I went to Washington D.C. last October and was afraid to drink the water. Apparently something causes people up there to lose touch with reality. The reality of the average American who’s trying to weather this economic storm.
I understand that jobs are very important to the folks up in D.C. — well, their jobs that is. 2012 is the focus and both sides of the political aisle are going to do whatever it takes to hold onto (or grasp more) power. There’s gridlock and a complete lack of trust.
Saturday I sat in the backyard of a west Houston home. Houston, Texas is not a bastion of liberalism, so I knew that I was talking to a pretty wide cross-section of folks. There was an airline mechanic and pilot. A rancher. A man who was retired and lived in the country. One of the nations brightest melanoma researcher. A retired English teacher from New Orleans. All without much in common politically — other than they were all completely fed up with Republicans and Democrats. And they were all worried about the direction this country is headed.
They were smart people who are completely frustrated. It’s interesting to hear the talking heads on cable TV news and politicians going on about how they are righteous. That kind of surety in this economy makes me thing that the Mayans just might be right — 2012 will be the end of their political world after all.
These ARE very frustrating times!! It would be nice to go to the polls in November and actually vote for candidates I believe in and not for the lesser of two evils!!