The Greatest Show on Earth!!!

I’m not talking about the Circus, I’m talking about the upcoming elections for next November.  You’d think it was a circus with all these self serving clowns vying for high offices in our joke of a Government.  Seriously, what has happened to this country?

This country used to stand for something.  The Government used to listen to us, The People.  Don’t get me wrong, I’d STILL fight for, and if needed, die for it, but I’m disappointed with what is going on in Washington and the rest of this once great nation.

Greed, corruption, Religious Zealots trying to take over, rampant stupidity in the guise of Political Correctness,   and Carpetbaggers twisting the political process to fit some agenda to alienate the Middle Class and Poor of this country.

We are in a recession, teetering extremely close to a Depression almost as bad the the one in the 30’s with one major difference that I can see.  Back then our Government did a lot to help people. Jobs were created by things like the WPA, the NRA, the TVA and many more so we could hold our heads up and put food on our tables.  What do we have now? Carpetbaggers.

Carpetbaggers.  I like that word.  It is a perfect description of what we are being offered as possible leaders and representatives to run this country. Wikipedia offers this tidbit about what a Carpetbagger is;

In United States history, "carpetbaggers" was a pejorative term Southerners gave to Northerners (also referred to as Yankees) who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era, between 1865 and 1877.

The term referred to the observation that these newcomers tended to carry "carpet bags," a common form of luggage at the time (sturdy and made from repurposed carpet). It was used as a derogatory term, suggesting opportunism and exploitation by the outsiders. Together with Republicans they are said to have politically manipulated and controlled former Confederate states for varying periods for their own financial and power gains. In sum, carpetbaggers were seen as insidious Northern outsiders with questionable objectives meddling in local politics, buying up plantations at fire-sale prices and taking advantage of Southerners. Carpetbagger is not to be confused with copperhead, which is a term given to a person from the North who sympathized with the Southern claim of right to Secession.

The term carpetbaggers was also used to describe the Republican political appointees who came South, arriving with their travel carpet bags. Southerners considered them ready to loot and plunder the defeated South.^[1]

In modern usage in the U.S., the term is sometimes used derisively to refer to a politician who runs for public office in an area where he or she does not have deep community ties, or has lived only for a short time. In the United Kingdom, the term was adopted to refer informally to those who join a mutual organization, such as a building society, in order to force it to demutualize, that is, to convert into a joint stock company, solely for personal financial gain.

Solely for Financial Gain.  That says a lot about the Teabaggers and Republicans, doesn’t it?  They couldn’t care less about the Middle Class and Poor. A lot of people out there put the blame on the President’s shoulders. Poor guy is trying to clean up a mess left by his predecessor and his cronies and is being blocked at every turn by greedy little weasels who see themselves as Kingmakers.  They don’t want a strong Leader, they want a puppet they can control for their own end.  Big Money Corporations, the Uber-Rich and yes, Foreign interests are trying to buy power in this country.  They want brainless idiots to be President.

I personally think it’s time to take our country back from these carpetbaggers and let them know who is supposed to be running this country.  If you agree with me, leave a comment and let me know.