Stop Blaming Obama – Look in the mirror.

The right-wing agenda as expressed by the Tea Party irregulars and formally “mainstream” Republicans is destroying democracy.  Republican members of congress who now gleefully pander to the fringe and take cash from those venal corporate interests who callously underwrite dissension and distrust – and really want to dismantle all government activities that might impinge  profit margin – have shown their true motivation. 

 Starve Americans and spread fear and anger. 

They will take what they can to secure their own government backed comfort while blaming the “system” as unfixable and unworthy of any effort to restore fairness and responsibility.   Now, they say, we should just give up all pretenses of negotiating and cooperation and allow the elite to rule unfettered.  Their ruling corporatocracy will eventually decide the future for all of the rest of us, all the little people.  Unions and public workers beware! Your rights and patriotism no longer matter.  The education and health of your children is no longer a priority.  Cheaper labor is available off shore with no union interference.   

These “leaders” will continue to jinn up a distorted patriotism to throw your children and grandchildren into endless wars just to maximize oil profits and maintain war machinery.   They have already spent the money donated to their campaigns.  There is no turning back.  They are already bought and paid for. 

First it was the evils of “Obama Care” and next it will be the “Obama Failed Economy” that dominates the TV talking points.  Unfortunately, the so-called balanced TV hosts will not stand up to the repeated lies told by the republican hacks who shamelessly distort in short pithy phrases that deny the true complexity of issues that can’t be fixed by slogans.   

They know that most Americans just want to get back to their comfort zone and can’t be bothered to look deeply into the issues that matter.   Who has the time?  It takes information and analysis they aren’t willing to learn and the media isn’t willing to expose.  It’s not a rating grabber anyway and the networks have more products to sell.  And while we’re at it, let’s destroy PBS and NPR, lest they actually report the truth.

The right-wing is counting on apathy and greed to finish the job.  If they win, America will soon slide into a fractured untenable economy that will never recover. All is lost if we don’t start now. 

We must re-tax the industries that have avoided their responsibilities and invest in our future.  We can fix our schools, infrastructure, health care and housing problems – if we have the will.   It is time for a new “America First” movement that calls for shared sacrifice to secure the future for the next generations. 

We could begin by planning a major march on Washington to address congressional obstinacy and recalcitrant behavior.  They are not serving the people and should be recalled.  It’s time to put Boehner, McConnell and Cantor on notice.   

Perhaps a series of marches populated by minorities, unions, public workers, progressives, seniors on social security, the unemployed, anti-war groups, green party and gay rights advocates, all aligning to stop the lies from the right that are stealing our dreams.    

Together we can turn the tide. Let’s roll.