Why Politics Disgust Me

Politics in America today are absolutely disgusting. The majority of politicians are greedy and selfish, and only concern themselves with re-election, rather than solving problems that need to be solved. What happened to this country, 100 years ago these people would be prime examples of what not to do in office. Now it is the standard. The philosophical rift between the two parties is enormous, and very depressing. This is a list about why I am disgusted by the politicians in this country.

1: Greed. Most politicians are so consumed by their re-election efforts they do not do anything. The Presidential campaign that took place the past few months has completely taken up Obama's time. What has he done besides give speeches about how great he is, and how bad Romney was? It should not matter, instead of campaigning he should be doing his job. This happens almost every time with first term presidents. The last 6 months or more of their term is spent promoting themselves, rather than working. This may be my naivety, but if they focus on doing their job, campaigning should be unnecessary. People will see, and feel what they did, and support them for those reasons. Not because their opponent is the next Bernie Madoff, and stomps on the impoverished and middle class.

2: Power. I would assume the majority of politicians are megalomaniacs who need power to survive. They may enter the field with the goal of ending world hunger, and eliminating poverty, or whatever other grandiose goals they are trying to fulfill. But they are molded by their respective parties. Whenever someone goes against their party, they are destroyed. Just look at Chris Christie, when he thanked Obama for his help during Hurricane Sandy. It was a wonderful thing to do, and made me happy that not every politician in the country is biased. How did the GOP react? They reprimanded him for giving Obama a boost in the polls. Christie did a good thing, and his party punished him for it.

3: 2-Party System. This system is broken. Every election has two real options. Everyone else is automatically disqualified because they are not a Democrat or Republican. The past three elections have been choices between a Giant Douche, and a Turd Sandwich (South Park reference), and I'm sick of it. There are so many other possible candidates that I agree with that do not have a chance. Gary Johnson, for example, took the best of both parties. He was a fiscal conservative, a social libertarian, and a foreign liberal. Every single one of his views I agreed with, and he had solid arguments for each one. However, third-party candidates such as Gary Johnson are ignored by everybody! They are not even included in debates, and they are not given any opportunities on major news networks. I want change, but I cannot imagine it coming if the two-party system stays.

4: Super-PACs. Second only to the two-party system, Super-PACs are the biggest breakers of politics in America. They give out hundreds of millions of dollars to the candidate that they believe will win. If their candidate wins, they have a say in the White House, because they aided that President in the election. Different benefits for them, or punishments for their rivals, and it corrupts the entire system. In the most recent episode of South Park (I love that show), Obama gives the Chinese rights to "Star Wars" so that they can help him win. It is a funny episode, is too truthful for comfort. When politicians make promises to these corporations in exchange for money and votes, this changes the Presidency. All of a sudden, the President and Congress are handing out rewards to all of their supporters.

5: The media. I was hesitant to include this in the list, but decided it influences politics enough to be mentioned. I have one big problem with the media. The problem? Every. Single. Major. News. Outlet. Is. Biased. CNN and MSNBC lean left. MSNBC is so liberal it is almost offensive. On the other hand Fox News leans right. It is the conservative equivalent of MSNBC, it leans so far right that it is offensive. When I watch the News, I want news. I don't want twisted, and in some cases completely false bullshit, that doesn't tell me anything.

6: Stupidity: Every day I hear about some politician from some party either doing something stupid, or saying something offensive. Stuart Stevens just said that Romney won the important vote. This man is an idiot, and it is people like this that give America a bad name throughout the world. Another example is Gwen Moore, from Wisconsin. She recited a (clever) poem, but followed it up by singing. A U.S. Representative sang the song "Hit the Road Jack" for almost two minutes. What does this accomplish? Nothing, and that is exactly what is being done.

7: Compromise: If you are a politician right now, you know that compromise is obviously the wrong way to do things. You cannot possibly do anything any way, except for yours. The Congress is similar to a bunch of bickering 5 year old children, who are not quite mature enough to apologize or reach a compromise. With the upcoming fiscal cliff, I would have expected something to get done. I was disappointed. At this moment, I have no hope for the future of this country. Not a single politician can reach agreement. Arguing is the only accepted strategy it seems. I hope that this does not happen, but if we continue on our current course, I believe that America is on the wind-down. It may not implode, but it will no longer be one of the great superpowers of the world.

Politics today are a circus. It is all public image, and re-election. Almost every single aspect about it is disgusting. Things do not get done. Corporations get all the benefits.I can't even learn about what is happening because the media is so biased. Not even the Fiscal Cliff is enough to force Congress to get along. Even I am affected by the economy. My unemployment is really hard to deal with, and I am just 16 years old. The current politicians are ruining this country and the world, and it is me who will have to pick up the shattered remains. Hope you enjoyed the article.

