Soap Box

As we watch the Democrats and Republicans mutual political intransigence, the PAC�s apply pressure, the media's biased coverage and the fringe groups disrupt and all the other barrage of loud and abrasive actions and rhetoric that so deeply divides this nation, you can't help but wonder.

"Can't we not come together and reason, can we not find some common ground to stand on and work out our differences for the good of the country we all love?"

Well, I have wondered that, because I know, from personal experience that reasonable people, who want to can get along with each other and reach decisions that are beneficial to both sides, in civility and rationality can do it.

Some of my best friends and business associates are staunch Democrats who supported Obama and voted for Hillary Clinton, who have a much different view of the political landscape than I do, and we disagree on a myriad of issues, but respect each other's right to believe the way we do, and we never let the disagreements reach the line of interfering with our relationships, be they personal or business.

So, I know that people of much different political persuasions can not only get along with each other, they can be good friends, and I believe that any problem this nation faces can be resolved by sending in the cooler heads, who are willing to respect the opinions of the people across the table, listen to what each other have to offer, cull through the theories and ideas and mutually and honestly choose the ones which are the best for We The People.

Unfortunately, after pondering the situation, I have come to the conclusion that there are many on both sides of the issues who don't want to work out differences, who only want to see the other side reduced to the point that their party will be in power, that they know what kind of country the United States of America should be and they will settle for nothing less, the well-being of the people they are sworn to serve be damned.

American politics decades ago bypassed the realm of public service and entered the realm of ideologies, transcending the rational, the sensible, the durable in the quest for enough votes to elect a president, to gain a majority, a game of thrones with power as the prize.

Any nation which has allowed itself to go almost twenty trillion dollars in debt does not deal in rationality.

Any nation that allows the money working Americans have contributed to their retirement to be raided by vote greedy politicians passed the point of competent leadership long ago.

Any nation which allows millions of illegals to enter the country without documentation, health checks or any immigration supervision is not totally sane.

Any nation that goes to war without a clear-cut definition of victory and sets the rules of engagement to such a politically correct standard that it ties our warrior�s hands, rules totally unobserved by the enemy, has lost its hold on the reality of what a war is and should not even set a foot on that path.

Any nation that allows their sworn blood enemy and the world's largest exporter of terror access to trade and give them billions of dollars to spend on our destruction lost touch with political sanity long ago.

Any nation that allows its citizens in the inner cities to be held hostage by violence, their children in constant danger on the streets, the schools they go to substandard, undisciplined and their neighborhoods falling apart, has lost touch with what America was designed to be.

The diatribe could go on and on, and I'm sure each and every one of you who are reading this could add your own articles of dissatisfaction until we generate enough paper to cover a good part of Pennsylvania Avenue.

But stop and consider this.

The political war that's going on is not just about a health care bill, immigration legislation or even the economy.

It's about the kind of America we want to leave to our children and grandchildren and the time grows short to make that decision.

Public service is not about having the cutest sound bite, the most abrasive tweet, looking statesman like on the Sunday morning news shows.

It�s not about spending most of your time and energy trying to make the other party look bad, but coming up with mutually agreed upon solutions to make America look good.

There are men and women on both sides of the aisle in the halls of power who have no business being there, they put party before country, personal gain above national gain, the truth means nothing to them and they have sold their honor many times over. They are addicted to power and power alone.

If things proceed the way they are going, very little will be accomplished and any politician who helps facilitate failure just to keep the opposing party from looking good in the eyes of the voters is, at the very least, a pseudo traitor, a danger and retard to the welfare of America.

They divide our nation and pull apart the very fabric of the greatest nation the world has ever known for their own personal interests.

Congress needs overhauling,

Just like our highways and bridges, Congress - as it stands - need an infrastructure repair, the weak links replaced.

Otherwise, we ain't going nowhere.

God help us.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops, our police and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels