State of affairs

What is going on in the world of democracy? Nothing. What is going on in the world of politics? Everything. This is no longer a time when the voice of the people is to be heard, but is to be screamed over top of so as not to be heard. It's where fear, irrationality, and ignorance take up talking points against progress. It's reminiscent of propaganda from days past where fear rules and information is thrown to the wayside. Both sides are corrupted by the ever mighty dollar and a promise of continued power in the future. This country was founded upon one thing (no not religion, and no not greed of money). It was founded upon the principle of giving people the power to change the status-quo for the benefit of the society as a whole. Those rights are being sucked away by the bribes and donations of monstrous corporations and industries to easily swayed politicians, apparently the people who voted for them don't pay nearly as well.

So here's the dilemma, does the government get involved and try to make options to best help the people? Why don't those informed public souls step forward, make their voices heard so the rest of us can make informed decisions? Because they are being shouted down, demonized, and slandered while trying to do so. These public meetings that are taking place are not places where reason presides, but where hate prevails. People who show up to debates with pictures of the lecturer with devil horns are not there to become informed. They are there to disrupt. They feed on emotion, not information. They are quick to stand up and say no, but unwilling to sit down and listen. They use propaganda and scripts to cut down ideas, of which they have none of their own. They side with corporate tyranny over government decency.

And what information do they provide us? DENY DENY DENY To the very end deny, than you can't possibly be wrong. Obama is American... DENY Public option is good for the American health and bottom dollar... DENY Oh, they did give us that fake Australian birth certificate of Obama's... thanks for that. And what else do we get besides lies, denials, and an unwillingness to debate? We get nothing done, which is apparently the end goal of the grand old party. Status quo, because improvement is not a word we like to hear.