We Can Only Blame Ourselves!

J.J. Jackson* | May 31, 2006

During Bush’s first term in office, rumors of amnesty and the like were thrown about. Unfortunately, it took an event like September 11th, 2001 to put that kind of rubbish aside. For an extremely short while, President Bush actually seemed like he wanted Homeland Security.

Many of us stuck behind him and thought he was going to be good for America. Heck, he wanted to cut taxes, develop a Department of Homeland Security, and thwart terrorism.

Look where we are now. Taxes have been cut, but that is about it. The Department of Homeland Security is an even bigger joke than before when Customs, INS, and whatever other assortment of law enforcement agencies where under the Department Of Justice. Terrorism hasn’t struck our shores since, but I feel that is due to luck or possibly the terrorists lying low.

Does anyone who is reading this post actually think he or she is safer now than before September 11th, 2001? While our troops are overseas fighting a war with their hands tightly tied behind their backs, there is nothing to stop any terrorist from coming across any of our borders. With the human smuggling infrastructure already in place with our friendly neighbors to the south, what is to stop them? Maybe along with some Mexican’s quest to reach Aztlan, Osama bin Laden can shave his beard, learn some Spanish, and join in on the fun.

But, why are we constantly complaining? We knew that Bush was in love with Mexicans and held some special affliction for Vicente. Maybe it’s because Bush can speak better Spanish than he can English. I don’t know why, but it is obvious he cares more for that so-called country than he does for the one he swore to protect.

Even knowing all of this, we still voted for him. Why? Why did we vote for someone we knew didn’t stand for the ideals we knew were better for our country? Is it only because we were too afraid of what John Kerry would do?

The problem is we as Americans are too afraid to step out of our comfort zones long enough to take the power back to where it belongs: in our hands. We would rather just vote for whatever candidate we see on the television that we passed up people who may have done better.

I am guilty of this. I wanted to vote for Michael Peroutka, of the Constitution Party. Michael wanted to do what apparently very few politicians on Capitol Hill want to do: work for America.

Instead, like so many of us, I chose to vote for Bush because I felt that I was at least voting against Kerry.

Can anyone tell me what the difference might have been?

Folks, this election cycle, go beyond the Rs and the Ds and look for someone who holds your values. Voting strategically has strategically screwed us out of a country.

Contributor's website: http://www.libertyreborn.com

Similar posts:

*Content posted by a user may not be completely written by that user. Content from another source is cited in either block quotes, with quotes or with a link to the original material. Content from other sites is posted for commentary and news purposes under fair use. Each user is responsible for their own postings and a particular posting should not be construed as being endorsed by this site or it's owner.