How far have we come?
I wonder what the founding fathers would think of our decisions, our process, our government and way of life 200+ years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
I just reread parts of it, and I truly wonder how many people in government are patriots. How many of the truly believe in what they are doing, and that they are acting in the best interest of the people.
The constitution starts with "We the People". Do any of you feel particularly listened to? Do you feel part of the WE in "We the People"? I wish I had more time to get into politics, to understand more of our freedoms and rights, because truthfully, I am not sure how many I am slowly losing. Sure, I think I can blame a lot of it on Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumbass, our current VP and President. I think we can blame a lot of the state of our nation, our great image now in the international stage, and the general decline of pride and goodness in saying "I'm American". It feels to me that that notion has gone from something to be in awe of, to something to be sickened by. I'm not embarrassed to be American, far from it. I love this country, but I hate what has been happening slowly over the last 8-10 years.
Maybe it's just that I am a lot more aware of things. Maybe it's because I am a father and responsible for a family and their well being. I'm not ignorant enough to think I would make a good politician. Why is it so necessary to 'be a politician' to be involved in politics? Why does the last 4 weeks of a presidential campaign have to get so nasty and petty? I wish they'd stop spending so much time on telling me why I shouldn't vote for the other guy, and concentrate on their own plans. In fact, wouldn't it be really nice if we could get a test drive?
They win the nomination for their party. Cool. Now you all have projects. Democrats, you have to come up with 5 ways of cutting 20 million dollars from the budget. Republicans, you have to talk to 5 different countries and find ways of improving relations between us and them - and it can't be anyone that the last Republican talked to last election. Independents, Green Party, and Various other peoples - you have to come up with ways of getting rid of lobbyists and changing our country away from a 2 party system.
I don't think that's all that much to ask, or too outlandish, do you?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
RagingDad did it again, he made me think. YA BASTARD! 
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Seth Brau on Vimeo.