Crisis or Diversion?

American bonds have been downgraded! Crisis! Catastrophe!! Or is all just another diversion that only causes even more confusion in the minds of the public? Regardless of that just precisely what does it all mean?

Essentially it means that after years of fiscal irresponsibility by not only a Democrat led Congress but by Democrats elected to the Presidency who have placed intrusive social programs above nationality; this nation is finding itself with an enormous bill that it cannot immediately pay. Further, instead of paying down the debt the current administration is adding even more to that debt.

This is not the action of a reasonable and fiscally responsible group. Rather this is the irresponsible behavior of people who have absolutely no experience with such matters and are only interested in their own political survival, even at the cost of the solvency of this nation.

How did this come to pass? How could the safeguards put in place have been so easily circumvented for such a length of time?

To put it bluntly the nation was asleep while these things were transpiring. An essentially strong economy kept us in a state of somnambulance that prevented us from scrutinizing the goings on in Washington City as we should have. Now that we have awakened we have been confronted with a nightmare.

We find ourselves in the unenviable position of having in the highest office in our nation a very flawed individual. Some say his actions are deliberate and designed to destroy this nation from within. Others say he is out of his depth and in his naivete doesn't know how to solve any problem. They state his complete lack of experience and ivory tower thinking that clings to long disproved economic models. Whichever it is there is one thing that is clear and that he firmly believes Government is the answer to all problems. This is where we stand today.

What can be done? Many have already acted and their actions have given rise to the so-called Tea Party which reverts back to a belief in the Constitution and it's ideals. Ideals that have been thwarted by those who have waxed fat in authority over Congress and a pantheon of bureaucracies that have become responsible to no none but themselves.

From that beginning the people can continue to push and demand for a complete reduction of government intrusion into our lives. That would entail the wholesale elimination of those agencies that have usurped the rights of the States; among them health and education.

If we sit back and do nothing then what is occurring in England and on the European continent may soon be coming to our own shores. We have the power of the vote and we must use it judiciously - replacing those who have in many ways taken a step that would most assuredly be frowned on by our Founding Fathers.

Election day is Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Mark it in red and show up at the polls to remove Obama and as many Democrats from their seats as possible so the mess can at least be tackled without the opposition it has encountered to date.

In the meantime do not fall for the red herrings, diversions and assignations of blame by the Democrats. Their reactions are fueled by fear that they will be voted out of office. Let's make it so.