Obama Approval Ratings Moving Up

This is the first time I have ever responded to a blog, but I'm so sick and tired of all the whining and Obama bashing. There is no rhyme or reason for it, especially given all the problems, wars, deficits and obstructionist Republicans he inherited. The Republicans have said that they will do anything to keep President Obama from succeeding and receiving credit for any of his accomplishments. They have done a very good job of that. It's funny that I never heard such mean-spirited, evil and even dangerous comments that border on insanity when Mr. Bush Jr.was in the White House. Where is the civil, reasoned debating of issues and ideas? Instead, we're steadily fed the garbage of personal attacks that vilify and demonize. Who are the people who act like the latter? Why, they are the same people who wrongly believe that the louder they yell and nastier they behave, the more right they are. And not all of them belong to the Republican Party.

Wake up and see the real perpetrators; Business, and Greed, theirs and ours. There is so much underhandedness and downright illegal wheeling and dealing going on, because in the world of Business, the end truly justifies the means. The question for us, then, is why do we allow it and even seem not to notice that there is anything wrong? It's because we, too, are complicit in this game. Business wants us to focus all our negative attention on the Federal Government, which also bears some blame, but not to the extent that Business wants us to believe. Business is extremely successful at redirecting our focus, so that we ignore what's really going on. It is Business (with lots of help from the Republican Party, wanna be's and others who stand to gain from the spoils) which controls our country and determines our fate, and we slavishly follow its mandates.

Business wants us to believe that we are overtaxed and that the government is taking control of our lives. Just think for a moment. If we are constantly told, by the powers that be and shrill commentators on certain television and radio networks, that our government has grown so big and powerful, it intrudes into our lives and tells us what to do, we begin to believe the message. That, coupled with the noise made by people on either extreme end of society, are enough to take us over the cliff, like sheep who follow the wrong shepherd. We don't even question or try to verify what is being said, because that would take too much energy and force us to be skeptical about what we're being told. There are excellent nonpartisan Web sites, such as www.factcheck.org and www.scopes.com, among others, which will help us to decipher what's true/untrue about the rumors, statements and commercials made by politicians running for office, newsmakers, etc. It only takes a few minutes to look up and verify/debunk comments and assertions by those supposedly in the know. Go forth and empower yourself.

J. Hassel of CA 3:32AM September 28, 2010