The Problem.....

I admit I'm in a political hangover ... actually ... I'm pretty damn disappointed in how things have been shaping up for the country. I know a lot of other liberals feel the same way because there was all the talk about change -- about making a difference and finally taking back the government while restoring some sense of sanity to it.

Well now I'm just trying to figure out what happened.

No. I'm not going to jump off the cliff like every conservative yip who thumbs up their nose going: "told ya', told ya', neener neener..." No need to address that kind of petulance ... but it has become the Republican way of doing things....

So what happened? Why did the Democrats just FOLD? Leaving the Republican juvenile antics aside ... is it possible that there are too many independent thinkers in the democratic party? Is it possible that the Dems have aligned themselves with too many conservative democrats that have conflicting points of view?

The Problem -- with the democratic party is its lack of cohesion and lack of a unified course for this country. They couldn't agree on health care reform, so we get a watered down thing that kinda resembles reform. They couldn't agree on controlling Wall Street ... so we get something that will still leave gaping holes and allow companies to continue to exploit the "rules" for the sake of their own personal greed.

The Problem -- is that this country have gotten SO INCREDIBLY DIVISIVE on the issue of money and power. There's a growing apathy of "saving your own ass" at the expense of what it's doing to the world around you. "Not my problem" is the running creed these days and that's seen from both parties. There's no common sense, common decency between our various segmented populations except for a great deal of resentment and animosity.

Look at what's happening in the Gulf right now. BP wants to settle for pennies for something that will affect OTHER industries along the gulf shores. Guess what folks: OIL ISN'T THE ONLY THING THAT COMES FROM THE GULF..... and yet there's a vocal segment of our population that thinks we need MORE drilling.... which makes absolutely no sense when those that continually RAPE the profit every quarter wants a free pass on their OWN cleanup.

The Problem -- is that we've gotten so used to blaming everybody ... and no one wants to try to take responsibility for their part. Politicians on both aisles are incredibly guilty of this -- and yet the teflon coating remains..... It would be sad and tragic if it weren't so immoral and criminal.

So while we could - for awhile - blame the Republican party for their egregious behavior ... now it's the Dems turn to shoulder the blame for their own inaction and reign in the party. If that means losing seats, fine.

Americans have demanded change for the last 4 years when they voted Democrats to be in power. Americans demanded change in November 2008 when they elected President Obama and unless they have turned off their hearing aids ... democrats should be listening once again to the cries and please for change in the upcoming 2010 election.

Rahm Emanuel recently said that the spirit of bipartisanship is over ... which really comes as a shock to most of us that thought that the spirit of bipartisanship ended when Dems were given the mandate to enact change.

What's it going to be dems?