Split Up

Each party promises to make changes. Every party promises to do things that are going to make their voters happy. And every party is filled with politicians and they are pretty much liars. Politicians are as apt to stand up for what they said they would about as much as a television network is apt to stand up for a failing show. Yes I did just compare politicians to television executives. And the money that television executives crave is equivalent to the power politicians crave.

Even though it seems like we have predominantly two parties that assertion is false. If you are looking at republicans and democrats as an example of the two predominant parties you will see four parties present. You have conservative republicans and center/left leaning republicans and you have center/conservative democrats and far left democrats. This is the reason why nothing can get done because these parties that are in the actual parties themselves keep butting heads.

This will always cause division in the system that will keep us on the same path we are on now, nowhere! One might think the politicians from the right and the left that hang their hats on the middle of the rack could form an alliance, come together and get something done but it is impossible. They are all to nailed down to their party.

This is not supposed to be taken as a rant on the party system. I am angry at our politicians reluctance to do something. We didn't vote them in so that they could sit and argue all day, we want something out of our vote. For example the democrats are trying to bring the troops home. They know that the president is going to veto anything that they do. So compromise a little or at least try. Because for me (the average citizen) it looks like an argument between a couple of five year olds. If I was a democrat I would be angry because they are fighting a loosing battle because right now Democrats are not thinking about bringing the troops home for their well being nor are they thinking about the well being of the Iraqi people, they are thinking about the oval office. They want to be the knights in shining armor that rescue the troops. If they actually had something pass that would bring them home I am sure that would be their running platform. But its not going to happen the President said he would veto it, and he will. So the democrats are just making it known that they don't agree with the war, but we already know that.

Don't get me wrong, this issue will still be on the ballot. They will still try to sell the American people the lie that they are for the troops. And the republicans will push back with the clear fact that they are keeping us from funding the troops. And still nothing will get done.

This country would be a lot better if only everyone in congress could just forget about their party for five minutes and do something. It needs to be known that everyone that is in congress right now are politicians that care about nothing more than their party and winning the white house in 2008. That is why nothing can get done and they are so divided.

Morning Has Broken

I woke up today to a new America. This was a very interesting election because of the interesting propositions that passed here in Arizona. All of the propositions that passed regarding illegal immigration passed with flying colors, but the candidates (Graf and Hayworth) who were in favor of those propositions the most didn't win. I guess the people of Arizona figured they could take care of the issue by voting yes on all of these issues.

However the gay marriage ban (prop 107) did not pass which is interesting because of the fact that the fairly conservative immigration propositions did pass so overwhelmingly. The other propositions that had a lot to do with tobacco did and didn't pass. Propositions 201 and 206 were very close to the same proposition but very different all at the same time. 201 which was the harsher of the two was the elected proposition. Along with early child development proposition 203 passed which would put an .80 cent tax on "cigars and other tobacco products". The minimum wage proposition 202 did pass along with the animal protection proposition 204.

I think that I will go out and collect all of the political signs and have a huge fire. Just joking, but I do hope that they are taken care of fast. It didn't completely go my way in all aspects but some good did happen. What ever happens I still have most of the constitution on my side.

Update 9:12 PM

9:12 pm

Arizona Graf v. Giffords isn't looking good for Graf but you never know.
Munsil Lost but we knew that was going to happen, even though he was a pretty good guy.
They just said that Kyl won and that is a good pick up for Republicans.
Looks like the idiotic lotto voting prop. 200 is a no.
And Prop. 103 which makes English the official language AGAIN.

Right now Democrats have the house.
And 3 for the senate.

See you in a little bit.

I Voted!

I voted!

Now I have a long night ahead of me!

See you when its all said and done.

One Question!

I have one question!

If Sen. Kerry had said General Casey is uneducated would there be any difference. President Bush is in charge of all the troops and represents all of the troops. So even if Sen Kerry's assertion that he was making a joke about the Presidents education is true, it is still not the right thing to do. Especially when you are in a position of power.

How Much More of This Can We Take

I'll tell you right now that I love politics. Every time I vote my love for it grows. But right now at this very moment I am tired of it. There are a couple of things that we could do to make politics a little better. If we have learned anything from 9/11 and the War in Iraq it is that politics have not place in national security. The border and the war all have to do with national security and there is no room for politics there. That is the real reason why nothing gets done on the border because people on both sides are to afraid. That is the result of a divided nation, no body wants to do anything because if practically one percent of the voters change their minds then the party that made them mad is in the dumpster.

Is there a way that we can reunite again?
I honestly don't know, most likely its going to take something bad to happen, which is unfortunate. In other words once some idiot sneaks across the border and blows himself or something up then someone will do something about it. I am not saying that is what I want at all I just have a strange feeling for Washington to let go of its politics they either do it and save people now or they do nothing and people eventually get hurt. Honestly how hard do you think it would be for five or ten or twenty guys to get over the border. We have numbers greatly exceeding twenty everyday now. And 19 guys can do a lot evidence is obviously what they did on 9/11. We are just tying ourselves in a knot because we are not allowing our small law enforcement (police) to do anything about illegal immigration and the border patrol cannot be everywhere at once so as you can see we are doing it again (Definition it:. Selling our country out in the name of politics the same way that we did before 9/11). So to answer the real question can we unite again, yes but it is very possible that it will either be at the end of something bad or more unlikely but hopefully it will be at the end of the fear of something bad happening.

It is very funny yesterday was primary election day and I was very happy to know that the political ads were going to be cut in half and hopefully be off the air for a little bit. But last night and this morning after the election was already over I was watching T.V. and what did I see a political ad for the primary. And I will be the first to tell you that it was pretty annoying. Politics is everywhere but that is how our democracy works. Just keep in mind it could be worse, that's what keeps me moving.