Most people who know me know that I don't believe in the competence of our government. It seems that lately the folks up on capital hill keep giving people more and more reasons to agree with me, and its getting worse and worse. The folks in congress and the house of representatives are acting like a bunch of spoiled children in a classroom with their new teacher, Mr. Obama.
On one side of the isle, you have the nerds (democrats) and on the other, you have the bullies (republicans). Lets start with the nerds. The nerds are those smart kids who always think they know the answer, even when they don't. They back down to the bullies demands too easily because they want to be seen as the reasonable ones and hope that the bullies will be happy once they get what they want, even though that never happens. When things go badly they blame the bullies because it was their idea.
Then you have the bullies. They're loud, obnoxious, and they also think they know the answer and will never admit when they're wrong and will argue that the general view of the rest of the populous is incorrect because they're afraid of looking stupid (even though this makes them look even more stupid than "man-ing up" and admitting that they're wrong). They like to ignore the other classes in the school (countries in the world) because they aren't "the best darn class in the school"like they assume themselves to be. Even when there are more nerds than bullies they always get what they want because they will threaten the nerds with anything that they have to make sure that they comply.
Lastly you have the teacher, everybody's enemy, poor Mr. Obama. Even though he's been teaching at the school for 3 years now, none of his students respect him because he doesn't know how to discipline. He always tries to give everybody what they want, to help the bullies and the nerds compromise for the good of the class. The bullies usually get what they want, however, because they are always more "insistent" than the nerds. Add to that that Mr. Obama wants to be liked by everybody, especially the bullies, because this would show everybody how anybody can get along through compromise. The Bullies have other plans, however. As far as they're concerned, Mr. Obama is the biggest nerd in the entire class and every time they get what they want, it shows how bad a teacher Mr. Obama is. Meanwhile, the other nerds in the class are growing more and more resentful toward Mr. Obama because he only ever lets the bullies do what they want to do, even though they're the well behaved ones.
I know that some out there would tell you that our system of representative democracy is the best system of government ever, but is it really? I put it to you that any form of government only sounds good "on paper." Sure, a group of people with different ideas, elected by the masses, coming together to solve the problems facing a nation sounds nice, but what if the men who were elected were then bought off by special interests groups who want to make sure that laws want to come out the way that will benefit them the most? What if i told you that these men would sign their own values over to their party leaders, ignoring what they believe to be right for the sake of their "public image?" I argue that not only are these "men" aren't men at all, but spoiled children. In fact, to call them spoiled children is a truly grand understatement. These "men" are not children on a playground fighting over "their spot" on the jungle gym; their petty squabbles affect real people everywhere in this beautiful country of ours. Their greed and corruption is like a tumor on an otherwise great country.
You may think me wrong, and that's your right, one of the many that make this country great. Maybe you think I'm just an angry, idealistic kid; but I'm just a concerned citizen, worried about the future, and hoping for folks to set aside their differences, to stop acting like spoiled brats, and to do what is necessary for the greater good of the nation and not for personal gain.
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