MEN IN SUITS

Maybe its just my generation of ex-grunge wearing, ex-raver, tattoo loving, blogging, iphone/blackberry using, open minded thinking that makes my opinions seem so far left...right...up...or down. But isn’t it time we get "suits" out of office? I mean since when do these "middle aged” card board cut outs represent us? How can they represent us? What could they possibly know about any of us?

Yeah of course they know who “WE” are because they have writers that throw out great adjectives describing our struggles. Making sure to italicize and or highlight those words that are meant to stick out in our minds. Examples: Hope, Change, New Jobs, Health Care, Weapons of Mass Destruction, 9/11, Al Queda, Terrorists…etc…etc. All to pull at our heart strings and strongest emotions.

But would this or that man ever drive down my street? Hahaha, NO! Would he drive down yours?

Oh sure maybe on his political bandwagon he would pass through our neighborhoods and note the obvious condition of the dilapidated homes, but what he doesn’t see is what’s through our front doors. He doesn’t see past the voting statistics and just how high the chances are of him winning our vote. He doesn’t see the most important things in our lives, our families and our jobs. We have children growing and learning here looking to us for guidance, in a world where the infamous MIS (Men In Suits) are limiting our growth to pad their own pockets. They promise constituents of their utmost respect and attention and leave them choking on the dust spewing from their chauffeured SUV, all the way to their hand crafted cushy new office chair.

Here is the real shocker…Go ahead and sit down…..Ok whatever, I warned you and won’t be blamed of you fall and hurt yourself.

THEY LIE.

That’s right you heard it here, I said it and I will say it again.

THEY LIE TO US.

Yep I said it. Twice.

We all remember the cardboard pop out/punch out dolls with the interchangeable outfits, right? The only difference is this game comes with 1 suit and 100s of interchangeable faces. And sadly the very best part about this game would still be punching out all the (cardboard) faces.

Yet every election rolls around and guess what they have in common with the last 100+ years? They have the same people running for office! Every single election we are faced with an array of “new and improved” card board cut outs of the last elections versions, attempting to tackle the same damn issues that the last ones had claimed they would eradicate while in office. The only politicians who can possibly stand out as different are the ones who have

A. been caught with their pants down

B. favor cigars

c. conceives illegitimate children while running for president and his wife is struggling with breast cancer

D. imprisoned for racketeering

E. “talking” with Madams……….and the list can go on and on.

Its time for something different people! This isn’t working! I can completely understand why so many people around my age are dead set on not voting. If I vote for A. who lies about X and in reality will only harm U then your screwed. BUT if I vote for B. who lies about Y and will only harm me then I get screwed. Until everyone understands and agrees that having interchangeable puppets as OUR voice(s) is not working, then history will continue to repeat itself. What is the point of voting really? Exercising the right not to vote is one of the few rights we have left that we can actually get away with and not be imprisoned..yet.  

This being said I have been a fairly faithful voter, taking my ridicule for my choices in stride and sometimes with pride. I am at a cross roads with the entire idea of Democracy. (Democracy: A Government in which the supreme power is vest in the people) Ideally Democracy would be great to have, but lets face it guys…we are far from a democratic country!

We as a people are not being heard! All we are being told is that if we want to be heard we must vote. Ok, I get that. But if the choices are not what we want/need how is making rash decisions to vote for the “lesser of two evils” any better?????