"Once upon a time three politicians were stranded on an island in a far off sea. One day a bottle washed upon shore. When they opened the bottle a genie came forth and granted each of them a wish. The first politician wished to return to Memphis and be with all his family he so dearly missed. Poof the genie granted him his wish and returned him to Memphis and his family he so dearly missed. The second politician was from Miami and he to wished to be with his family, whom he also missed so dearly. Poof the genie granted his wish. The genie turned to the third politician and asked for his wish. The third was a New Yorker. He wished he could be with the other two departed politicians, whom he so dearly missed. Poof the genie granted his wish and the two politicians were back where they started."
A predicament in our country is the witless and unreliable are confident about all things and apparently in charge of many things. Meanwhile the bright and chivalrous are full of doubt and apparently losing control of many things. Why is it, that pushy domineering and outspoken people assume others believe their cause is valid? They rely on and perpetuate the notion that might makes right.
As we approach the 2012 election (I know it’s a little early, but hasn’t stopped the politicians) we are going to be barraged with witless and irresponsible accusations from some politicians, who are members from the basic three political groups, Democratic, Republican and Change Parties. Their irresponsible rhetoric will only bring the others back to square one, where they started. In the end no one wins, especially voters, who will choose not to vote instead of being a genie to some witless and irresponsible politicians.
As the three politicians on the island are not all witless and irresponsible, so it is with the public. The sad fact is the wishes of the minority seem to hurt worse than the wishes of the majority. Yes it is only a minority that think we don't care how much they gouge the public; or how much lobbyist money they rake in; or how many asinine charges they make against each other.
There are many bright and chivalrous politicians today. In the old days they were known as statesmen or leaders. In the months ahead it would benefit all of us to encourage statesman to break silence and speak out against the witless minority, who are hurting us deeply. This means we must fight to protect them from the conservative and liberal bent media that exploit them with half truths and slanted headlines.
It is time for we the people to demand the greedy lobbyist and media step back and give us some elbow room. We need to demand at least five national primetime debates between the candidates for President and Vice President. If networks can pay $2.500,000 to an actor per episode for some of the trash they put on, they can let us have as a reward, an honest straight forward look at our candidates. Further, it is understood that these debates would exclude any commentary from any news media before, during and after the debate. It really is insulting to have another interpret a speech just heard.
We all wish we could be back with our friends. The friends we had before TV, lobbyist before politicians forgot, who could grant their wishes. Back to a land where being a politician was not a career with a very lucrative retirement, but a period of public service. Back to a land where common sense was the norm and not the surprise.
We appeal to our witless and irresponsible politicians, lobbyist and media, please don't ruin our wishes this year. Let us elect statesman and leaders, who will remove the ridicules incentives that others built for their political careers.
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