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Posted on Mar 24, 2018
How can we take back our nation if we can't take back our party?
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Yes, I too am tired of the politics, but this question actually goes beyond politics. It's about living in a Republic without representation. More importantly (if you can imagine such a thing) it's about our oath, the one we all swore when we enlisted: "...to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." Well, if you're honest with yourself, you can see that the Constitution is being eroded and almost completely. I know there are many who see this as a good thing. After all, the Constitution, some argue, is antiquated and it's time to bury it. Sorry, I don't agree, and therein lies the problem. My disagreement no longer has representation. I can bemoan the state of affairs in weblogs and Internet discussions, but my voice is paltry and lost in the static of argument. And now, with the passage of the 2018 omnibus bill and the President's signature making it law, I must face facts: I have no representation in Washington nor in my state capitol, Sacramento. While Nancy Pelosi celebrates a budget passed by a GOP-dominated Congress and signed into law by a Ersatz Republican President, I mourn. I thought that there were some elected officials who represented my point of view, but obviously not many. And I had hoped that President Trump was more than "Not Hillary", but now I see he isn't. He's all "sound and fury...signifying nothing", not when it counts. Thus, I am now left with my question, "How can we take back our nation if we can't take back our party?"
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Watched part of a good interview tis morning with Arnold Swartzeneggar. (sp). He highlighted how the extremes on both sides have taken control of both parties. I guess California has a large number of "independents."
I think we need to ask how can both sides take back their party. I suppose one way is to get actively involved in your local area. I now live in South Dakota, though raised mostly in central and northern California. Here there is basically one party, the GOP. We Dems try but never get very far. But, here is the point: we don't give up.
Not sure where we are headed as a nation, but I think (at least I hope) we will survive.
I think we need to ask how can both sides take back their party. I suppose one way is to get actively involved in your local area. I now live in South Dakota, though raised mostly in central and northern California. Here there is basically one party, the GOP. We Dems try but never get very far. But, here is the point: we don't give up.
Not sure where we are headed as a nation, but I think (at least I hope) we will survive.
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PO1 Gery Bastiani
i too was raised in northern California and you couldn't pay me enough to move back. I've been living in North Carolina but my move to South Carolina the taxes are cheaper......for now
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PO1 Gery Bastiani
i still have family that stay out there....if they where to split California. everything south of Red Bluff would be south California and everything north would be North California then i might move back to either Susanville or Mount Shasta.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
I still love the beauty of California. There is only one reason I would not return there to live; Too damn many people (and I don't care what their politics are)
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MSG Stan Hutchison
PO2 David Dunlap - It's still a beautiful state,, geographically. The mountains, the beaches,, most of all the Redwoods.
By the way, I lean left,, so it is not the politics that keep me away or draw me.
By the way, I lean left,, so it is not the politics that keep me away or draw me.
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I am right there with you Captain. Every day I feel more and more disenfranchised by my own Government. That it isn't my best interest or any other citizen's best interest they have in mind, but their own. I have come to believe that they only care about staying in power and profiting off that power for as long as they can. I no longer believe that our Government serves the people, but themselves and who helped them get elected.
I believe we can combat this by setting term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court. No more life long appointments or politicians sitting in positions for 40+ years. But that would require that our own politicians hold themselves accountable for their own actions, which I believe they are incapable of doing.
I also believe that we can combat this by setting extreme limits of the amount of money donors can give to people running for office. I also believe that lobbying should be illegal, as should gerrymandering.
So we have to stand up and demand it, and if enough of us demand it, sooner or later they will have to give in or be forced out of office.
I believe we can combat this by setting term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court. No more life long appointments or politicians sitting in positions for 40+ years. But that would require that our own politicians hold themselves accountable for their own actions, which I believe they are incapable of doing.
I also believe that we can combat this by setting extreme limits of the amount of money donors can give to people running for office. I also believe that lobbying should be illegal, as should gerrymandering.
So we have to stand up and demand it, and if enough of us demand it, sooner or later they will have to give in or be forced out of office.
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This swamp is so very deep I don't think it can be drained in my lifetime - Time to bring back the Tea Party.
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CPT Jack Durish
...and the swamp is fighting back. Had President Trump vetoed the omnibus bill, what do you think would be the chances of Congress overriding it?
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