The Ugly Truth; It Is Up to Us

I hear Congressional and White House spokespersons say that their embarrassing display of so-called bi-partisan negotiations over the debt ceiling bill this week is over. No it is not, because the clear threat of "I am willing to drive the country's economy over the cliff and let our credit rating fall for the first time in our nation's history" was used to hold all of us hostage. Well, you did drive us over the cliff and your political positions will prevent repairing the damage you have caused without a change in priorities from those of your special-interests that control you to healing our people's wounds. No it is not, because critical issues that emerged during our elected officials' deliberations such as, our country's antagonistic polarization; wide-spread, moral decadence; incompetent leadership; and governmental operational ineffectiveness cannot be ignored. No it is not, because too often voters mill around faultfinding, casting blame, but take little corrective action that allows irresponsible, right-wing Republicans and conservative Democrats to hurt, betray, and leave our country dysfunctional. No it is not, because the callous, self-serving perpetrators continue to abuse citizens by neglecting their families' need for jobs, education, and other human necessities that leave the country in shambles while our representatives go on "much needed vacations".

I ask you, measuring the devastating effects of the debt-ceiling vote as an example, who are more destructive to families, who are more ruthless and remorseless, who are more traumatizing to innocent people, the tyrants killing their citizens and leaving them to die painfully in the streets of Libya, Somalia, and Syria; or our elected officials such as, groups of extremist Republicans and their kowtowing, Congressional subjects who may leave even more citizens in the streets?

In the final tally, isn't it evil to kill poor Americans, particularly our children and elderly, by denying them food, medical attention, and many other human needs? Isn't it as cruel for us to do these things as it is for the foreign tyrants to dehumanize their people? What is your definition of evil by neglect, evil by narcissistic deception, evil by winning-at-any-cost politics inherent int the stated commitments to destroy our government? It is sickening to hear politicians say that winning the voting fight made them happy and satisfied having gotten what they demanded and more. My definition of evil includes these behaviors and others already planned like, "We will not permit any tax increases, especially any that bother the very rich one percent of the citizenry or the giant, for-profit corporations that are willing to send manufacturing jobs overseas rather than create jobs at home for our suffering workers once thought to be "We the people".

We are told to keep religion out of government. Impossible! We cannot separate our moral values and ethical standards from any part of individual or social human living. What I have written here cries out for personal morals and ethical values. Love, compassion for our brothers and sisters, feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, and protecting our children have become mere shadows in the darkening Congressional halls or images now gone based on what we have experienced in America this week.