When Enough Is Enough
By
Mary Gerard, for dumbhoosier.com
There's a few things in this world I just don't
get. One is this whole tea party/ Occupy Wallstreet
stuff. I get so tired of all the criticism and
analysis of these forms of protest and
demonstration. What is all this partisan
rhetoric about these groups? Is it so hard to
imagine that there would be some form of uprising among
"we the people," given all the tragic mishandlings we've
seen among our so-called leaders? Wow. Are we
such a sophisticated society that when we get violated by
our own government, we can only "get really angry" and
maybe file some sort of written complaint...... without
scrutiny?
But if we take up our cause and gather in groups to simply
say "Hey, we disagree. This is heinous and we aren't
going to take it anymore" we become our own worst enemies
and destroy ourselves before we can even stand any chance
of actually making a difference and having an
impact. The left attacks the Tea Partiers; the right
attacks the Occupiers. And maybe that's what
our fearless leadership (who continue to screw us daily)
count on. That we will deal with our own "we the
people" issues by attacking each other. So they can
continue to "fiddle" in their towers unchallenged while
"Rome burns" beneath them.
As long as we remain all riled up about the social issues
and continue to battle left against right, the ones who
stand over us win. And they don't deserve to
win. The bad guy never does. I doubt that
"right" and "left" realities even still exist up there
where only money and power matter. I truly believe
that as well-informed as we like to believe we are in our
"liberal" or "conservative" thinking, that partisan
separation has become a "smoke and mirrors" fantasy that
is kept alive for the sole purpose only of keeping "we the
people" busy battling amongst ourselves. It ensures
that there will be no chance of us banding together to
demand that our rights be considered.
Imagine the horror on Capitol Hill if the Tea Partiers and
Occupy Wallstreeters set aside their social passions and
united in a simple cause? A cause to make things
right for the people in this country? What makes
people believe that anything is different or better that
comes from Bush, Obama, Clinton or any of the "circus
troop" that appear weekly on the newest reality show we
know as the "Republican debates?" They all
march to the same corporate tune and they all have one
common cause. And I can assure you it has nothing to
do with your best interests, or
mine.
So we do not find it in our hearts to support each other
and direct our anger at those that created it.......that's
what the plan always was. And it's working.
When I used to see the propaganda that was fed to third
world countries that had them blindly hustling like sheep
to slaughter, I used to feel such sympathy for them.
I just never imagined that type of "wool over our eyes"
leadership would ever be tolerated in the great U. S. of
A. And that the descendents of the people I've read
about in our history books here would ever allow it.
Mary Gerard is a wife,
mother and Human Resources professional who grew up in
Logansport, IN. and now lives in Syracuse, IN.
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