American voters all over this land has been lied to and led down a path of deceit.. Our politicians in Washington, DC and Austin have betrayed us over and over again.. From the toll road fiascos that Rick Perry, David Dewhurst and their crew are perpetuating on the Texas public.. to the price of gasolene at the pump.. and then to the perpetual disgrace of a war in Iraq, which is daily taking the lives of sons, daughters and loved ones.. We've been lied to by the Bush Republicans from the get go.. Many of those lies are so obvious and transparent, they defy all common sense.. Then, we've been lied to and deceived by the very ones who were elected to challenge and resolve the corruption that exists within our governement.. It would seem that the corporatism that is gripping our Nation, has indeed got a stranglehold on our governement leaders that is near imposs- ible to relieve.. The war continues in Iraq, unabated.. Bush has gotten the fund- ing he needs, to prolong and drag it on and on.. September is no magic date.. There is no "magic date" while this war is fin- anced by American taxpayers.. Want a solution of resolve to this disgraceful disaster that takes the lives of our sons and daughters, daily.. then.. CUT OFF THE FREAKING MONEY.. Want to "support our uniformed men and women" BRING 'EM BACK HOME... where they belong.. They sure don't belong in a CIVIL WAR, in such a distant land.. The major oil corporations who have consolidated their own stranglehold on that commodity, have consistently given us reasons for the prices at the pumps and the costs to heat and light our homes, have lied to our representatives at each and every hearing they've appeared before.. None of those "reasons" have held water and have been disputed at every increase that we've (the public) have had imposed on us.. While those sincere executives sit in our governmental forums and lie through their collective teeth, they are stealing vast sums of money from the taxpayers, while they are gouging them at the pumps and the monthly utility bills.. The ones we elected for the relief we needed.. sit there and allow the lies and deceptions to go unchallenged.. I can go on and on and on.. health care, insurance.. both medical and vehicle.. etc.. etc.. Our entire system of government has been hijacked by the corporate interests and we'll be paying the price for generations to come.. while we.. the voters enable it.. As long as we tolerate the two faced deceit from our representatives that's what we'll be subjected to.. We voted for men and women to go to our capitols and represent us.. to disrupt the corruption that is so evident in our government.. There's no simple solution to our problems.. the Immigration Bill that is being debated is a perfect ex- ample of that.. But, the solution isn't as complicated as we are led to believe, either.. The corruption in our government systems must be defeated.. The dangers to our democracy isn't the terrorists around the world.. our immediate dangers are the corrupt corporations and corrupt politicians that are destroying us from within our own gov- ernment.. That is where the real battle for democracy must be waged.. While we tolerate and rationalize that corruption, we must also face the prospects of America as we know it.. is a country of the past.. Bill Walker Irving
