A fun parody of the boo-hoo speech.
- - - But now for my thoughts - - -
A few national museums close and a few cushy government job employees get laid off.
And NASA doesn't need to be funded EVERY year.
Our tax dollars need to be focused on Earth for a while.
Hello! Cancer and Pollution much?
Our economy sucks and the Republicans don't want to fund the things that are actually more important. So 'they' shut it down - putting the phrase plainly.
But in reality, they only shut down parts of it.
Our tax dollars need to keep up with more necessary things.
That may involve some cuts in things that are not so important.
By simply calling it a 'government shut down' - there's this inane fear that we're going into anarchy.
The police will still be there and so will the fire fighters - etc.
But Republicans like Senator Mitch McConnell and Senator Harry Reid are 'really' dumbing down their speeches just to get a rise out of their viewers.
Sure Obama hasn't been the most popular president. But why is that really?
But it's not like being a man in charge means you can change things "just like that".
The truth about the American government is that the country's function is based upon who we've voted for in the Senate and the Supreme Court - YEARS before a President comes to the White House.
A President can only work around what rules, regulations, and laws are currently in place - placed by the Supreme Court. That WE voted for. You know those check marks as to which proposal to vote for? A or B - please refer to section something something for more information. Don't recall one? It's because you didn't get involved. These laws are taking into effect by our government, and that structures our society.
There is a fine line between being a President who governs with rules and decorums that were voted by the American people before hand to follow, vs being a dictator that can drastically change new laws at the whim of their will.
Part - if not most of the fault - also rests in ourselves.
The American people who 'voted' for such people in governmental positions and rules to live by.
It's not just 'one' person that is in charge. That's crazy thinking.
The government is a collection of various parts of a 'pie chart' and each piece is dedicated to certain things. Some viewpoints are drastically different, which is why being a Republican or Democrat...or whatever new third party is calling themselves these days, can make a difference. Assuming they really do stand for their represented ideals.
As most politicians literally just blatantly lie about what they promise to do - then the solution is simple.
TAKE ACTION!
BECOME that better politician. Get involved in Politics and strive to help.
STUDY STUDY STUDY. And strive to be that better person. Otherwise only jerk offs will be in charge.
And if you are incapable of doing all that work, do research instead. Really get involved and educated about our government, how it works, what we can do to make it better.
We can't just keep focused on ourselves. Or be swayed by Big Business trying to buy you off so they can bend the laws such as environmental and healthcare regulations to their own greedy will. *(Most business make their own regulations regarding things such as healthcare - for example, some of my friends got laid off of work because their corporations didn't want to pay their healthcare, so they hired a collection of inexperienced part-timers that are not qualified for 'their' healthcare instead.)
As a society - who's choices 'can' make a difference, we have to have the responsibility to choose leaders and politicians who will make this country better.
To put ALL the blame on Obama is just ridiculous and shunning off personal responsibility.
If you hate Obama, thats fine. Presidents are more of a figure head anyway.
Most of the power comes from the Supreme Court.
Because you are just as much to blame for choosing the other leaders who make laws away from the limelight.
These laws often go right under our noses and many agree to these without doing enough research.
It's like clicking 'agree' on the Terms of Agreement without reading that stupidly long 50 page contract.
Well, that's why it's important to be an avid reader.