Republican War Machine

Daily political drama debases everyday experiences and has lead us into being a country of political whiners and sycophants. This trivialization of life has created such wanton cynicism that we as a society are nonplused when a child is murdered needlessly, or worse when thousands of innocents are murdered in the name of war, and they are not seen as the victims, but merely as collateral damage and dehumanized by the combatants and the voyeurs. Our Republican politicians perpetuate these problems with their war on America in words and deeds.

As I watch the world turn and witness the blatant lies, misinformation and propaganda being spewed by the Republican war machine, I am disgusted by their tactics. Whether it is Liz Cheney on FOX News refusing to acknowledge that we tortured detainees in Cuba or in one of our other secret prisons, or Louie Gohmert lying about the invasion of south Texas by Al Qaeda.

More to the point, the Republican leader in the Senate in all of this drama is Ted Cruz the darling of the Tea Party. He and his cronies are attacking the heart of America by denying insurance to Americans; he was so successful and persuasive in his assault against the Affordable Care Act that millions of low income Americans will not be able to get insurance as many states refused to enact Medicare expansion. Got to love those Texans who keep voting for his hatred that keeps going on and on like the energizer bunny. Ted makes America proud with his misogynistic and xenophobic speeches and votes.

Let us not forget the Speaker of the House John Boehner and his idea of leadership for America. His leadership has centered around one issue: healthcare. He has led the least productive congressional session in the history of our great republic. The most telling thing about Speaker Boehner is his latest attack on insurance for Americans in that he feels it is necessary to sue President Obama for using executive authority in regards to the Affordable Care Act. This action will cost taxpayers millions of dollars. What is more interesting is the byproduct of this action in that it will add to the deficit, which Republicans say they are against.

All those guys are fun and exciting to have in positions of power, but there is more to the idea of negation in our political realm.  Senator Mitch McConnell made sure that American corporations that ship jobs overseas will not be penalized and can abuse the tax code with prejudice as they put more Americans out of work. Mitch, thank you for looking out for hard working Americans and putting their needs above the needs of unpatriotic businesses. I almost forgot; corporations are people, so Mitch and his gang like radio talk show host Michael Medved really are looking out for America.

All of this self-serving debasing of America has taken its toll on the average citizen by helping them to disengage from political and social discourse in any meaningful way. We have become so inundated with images of destruction, words of distrust that only the few are seen and heard in the echo chamber we call Washington DC. It is a sad fact that too many Americans have become immune to the misery that makes up to large a part of our society, and the politicians market their wares to a smaller and smaller number of constituents.

As this happens, society is left with a hollow and dysfunctional government that serves only those that oblige the politicians, which leaves infrastructure to disintegrate, people to die and cynicism to run rampant. A change needs to take place so that America can become what it should be: a place where freedom and ideas are paramount and the weakest are given a hand up not left in a gutter to fend for themselves.  It is time to end the Republican War on America.