Editorial Comment from BarackOb666 Publisher

A reader left a recent comment which struck a cord with me.  While all the comments to the last post were good this particular one ended with a comment concerning political power in our country.  The comment was left on the post, Right ON - MoveOn.org: Barack Obama Needs to Respond.  Just click this link to read the post and all the comments.

I also began to leave a reply to this particular comment but as I was doing so, it became more evident to me that I should elaborate in an entire post.  So here is my comment as posted.  

Larry Rubinoff said...
"Conversely, those at the bottom of the economic system with no political power are experiencing something as bad as the Great Depression, with no end in sight."

This thread and all the comments left by all the "Anonymous" readers have all been very relevant and good.

However, I must disagree with the last statement in the last comment which I have quoted above.

While those at the bottom and the middle are hardest hit and going through a Depression, they ARE NOT powerless. That belief is what allows those at the top - "the elite" to continue to rape, pillage and plunder. Our voting power is stronger then their money and political influence.

If all those that are affected and sick and tired of the devastation to our freedom and our economic freedom STAND TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

More on this in today's Post.

Now, my continuation: 

Yes, we seem to forget - or worse yet - are distracted into believing that we are powerless.  The steamroller decisions and legislation that has been going on since the beginning of this crisis in March of 2007 - yes I did say 2007 - and the quick approvals by our elected officials have lulled the people of this country to believe there is nothing they can do.  The Depression being experienced by the poor and the Recession - as the reader said - of the middle class causes a distraction so great - it is called survival - that our politicians can do what ever they want.  Before we can raise our heads from our hands covering our pain and tears, another action is approved by our "leaders" that further enriches the elite class and lowers the abilities of all the rest.

But you see, if we buy into this type of action by "them" then perhaps we should accept the responsibilities and consequences of  our own actions or better said, our own inaction.

These  distractions -higher food costs, higher gas costs, higher unemployment, higher foreclosures, are a planned - yes, I did say planned - event.  How else can one take control of a population unless they keep that population distracted by survival?  This might seem like a very bold statement to make but just stop and look at where we are.


The elite upper class - as the comment indicated - is affected very little or not at all.  In fact, they seem to be flourishing.  With a nation of over 300 million people does it not seem strange that la relative few can succeed while the masses fail?  


The bottom line is that we are allowing them to destroy us.  Our lack of involvement daily is the indicator of this.  Sure, there are blogs - like this one - that call for change.  There are those blogs and organizations that mobilize groups of people to take action and there are groups that are organized that don't seem to accomplish much.  Why?  Because we are splintered and divided while our enemies are united.

When the comment said we are powerless the author of that statement truly believes it therefore there must exist a feeling of despair and inability to  accomplish change therefore "there is nothing we can do".  How wrong this feeling is and how this belief plays right into the hands of those "elite".  But as long as the Stars and Stripes still flies over our Capitol and we sing our National Anthem we must believe that our Constitution is valid still and the rights we are afforeded under our Constitution still exist. 

We have the power of vote.  We can elect - by free and open vote - those we want and once we do we can demand of them to do what is necessary to protect and serve "the people" not the corporations.  Corporate "elite" control is only possible if we allow it.  No matter how much they spend on politicians, campaigns and lobbyists, we must rise above all of this, seek our own information and vote for not who ran the most advertisements but for those we have researched, talked to and believe will work for us.

We still have the power, we are just not using it.  If we unify and stand tall together we can make a difference.  Don't like what Congress is doing?  Call your Congressmen/women and your Senators.  Write them or email them everyday if need be and let them know who you are and who they work for.  I know if I were a politician and  got millions of emails, phone calls and letters, I would have to pay attention knowing that my "elite" contributors and high paid lobbyists can no longer influence my decisions and more important, my future.  You see political office is a profession and no longer a patriotic duty.  There are no longer any true Statesmen/women just Professional Politicians who will do anything - key word anything - to keep their high paying jobs with the best benefits (retirement and medical) in the free world.

Seems easier said then done, doesn't it?  Fear seems to be a very relevant element that keeps many of us from standing up and being counted.  That is why you see so many "Annonymous" commenters on this and many other sites.  People are afraid and afraid of retribution by our government.  A very real feeling and prpobably a very valid one.  All the more reason to unify, speak up and out and stand tall together.  

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE  

and take our country back.  Become pro active.