Forum Post: American Winter!

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The Republican and Democratic parties have high-jacked the American people!

Many look back at the “Arab Spring” and believe it all began when a young Tunisian street vendor set himself afire in protest over government policies that fostered oppression and curtailed his small economic enterprise.

No question about it, his action did indeed ignite more than himself. His deed tore open the long festering wounds of an oppressed people in Tunisia and resulted in the overthrow of that nation’s long standing dictatorship. Soon after, this flame crossed borders and set afire Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, South Yemen, Jordan, Syria, and even threatens to undermine Iran, China, and India.

But many fail to realize that the popular movement against government abuses and incompetency began right here in America. That is what the “Tea Party” was all about. It was and is not an organized political movement, but an expression of anger and exasperation over failed government, entrenched politicians, and the incestuous relationships between some private enterprises and elected officials. It is not racist or sexist despite how some try to portray it…”The Tea Party” crossed all borders.

The middle class and retirees saw their nation, their savings, their jobs, and their way of life threatened by a government wholly in denial of what was unfolding on mainstreet. They could contain themselves no longer. They spoke out spontaneously and loudly.

Since this movement demonstrated a high level of anger at President Obama for his misguided and bankrupting policies, Republicans immediately sought to attach themselves and co-op the movement making it an adjunct to their own party. To some measure they have succeeded because the main stream media, always dismissive of the “Tea Party” and striving to discredit it, have advanced this notion.

The Tea Party’s true message is now lost in the political games of the Republican Party and media coverage.

Now we have the “Occupy Wall Street” movement undergoing the same subterfuge. These young people have justification for their anger. They see their hopes of achieving the “America Dream” smashed on the anvil of profiteering among business elites with the cooperation of government…especially the Obama Administration… which now seeks to distance itself.

The American tax payer funded stimulus money intended to create jobs for Americans. Instead it has gone to international banks, bogus companies, and American corporations that have used the money to build factories in foreign nations thereby increasing their profits ( i.e. GE and GM). Or worse, to corrupt businesses who took the funds then when facing bankruptcy to recover their own investments. Nancy Pelosi’s private financial worth because of “investments” went from $21.7 million to over $35 million (up 62%) last year… during a recession. Somebody explain that one! And she is a “champion” of the poor. Give me a break!

Suddenly, these selfless and angry young people find their movement, like that of the “Tea Party”, infiltrated by Democratic Party activists from labor unions, Moveon.org, SIEU Public Employees Union, and fringe organizations sponsored by billionaire George Soros (a criminal hedge fund manager who profits from any national crisis). Like the Republicans, these Democratic sponsored organizations seek to turn the movement into an extension of their corrupt politics for the coming Presidential election.

“Occupy Wall Street” is being co-opted just like the “Tea Party”!

What should happen is that the leaders of the “Tea Party” and “Occupy Wall Street” get together, They would likely find more common ground than many believe. Both are tired of politics, the incestuous special relationships between some businesses and government, and both seek a better tomorrow for themselves and their children.

They should not allow political thugs to destroy their pure intentions to advance their purely political agendas.

The political status quo has failed America. The time has come for Real Change, and not the rehashing of half baked leftist ideas from the 1970s packaged as “Change We Can Believe In” or “Trickle Down Economics.” The older generation seeks a return to the virtues that made the nation great. The young seek to benefit from national growth and prosperity that can only come from a nation firmly founded upon a base of true national virtue.

They have common ground and should not allow corrupt, manipulative, opportunistic politicos to invade and subvert their movements. They must join together and force the changes this country truly needs while casting into the dust bin of history the traditional political parties who together have destroyed what we all value most… a strong nation with a prosperous economy and a secure future!