I Rant, Therefore I Am

I have always had an interest in politics. You bring up an issue and I inevitably had something to say, unfortunately for those around me. The past few years my love of politics has morphed into a disgust. Perhaps because the years have made me less idealistic and more pragmatic, I have a hard time being inspired by the political process these days.

Every politician says one thing and means something else. They make promises they don't intend to keep. Glenn Beck was on a show yesterday and said that"...words have no meaning." He was referring to politicians' tendency to lie about everything: i.e. "This section of the proposed budget is not an earmark" when it clearly is. The truth has no value.

The media used to be our watchdogs. Their job was to keep the politicians honest and in check. It was one of the checks-and-balances that the founding fathers were depending on. Now the media is unabashedly biased, feeling no need to apologize for their lack of real reporting. Here forms the perfect storm of the fall of freedom: crooked politicians on both sides of the isle, well-funded lobbyist that have more influence than the voting masses, an ideological media and therefore an ill-informed public. I must say, though, it seems the public often only cares about issues when it affects them and usually only AFTER the bill that effects them has passed. We get the government that we deserve and perhaps it has been our lack of vigilance that has created these huge problems in the economy and in the government.