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2008 Soap Box Archives They Just Ain't Listening I know you've seen polls that reflect the collective opinions of the citizens of this nation. I'm not really a poll type person, I think they're easily manipulated, but one thing is for certain, every poll you ever see on the illegal alien situation shows that the overwhelming majority of the American people want something done about it. People are staggering under the burden of the highest fuel prices in our history and everybody wants to know why steps aren't being taken to alleviate it. The Congress and Senate spend our money on personal foolishness, anything for a vote. The House of Representatives think that proving a baseball player took steroids is more important than the millions of really pressing issues they were elected to deal with. The whole point boils down to this. The people in Washington just ain't listening to the people who sent them up there. They turn a deaf ear to the problems that are eating this nation alive while Henry Waxman and company follow a television camera around like a dog after a juicy bone. That's not the way it's supposed to work, they're supposed to be the House of Representatives. They're supposed to be representing we the people, instead they're grandstanding. If some pitcher who played a couple of years in the majors and had an undistinguished career had done washtub full of steroids a day I'll guarantee you the Congress couldn't care less. But Roger Clemens is another story, he means headlines. I don't know if Roger Clemens is guilty or not but I do know there are a boxcar load of issues that are more important to this country than whether he did or did not. I find myself diametrically opposed to almost everything Barrack Obama is for, but one thing he espouses that I support is getting rid of the lobbyists in Washington. They are a corruptive, malevolent force, made up of big time lawyers and influence peddlers. Some of our elected officials are not the sharpest knives in the drawer and are vulnerable enough to be swayed with the goodies lobbyists are able to offer them. Wining and dining and private jets can be seductive and vote swaying. It can also cause an elected official to forget about the folks back home and go along with the jet wielding special interest group the lobbyists represent. And while I'm at it, if you look on the board of almost any defense related industry you will find ex Generals and Admirals who, when they retired, took their pension and their old boy network connections with them. Washington is a beautiful city and should be a model of what America is all about. Instead it's a crime infested, corrupt monster that encourages bad judgment and chews up good men and spits them out. I just wish everybody in that town had to come home and make a living. We keep hollering, but they just ain't listening. Pray for our troops What do you think? God Bless America Charlie
Daniels March 3 , 2008
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