POWER STRUGGLE!!!!

So we just had an election, and its results were pretty much what everyone predicted. Republicans "took control" of the House and people are smugly prattling on about how this is a "referendum on Obamacare*" and what not. Also I still can't just go to California, walk into a store and buy pot. I'd have to go through the trouble of seeing a doctor and telling him how my neck hasn't stopped hurting for a year so I can get my pot. Ridiculous hoops to jump through, but I digress.

When I voted for my district's representative, I made my decision based on one thing and one thing only: "How can WE (your party of choice) win/maintain CONTROL of the House and offset those dastardly Other Guys (and some girls)? LET'S TAKE OUT THE TRASH IN WASHINGTON!!!!" How the candidate intended to work for and represent the district he was to be, well, a representative of, had no sway over my decision. None.

Except it was the exact opposite of that.

See, if you can't take care of yourself and your home turf, how in the hell can you expect to solve the problems in Washington? And why the fuck should I vote for you if you spend 2/3 of your time bitching about things that do not closely affect my district, considering I live in a state that has been having economic problems since well before this latest recession. Grandstand all you want. Throw out all those soundbites that will get your self-important face on TV. I DON'T CARE. If most of your time is spent freaking out over what the other people are doing/have done wrong, then very little of that time is devoted to detailing how you intend to better the place you're running to represent. You do not deserve my vote. You do not make me feel like you would be someone who would listen to the people you're relying on. You simply sound like another idiot who could give a shit about taking steps forward, and instead you're going to spend your time fighting hopeless and/or meaningless battles that will get us nowhere.

This country will not die because of the Republicans. Nor will it die because of Democrats. America's death will come from stagnation. A failure to evolve and grow and learn. If it happens, we'll have only ourselves to blame for continuing to let these people think they have "power." So please, if you're reading this, do me a favor. Do this country a favor. Most of all, do yourself a favor. Get informed and make your own decisions based on what YOU feel. Not what anyone else tells you to feel, be it politicians, reporters, bloggers, your parents, and so on. You're not going to find a candidate you'll agree with 100%, and that's OK. But maybe you'll find someone who actually is interested in working for We the People, and not someone who just says it so that their bullshit movement can win a foolish power struggle amongst elites.

Yup, that's right. Any of these assholes who tell you they're fighting the Elites is most likely full of it. Let's be clear: THEY ARE ALL ELITES. They are rich. They are well connected. If they are not corrupt, that does not mean they won't one day be corrupt. And they LOVE when people don't educate themselves and vote.







*Obamacare: One of the latest buzzwords that's thrown around as a way of demonizing your chosen enemy! See also: fascist, socialist, conservative, liberal, etc. Except those are real words that have become meaningless with the way they're overused.