The circle of trust...

 

 

 

"Without trust, there is no relationship. Without relationships, we are nothing..."

Yesterday, I heard the most amazing thing. In fact, in the five plus years of this Administration, this beat everything else so far. Even though I had heard it the day before, it took Rush to replay it and explain it in gruesome detail. The Speaker of the House, the third most powerful person in the Free World, said it was useless to pass any more laws. Why? He believes the President choses to only enforce the laws he likes.

What does all this mean? If we are truly going to operate this way, we are no better than a Banana Republic. Our Founders NEVER intended for our government to devolve this way. We now have Shelia Jackson Lee (yes, her) telling the press it is the intent of the CBC to draft executive letters for Obama to sign. One wing of government. No trust, no Constitution, no nothing. A true Banana Republic.

Rush also said yesterday that in a different time, the impeachment process would have been started to fast it would make your head swim. Not with this guy. Nope. We are just  frogs in a pot which every day continues to get hotter. Now the Post Office is ordering scads of ammo. Why? For the mail carriers? Or is it because the Administration feels this march towards an imperial presidency will lead to an armed insurrection.

We have come a long way (in the wrong direction) since the days of the Gipper and Tip. They did not like each other politically, yet they could find enough common bonds to run the country. They were able to forge a degree of trust. Not with the current Speaker and the President. No relationship, no trust. The country is stuck in neutral, and starting to slip backwards. The January jobs report was horrible, and nobody in Washington has the where with all to do a damn thing to fix it.

It pains me to say this, but I don't know if the country can take three more years of this dysfunction. As much as I would like to see Harry Reid kicked out of office in 2015, I don't see how a change in the Senate in going to help us move forward. The President will just go around the Senate like he does the House. Don't get me wrong - this all needs to start with the President. He does not play well with others - and if he does not start soon, his legacy will make Jimmy Carter look like a genius.

Here is what the President needs to do immediately. Retract that stupid and arrogant comment about "all he needs is a pen and a phone". Promise to follow the Constitution every day (oh yes - you already did that when you took the oath).

Rome is burning sir, and you are holding one of the matches. Please blow it out and save the Republic while we still can. Restore trust, and restore liberty. That is what we are paying you to do.