In Washington DC Nothing Changes

I'm so disgusted with the Republican Party today over the debt ceiling deal. I feel this was maybe the last chance I could stand with them on what should been a paradigm shift in how government does business. Instead they blew it and sadly what I see happening now is that the party will likely split in two because these entrenched RINO's are no different than the Democrats. They didn't listen to the voters in 2010 when they swept the House.

John Boehner and Mitch McConnell had control over the narrative and sold out, rolled over and negated the momentum that should have been theirs with the majority in the House. If they get reelected to their leadership positions in 2012 I'm done with the party. I've always considered myself first and foremost a Conservative and not a Republican. But if the split occurs and it's officially called the Tea Party that will be the group I'll form an alliance with. There must be no other way to gain any ground than split the party and join people who align with most of the principles I believe in. The party of Lincoln, Goldwater and Reagan is nearly dead in the water and is nothing but a hollowed out Keynesian Neo-Con shell of its former self.

Now Barack Obama will get to claim a victory (even though it wasn't) and use this wasted moment by the leaders of the GOP to get reelected. They had him on the ropes and could have knocked him out but he's come back by winning the fight with a half-assed tie. The beltway bureaucrats call that a "compromise" by the way. It's not a tie for us Conservatives; instead in this case it's a catastrophic loss for the people who voted in 2010 and the future of the country. Nothing was gained; the same problems will loom larger but just a year down the road. Incomprehensible debt, a bad economy, unemployment, bad energy policy, bad foreign policy, bad fed policy, bad taxation policy (and still higher taxes to come), Obamacare looming, Social Security and Medicare billions in the hole, EPA gone wild, over regulation and the list goes on. Nothing changed it's just more of the same.

The main stream liberal media won't see it that way of course, they'll consider this a mandate of great resolve for Obama and continue to pitch him as the glorious leader who saved us all from default, misery and complete collapse of the nation. The reality is even without their help some won't need to be convinced anyway because they blindly believe in his cult of personality. If only they could see how his vision of a "Social Utopia" has been a miserable failure but they cannot. They still believe big government has the answer to everything and can "fix" things.

In truth the government should be a nation of laws not of men, not of men who temporally hold office and make us suffer as a consequence because of their lack of vision or courage to do what they know is the just and right thing. The massive size and scope of the federal government is taking more and more of our money (private property), and freedoms away and giving to these power hungry politicians who think they know better than we do how to take care of ourselves.

This is an ideological civil war that is being fought today and the far left is still holding the field. I just wonder how long it will remain civil. I wonder what will happen if the people we elect continue to ignore ours wishes?

They and the media ignored the 500,000 9/12 Tea Party Protest on the DC mall a few years ago who peaceful protested against spending, high taxes and Obamacare and still didn't listen. It makes you wonder when the civility will be tossed out the window and instead a group of 500,000 or a million converge on Washington only this time armed with guns. This may sound extreme but if the voices of the majority of the people continue to be ignored it's not an impossible scenario.

Thankfully I have a Higher Power in my life and I'll continue to believe in prayer and that God will intervene at the right moment as he always does. Ultimately he always has the final say and control over such things not this gutless group of bureaucrats.

I'm hoping that I can take a mental break from this madness and rejoin it when the Presidential Primary season begins. I'm going on vacation starting Aug. 5 and won't go back to work until Aug 16. It's time for some fun and relaxing days with family and friends. I'm so due, so due.