Now What?

Okay, so the Democrats just moved our country another huge step towards the point of no return.

While most of us should recognize what is actually behind all this, many do not and never will. In fact, the bill is structured to enable the liberals to survive the November elections and the 2012 presidential election. Essentially, the real ugly stuff won't impact most of us until 2014.

Actually, the better elements of this madness are the only things that take affect very quickly. Yes, there are some good things about this entitlement. However, the long term effects of those "good things" are actually not good.

Anyway, I'll try and summarize this mess later. For now, the important thing for real Americans to do, is to not forget what just happened. While we may not be able to turn this mess around, or even make it better, we cannot let it stand. We have to be vigilant and get the people that pushed it out of office as quickly as possible.

It's really not about health care. The bill that just passed will grow the government to well over 60% of voters in each state. Once the electoral entitlement base gets that large, it will be virtually impossible to ever turn things around. Well over half of all people in any given state will be employed by a burgeoning and out of control government and will almost certainly not vote themselves out of an easy paycheck.

If the Democrats are able to move another piece of their socialist agenda forward, the numbers will be nearly 65%. If they are able to execute their complete agenda, the government will grow to well over 69% of our society. When that happens, obviously the government entitlement base will be well larger than the private sector. It will be a hopeless situation. And, essentially, America will have become a completely socialist country.

So, what do we do? Well, as is always the case, most Americans will forget about what just happened until it slams them upside the head. Unfortunately, that will happen, but not for several years. Yes, the passing of this bill will extend the current recession significantly. But most people won't quite get that and will likely never attribute this bill to future economic problems. So, it's quite likely (unless the current conservative party comes up with a plan--and sticks with it) we will be stuck with these whacked out lawmakers for quite sometime.

What really needs to happens at this juncture is a re-awakening of the human spirit that used to prevail in this country. It's still there, its just been sort of dormant for a long time due to the extended prosperity that most of us have enjoyed during our lifetimes. Yes, many of us took advantage of the environment and opportunity that our ancestors (and military) gave us, worked hard for what we have, and created one of the most prosperous countries the world has ever witnessed.

In my lifetime I've seen an amazing transformation of both the world and our country. Unfortunately, I've also recently witnessed our wonderful capitalist system go off a cliff. In large part, due to the corruption and utter incompetency of our current government. No, it's not the system! It's the people running it! And, worse than that, it's our fault!

Yes, our fault, you and me! We have been fat dumb and happy for way too long. We've virtually ignored what is going on and passively sat on our butts enjoying the good life while our government; state, local, and federal has virtually run our country into the ground.

Sadly, the good life is over, at least for a while. I'm not talking about the last 15-years of excess, waste, and fraud either. I'm talking about the life that we were living before we realized that we had been gamed by our governments and our fortune 500 corporations.

We have to find a way, a system, a philosophy, a set of principles, perhaps a new constitution. Whatever we do, we have to get things back on the right track. I know, sounds simple and, at the same time, hopeless.

It's neither. Yes, it's a massive undertaking, sure. This isn't an issue like we've faced before. It's not even something that most of us truly understand. It's a fight that will have no clear winners, no clear losers, and hopefully no blood. But it is more important for the future of this country than anything we've ever faced before.

We have to take back control of our governments and our capitalist system. And, we have to do it quickly, before the current powers-to-be completely flush it all down the toilet.

At the moment, I have no faith in either party currently running this country. It is time for a new party. Yes, a party. Not a Republican party, not a Democrat party, not a Tea party--a different party. A party of people who have a code. Who have a selfless mission to restore our country to the principles that guided it through the two world wars, the industrial revolution, the women's rights movement, the civil rights movement, and the ending of the cold war...after that we sort of got lost and have been ever since.

It's time to pay attention, it's time to stand up and speak out. It's time to truly change things. Yep, it's time for another revolution.