by Mike Baton, Bronston, Ky.
Dear Editor:
It is not difficult for most to know that something is going wrong, really wrong, in our country. You probably realize that there are hundreds if not thousands of debates going on about whether this is the Puppets’ fault (Obama, Bush, etc.) fault, Congress’ fault or the citizens’ (taxpayers) fault?
Is it the Republicans or the Democrats?
There is plenty of blame all around, with to me a big part of the blame going to who I call the “Republicrats.”
There seems to be an agenda that is blatantly opposed to what the majority of people want. Regardless of what the people say in poll after poll, our health care system is probably about to be converted to Kevorkian-Kare, with immediate tax increases and cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, but any benefits to the public delayed for four years. Regardless of what the people wanted during the banking crisis (some in Congress admitted that they had calls 1000-1 against the bailout), we got the bailout anyway, along with super-mega payouts to the brilliant bankers in the form of bonuses. Other recent examples include the person being nominated for head of the TSA saying on video that white Christian anti-abortion anti-government types will be the primary target of suspicion for authorities.
And we thought that it was Al-Qaeda!
The list goes on and on.
It appears obvious that the agenda is set in stone, and we might wonder why the Puppets and those in “Con”gress are willing, to what will most likely be committing political suicide, by ramming such unwanted legislation down the throats of the people, but the reality is that if they lose their next election, the revolving door leads them straight to a high-paying lobbyist position, or something similar.
Those who are in whichever party is in power when they finish giving the people the shaft get the most opportunities to be offered the latest lobbyist positions needing to be filled after the next election. Meanwhile, the people foolishly expect the “other” party to come in and save them. Those running will say whatever needs to be said in the campaign to be looked to as the savior, but after the election, their attitude seems to miraculously change toward the overall agenda of the Republicrats, especially if they somehow start climbing up the leadership chain, you know, so they can bring home more bacon to their state or district.
The real question should be, “Who or what is behind the agenda?”
Is the answer as simple as just pure greed, or does it go deeper?
What I do see is that, somehow, for every crisis that seems to happen by coincidence(?) there is ready-made legislation that has been sitting on a shelf that is miraculously presented as the solution, which always somehow takes even more rights and freedoms from the people away and gives them to the government.
We are told that it is for our own protection, to trust them. Sadly, many of the “people” believe this, especially those who are emotionally tied to whichever party is in power at the time. I see this as a big part of the hidden power the Republicrats have over the people’s minds. Right now, it is not hard to find liberals who suddenly support the expansion of the war, while conservatives Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck were recently discussing how the government needs to drastically increase taxes on the people, either through a national sales tax or a Value Added Tax, or both, with no serious mention of reducing the size of government.
Does this ring any bells with you?
Are these people just “useful idiots” who in the heat of the moment forget all that they had said in times past that were opposite to what they are saying now, or worse, deliberately spewing propaganda that just so happens to support the “agenda,” giving talking-points to true useful-idiots in the public who find themselves parroting what they heard said on TV by their guiders?
No one wants to be called anything with the word “idiot” being part of the label. However, I had to admit to myself that I have been a useful-idiot for the larger part of my life. It is not an easy thing to do, to admit to oneself that they have been duped. My ongoing struggle from that moment of admission has been to work hard to keep from being duped by the next level of deception that may be waiting around the corner.
Have I been successful?
Only time and history will tell. I do not claim to know the complete answer to who/what is behind the agenda, but it seems that we, the people, are running out of time to find it.
There are, and most likely from here on going to be, several things happening simultaneously that instill fear into the hearts and minds of those who are paying attention. Problem is, while many if not most have been directed to pay attention to events like the “underwear bomber” along with the introduction of naked body scanners in all the world’s major airports for all of our safety (the scanners reveal such vivid details that in Europe they are going to have to change their laws to keep the images from being classified as child porn), that we might fall into the trap of no longer paying attention to other important issues, like Kevorkian-Kare.
Another issue, among hundreds out there, that is going to get more and more difficult to ignore in the near future is the Ponzi scheme called the Federal Reserve. This Ponzi scheme is the main reason that I started writing this letter, but I obviously got sidetracked.
“Follow the money” is still a good rule of thumb when trying to find the culprit in an agenda.
Some say that viewpoints such as mine are too negative, all problems with no solutions, and I can understand that. The way I see it, the only solution we have as the people is to peacefully but firmly stand up for ourselves, to take our country back. A huge and necessary step in that direction is to recognize what we are to stand up against. It not pretty.
Mike Baton
Bronston, Ky.
