Time to take your country back

Helllloooooo!

Are there any honest politicians out there?

Is there a single elected official in this country who is honest, forthright, straightforward in his or her approach to life and public service, dedicated to the common good, and tells the truth at least 90 percent of the time?

If Diogenes were to show up and shine his lantern on the American political landscape, would he find only darkness?

Virtually every day some Democan or Republicrat is baked well done in a newspaper headline or television broadcast or Internet news blog over some nefarious deed.

The GOPers blast the Demogogues for being corrupt on Tuesday and, then, after a federal investigation is launched on a Republican nest of thieving wharf rats, the Dems attack their counterparts with vigor the next day.

The entire political herd of ill-bred political animals – from Nancy “Frozen Face” Pelosi to Mitch “No Lips” McConnell, and from Harry “Scarecrow” Reid to Trent “Patent Leather Hair” Lott, act like children raised by pond scum mutants.

There’s not a thimbleful of common sense and decency in the bunch and they all put “party” over “people.” We all should be ashamed for putting up with their tomfoolery.

This country was founded on the principle of democracy, not the Playground Rules for the Psychologically Challenged. Egos and lobbyists run the country … not the people.

The people of this country – and that means you – have abdicated their responsible for ensuring the election of leaders who use common sense and common decency to decide the rules by which the people must abide. What we are electing are empty suits filled with puff egos, a desire for power, and greed.

It is our – your – fault that special interests rule this country’s agenda. You elect the natter-heads who vote along party lines rather than along lines dictated by sense and reason. You stand silently by – or blather on incessantly about how bad things are – without doing a single, dadblasted thing to change the status quo.

The first thing we – you – can do is to not re-elect a single incumbent. Not one.

The second thing we – you – can do is to tell those elected to go to Washington-on-the-Deficit and quickly put to a vote of the people the question of term limits for all elected officials … even the Supreme Court justices. It would pass 90 percent to 10 percent.

The third thing we – you – can do is to demand a reduction of federal bureaucracy by mandating a 10 percent cut in every single federal agency and commission. And let the elected officials know this is just for starters.

The fourth thing we – you – can do is to reform of the Internal Revenue Service so it eliminates loopholes for the wealthy and makes it possible to file your annual report on a 3x5-inch note card.

The fifth thing we – you – can do is … well, the list is endless.

Let’s all jump on Nos. 1 through 4 and get this country turned around quick-like.

We’re already late out of the gate, but it’s never too late for the people to take back what rightfully belongs to them – the right to be proud of the country in which we live.