the facts listed above. Without the support of the people, the government would have not been able to accomplish them, and the American Republic would have been plagued by the same civil unrest that almost every other country in the world experienced.
When in 1939 WWII begun, Winston Churchill literally begged Franklin Roosevelt to get in the war on the side of Britain. FDR could not do so because the American people, after the bloody experience of WWI, did not want to meddle in another European war. Yes it was for re-election interests, but it was the people who controlled the President’s decision. After the Pearl Harbor attack, it was the whole country and its people that stood up to be counted.
And to further prove my point, the time in American history when a large section of the American people disagree with the Government and its actions, resulted in a Civil War.
Well it looks like the majority of the country is fed up with politicians, so I say:

Fire All Of Them!

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”