The bipartisan 'change' in DC

Okay, I said before that I'm not going to get into a breakdown of Obama's 100 days. I did, however, run across a couple of articles that I felt were worth mentioning. First was the NY Post's 100 days, 100 mistakes
and the second was CNN's Bipartisanship didn't last long in Obama's first 100 days.

The first is a long article, but worth a read, the second has a few clips in it that I want to make a few points about.

Specifically that Obama and his 'unity would overtake partisanship' have done next to nothing to make that happen. During the campaign and in his inaugural speech Obama repeatedly stated that he would reach across the proverbial aisle ... and yet the 'stimulus' package that was passed by the House completely rejected any and all Republican ideas with House Speaker Pelosi refusing to even hear or debate most of them.

In fact, at every turn on every bill they have simply used the Democratic majority to steamroll through things exactly as they want them, ignoring any opposition or suggested compromise entirely.

And now ... as they set their sights on Health Care Reform they have invoked a new tool ... lets call it the 'Budget Reconciliation Gag.'

Basically President Obama included a line item in his budget for 'health care reform' .... so the Senate can pass a health care reform bill by a simple majority and ... here's the best part ... it can't be filibustered!

That's right boys and girls ... they can pass socialized medicine with a simple party line vote. They can completely gag the minority and do whatever they want ... and if they get it done before the 2010 elections there is NOTHING you can do to stop them.

That reason alone has 'lit a fire' under the Democrats to get a lot of the big things passed quickly and UHC and Pelosi's beloved Climate Change bills are the next things in the barrel to be pushed onto the American people regardless of if they are wanted or needed ... or for that matter if they are good for the country or not.

This is why the founding fathers of the country were suspicious of big government ... why they felt and why they wrote that government should be handled primarily at the state and local level. Because what is going on in DC most definitely effects me, my family, and probably many future generations ... but it will be decided almost entirely by people that I have no say in electing.

In the Senate I have access and some form of control to 2 votes .... 2 out of 100 ... in the House I have access to 1 ... of over 200 votes (I don't remember exactly how many seats are currently in the House of Representatives) .....

We need to take control of this country back people ... if we want our voices heard we are going to have to stand up and stand together like we haven't done in a long time ... the Tea parties were a start, but they have to be that ... a START .... we have to keep up the pressure ... we have to let them know that we're fed up with the spending (yes it started under Bush ... yes, Obama 'inherited' the situation (just as Bush inherited a recession from Clinton though people like to forget that) but doubling the spending in 4 months is NOT the answer to the spending problem ... it's the anti-answer.

We have to make our voices heard ... and the harder that they try to push us aside or gag us, the louder we need to shout. Because if we don't then the country we grew up in is going to disappear ... vanish into a world of mediocrity and government control, and in the end everyone will finally have the same thing .... nothing.