Common sense

I read a book yesterday titled "Common Sense" by Glenn Beck. I just picked it up for something to read at work when it was slow. I ended up reading the whole thing yesterday. It was a book inspired by the Thomas Paine pamphlet of the same name.

In it he discusses in detail the decline of the United States and how similar things are becoming now compared to the way things were two hundred and thirty three years ago. What jumped out to me is that the very warnings that our Founding Fathers told us would ruin this country are now happening. One of the most glaring points he drives home is how our politicians have created their own class that is above the law. He points out problems mainly in the last eight years.

The excesses created by the government, the insane legislation and the terrible conduct by our leaders. The hipocrasy has never been more extreme. I could sit here and write and sum up everything the book said, but I am not as gifted with words and statistics to even try.

I keep writing and deleting what I have written. I'm not sure where to start or where to end. I think just about every semi-conscious person in this country is aware that our government officials (the higher up ones and not all of them, but most of them) lie, cheat and steal from us. I'm not being judgemental, just merely stating fact. How many of them don't pay their taxes and have gotten more than the IRS to give them a stern warning? How many of them fly on private jets to conferences on global warming?

This country every day gets filled more and more with half-truths. To me this is so much more dangerous than outright lies. The only way to see through them is to question their action and look what the consequence would be if they did nothing or the opposite. Generally this helps to see through the smoke and mirrors they put up. Companies will fail if you don't give them money, the economy will struggle if banks fail, people will have a hard time getting loans if the banks fail. These are all truths - plain and simple. What makes them half-truth is the other side of the argument. When giant companies fail there are generally many, many small companies that will jump in and take over and get a chance that they never had, the economy had good years and bad - sort of like someone exhaling and it is is normal for things to go up and down, if we don't have access to easy money then maybe we will start to realize that material things aren't everything and we will get away from this country of bigger and better.

Ask questions, debate and vote with your heart. The truth is out there it makes more sense than anything a politician will tell you. There are few things more powerful and more important in this world than the truth and it is something I will spend the rest of my life looking for.