I know I am not the first or the last to address this sentiment, but I am fed up to HERE with “politics as usual”. I am probably going to make enemies on both sides of the fence with this writing, but as it has been famously said before, frankly, I don’t give a damn.
I watched the healthcare summit with little interest, since recent history foretold the play I was about to watch. In the end, what I got out of it was that the Republicans were intransigents intent on stonewalling a bill no matter what, while the Democrats were right with might, and damned what the public they served wanted. Neither party is serving me and my interests, and if the polls are any reflection of the truth, they aren’t serving very much of the public–at-large. Where is the wrath?
Having said that, the problem is much bigger that healthcare. I believe that healthcare in this country is broken, and needs a lot of fixing, I personally have been a victim of this, but nothing can get fixed until we rebuild our political system. The sad thing is, we allow this while mass corruption goes on day-after-day and is reported in the news. Just another headline. Boys will be boys.
Corruption is running rampant in politics, the most recent being Rep. Charlie Rangel, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. I won’t waste article space on Rangel since he only a drop in the political bucket. Nor am I going to do more then mention that Pelosi has time and again been the firewall that protected these cheats. She is not the first or the last, the biggest or the smallest of this organized “do what you want and don’t get punished” old boys (and girls) network. It seems that the only real crime in politics is infidelity, all else is fair game. Personally, I would like to put up with their personal family problems and get the lying, cheating and ignoring public will taken care of.
It would be nice if we could get a “Tea Party” That really was a tea party. I would like to see large enough segment of the American public get outrages that they band together and get rid of all incumbents without prejudice. That’s the only way we are ever going to get the rules changed so that the public is again asked what they want.

When are we going to quit yelling at each other across the great political divide called the two party system and agree that most of us are unhappy no matter which party is in office?