Has anyone noticed lately how any difference of fact with the currently reigning party in this country is discounted by the administration and the main stream media? How they use derogatory terms to refer to anyone who disagrees with them? How those of us who worked our way up from blue collar "grass roots" are derided as "redneck," "racist," "ignorant," "stupid," and any number of other labels that they use for us?

There are any number of incidents that I could cite over the past year, but the latest (and most egregious) form of this is the Democrat response to citizens who are participating in town halls:

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/08/democrats_derid.html

And they call us "intolerant?" Okay, guys, put your money where your mouths are. Since when do we not tolerate any discussion in this country? The liberals absolutely insist that we must pass a sweeping restructuring of the US health care system, without allowing any time for our Congress critters to "read the bill" or have any reasonable discussion about whether the sweeping changes are needed. Have you noticed how it is taken as fact that our health care system is broken? Um, excuse me, but by the proper rules of debate, you have to have evidence for a statement, not just a "glittering generality" or maybe in this case "water is wet." Multiple logical fallacies aside, the liberals use such terms as "unwilling to move forward" when anyone in Congress raises any question about this bill, again implying that the loyal opposition are backward and ignorant. Is our current system perfect? No. But, is it as broken as the liberals claim it is? Perhaps it might be useful to consider tort reform, for example. Or, perhaps we need to make some changes to the "pre-existing conditions" rules.

As a brief aside, also notice how the administration seems to have every right to create new "czars" to implement their socialist agenda without any Constitutional vetting by the Congress. Hmmm.... That's a topic for another blog later.

WAKE UP AMERICA. The Bill of Rights is being destroyed very quickly.  If I can find the time to do it (hard to find that time since I work for a living), I think it would be very interesting to look at the bills the Democrats have passed over the past eight months to see if they have left any of our fundamental rights untouched. I suspect the answer will not make me (or you) happy.

The Republicans in Congress need to stand up for our Constitution and for what made our country great. Instead of voting with the Democrats because "well, he's the President and we should support his policies," listen to the not-so-silent majority and stand up for our rights. Do what we elected you to do and represent the people of this country. Don't represent the administration. Don't represent the trial liars (oops - "lawyers"). Listen to the people asking the questions at the town halls. Tell us why you think it's okay to pass a bill that you haven't read, maybe even a bill that hasn't yet been written. Tell us what's wrong with the current system such that it requires a complete replacement with a government-run system. Prove to us that the government will be able to do any better with this project than it has done with Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and so on. Go re-read the Constitution. Look again at the responsibilities of the federal government, and vote against any bill that goes beyond those powers.

End rant for now.