My Bias in this Election

I have been asked for my bias in this election, others have slammed me for hammering BHO, while still others have said I am too hard on McCain/Palin. Well there you have it. People read what they see through their own "colored glasses." All these emails have, I assume, been reading the same blog.

Anyway, I have no preference as to the winner of the election since I am and have been apolitical. I simply believe in 3 things when it comes to politics and government:

1. All politicians act in their own self interest

2. Government intervention always comes with the price of the law of unintended consequences

3. Governments and politicians can not force self-reliance or self-responsibility of its citizenry

Now these 3 items explain why I blast both sides since we have reached a point in this country where it is on the down hill slide. No representative democracy has lasted as long as the USA has, and the component parts that has made the country strong, resilient, and innovative are not being taught to the younger generations. The NEA, UUP, and other very liberal educational unions are making sure that children are taught non-essentials to become "low maintenance" citizens. They are ensuring that strong teachers are eliminated from the system and that teachers today are weak, liberal-minded baby sitters.

Gone are the days where students were required to do homework, learn science, math, and hard sciences. Now the schools are only teaching so that the students can pass the "NCLB - no child left behind" standards. This is a prime example of the LOUC of the NCLB that was passed by, yes, a Republican President that we wish would all just drift from memory. OK, its was Bush 43 in alliance with Sen. Ted Kennedy.

What do I care about?

I care about character;
I care about work-ethic;
I care about discipline;
I care about self-responsibility;
I care about self-reliance.

Sadly, none of these are being taught by the school system or by most parents, and parents that do are being branded as "intolerant" of others. This is why --

AMERICA CAN'T BE FIXED!

You can't fix something where the basic components are not there any longer. Children today want to have it given to them, no work-ethic, or if they do work its to only get what they can by scamming the system. Witness the financial meltdown on Wall Street. Most of this was orchestrated by young lawyers, MBAs, etc that only want their windfall now so they can retire and live the "good-life." What happens to the rest of America is not important. They are citizens of the world.

Well, didn't mean to go off that far, but there it is. The USA is doomed simply because we, for the most part, have not taught our children how to hold the gift of freedom scared. Therefore, during the next 8 years of BHO's tenure we will pay the high price of the loss of many of those freedoms.