Self Righteously Speaking

Ok, I know this is going to sound a bit self righteous but...

What is everybody so angry about this election?

The culprits seem to be (dependent upon your socio-political persuasion) 1) Obama, 2) Wall Street, 3) Nancy Pelosi, 4) Glenn Beck, 5) Sarah Palin and/or all incumbents, including, but not limited to, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer and Lisa Murkowski.

But the real reason for all of this anger should be self-loathing on a gargantuan scale.

We rant and rave about conditions in Washington and the straits this country is in. We blame "the other guy" for all of our ills.

"It's the Demmocrats!"

"It's the Right Wing Fundamentalists!"

"It's The Yankees!"

It's always someone else. It's never us. We are never to blame.

Lost your job? Maybe you were unskilled, lazy and a drag on the company.

Lost your home? Maybe you shouldn't have bought it in the first place.

Not enough money? Maybe you should have listened to your parents and done your homework as they begged you to.

What the hell happened to personal responsibility?

We complain about the government yet the only thing most of us do is vote and a shameful few of us at that.

We are not involved. We sit around the cafe or stand around the watercooler and bitch and moan about the state of affairs that confront us every day. But most of us do nothing whatsoever to change what's going on.

The reason that lobbyists are so powerful is because they are a part of the process. They buttonhole politicians, they raise money, they buy influence...they are PARTICIPATING!

Now, I understand that there is is an overwhelming amount of corruption in politics and in government as a whole.

But the people who are taking advantage are at least playing the game. They aren't playing fair, I'll give you that, but they're playing just the same.

We have no right at all to whine and complain if we are not going to be involved enough to do something about it.

We are the reason that we are in the mess that we are in...now that was a poorly crafted sentence if I ever read one...but you get my meaning.

This is all our fault. We are responsible.

WE HAVE BEEN ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH AND HAVE ALLOWED THE ABUSES THAT HAVE COME AROUND TO BITE US IN OUR BIG FAT ASSES!

So when you go to the polls think about what you're actually doing. You are participating in one of the greatest rights that we have. You are partcipating in the process of electing people to representative government so they can make your lives better.

MAKE THEM DO IT! Don't just vote and then hibernate for another few years...and then emerge from your sleep pissed off because you don't like what happened.

Take charge and place blame where it belongs...at your own two feet. It's not "their" fault.

It's yours...it's mine...it's all of ours.