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Politics, Ideology and The Movie 2016

You may remember Andrei Sakaroff; he was a nuclear physicist who had been imprisoned during the years of the Soviet Gulag and was released sometime during the 80's prior to the collapse of the USSR. He was on the cover of Time Magazine and I happened to read the interview done by one of Time's reporters. Sakaroff was answering a question about ideology when he commented on his excitement upon discovering the political experiment known as democracy while in high school.

The then young and idealistic student was brimming over with hope and optimism about the democratic government of the United States. Sakaroff says that his father listened while his son explained democracy as it was applied in the US and replied simply, "All governments will try to control you, no matter what they call themselves."

Almost 3 weeks after seeing 2016, Obama's America, I have finally decided what I think of the movie. Dinesh D'Souza produced as objective a documentary of Obama and his ideology as could be done by anyone, it seems to me. D'Souza does not attempt to hide his bias for the free market, capitalistic economy that the US is known for and produces fairly detailed evidence for his belief that Obama's agenda is to rectify some of the inequalities created by the western countries' exploitation of both the natural resources and labor found in the third and fourth world countries. But whether Obama's agenda is fundamentally global and inimical to the US can, in the end, be known only by him; no amount of research can reveal the contents of the human heart.

But I do find myself sympathetic with Obama's global view (if, in fact, that is his view) simply because of what we know about the living conditions of most people on this planet. And how wealthy are even the poorest Americans when compared to that. And because we know what has been - and is being done to land, to peoples and to nations in the name of the almighty dollar.

Perhaps because I am in business, however, and know first hand, the struggle, energy and the risk-both of capital and of person- which a successful business demands, I find myself in the corner of capitalism with all of its flaws and of democracy with all of its foibles for the simple reason that they are better than the alternatives available to us.

Lin Wilder, DrPH is a former Hospital Director. She is a writer, on-line marketer and Partner in LLeads and Fast MLM Leads; business to business leads companies.

Her web site is http://www.linwilder.com/. Lin suggests that you check out one of her latest books at Amazon, A Search for the Sacred. http://www.amazon.com/A-Search-Sacred-ebook/dp/B007K9813M

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Underhanded Politics In Presidential Elections Considered - Case Study

We have rules in our society for corporations which state that you cannot lay someone off unless you give them a 60 day notice (Warren Act) that you might lay them off in advance. This allows them to make changes in their life, perhaps get their finances in order, or even look for a new job. Most workers applaud this new rule because it helps them from an unexpected layoff. Those are the rules, and every corporation must follow them.

Recently, there was a company which was getting ready to issue the 60 day notices and they were a defense contractor. The automatic cuts to the Pentagon budget were approaching very quickly and the Republicans and Democrats had made no effort to stop it. The defense company had no choice but to issue the layoff notices, fearing that it would have to drastically cut its workforce if the government was to stop buying their products and services.

There was an interesting article in the Business Journal Newspaper on September 28, 2012. And another one in Dark Government online the same day titled; "Obama Administration Asking Contractors Again, 'Don't Issue Layoff Notices'," which stated;

"The Obama administration issued new guidance intended for defense contractors Friday afternoon, reiterating the administration's position that the companies should not be issuing layoff notices over sequestration. The Labor Department issued guidance in July saying it would be "inappropriate" for contractors to issue notices of potential layoffs tied to sequestration cuts."

A few days later, the Obama Administration and their lawyers guaranteed the defense contractor that they would give them a waiver to the 60 day layoff notice rule, and pay any workers laid off their severance pay for any of the days between the 60 day layoff rule and when they were actually let go in case they were unable to get new government contracts. Now then, I have a problem with this, because now we are playing politics with the rules and regulations, allowing one company a waiver, because the president and his administration didn't want any negative news (massive layoffs) in the newspaper in a swing state, namely; Virginia outside Washington DC.

Now it has become a big political football because the Republicans are crying foul, and rightfully so, while the Democrats are saying that the defense contractor wanted to purposely do this to help defeat President Obama in the 2012 November 6 election. If a presidential administration is willing to give waivers to some companies, while making other companies follow the rules, then in essence they are helping some companies break the rules that everyone else has to follow. Not to mention the fact that it was a Democratic congressperson that brought forth the bill, making layoff notices a requirement, in the first place.

To me, this is just one more underhanded move in presidential politics, and it smacks of crony capitalism, abuse of power, and using presidential executive orders and the oval office as a tool of intimidation. That's not the country I signed up for, and that is not the country that promises equality under the law. I am quite concerned and deeply troubled, and this sort of behavior isn't good enough not for my country. I hope you feel the same, and then vote appropriately.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Political Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net/

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