America Must Control Washington…

OK, so this is the beginning of my blogging career. Not quite the trumpets and red carpet affair that I envisioned. I have written editorials and letters to the editor and sections of books for people, but never a blog. So the question I ask myself as I begin is how do I want to do this? I have a few words that explain my thoughts on style for this blog: Honest, sometimes blunt, fun, insightful, inspirational, but most of all thought provoking. Seems like a lot to ask of myself, but I have never backed away from a challenge before so….

So let’s set the mood for where we are going to go with this. I want people to wake up. I dream of an America that thoughtfully chooses a best way to move forward. What we have now is a country primarily made up of people led by the media, their friends, their party, their heart….but never their head. A country made up of folks who want what is best but don’t want to put the work into getting there. We don’t want to do the work to find out what a candidate is all about so we let the media dictate it to us. We don’t want to hold politicians accountable for their actions so we don’t take a stand. I want that to change. Washington works for us, so why is it that they don’t seem to care what we think? Here’s your answer… because we don’t make them care.

So what issues will we tackle as we move through this journey? Media bias, political accountability, third party viability, just about anything political is within bounds. I am not a radical, I am a realist. I promise to carefully consider your thoughts, if you can present them in a rational and respectful way. But I warn you that although I will do my best to be respectful, I will be blunt. We need some straight talk America. No topic is off limits. We can talk about race in politics. It is an important topic. But don’t be a bigot or I will erase your post and discount your thoughts. We can talk about gay rights or legalizing drugs or whether we should be in foreign countries fighting wars. But do it respectfully. As you get to know me you will see that I respect and cherish the diversity of people and their thoughts. You will see I love this country more than I could verbalize and that is why I dissent. So let’s talk. Let’s learn from each other. Most important, let’s figure out the best way forward for our country by doing the one thing the politicians do their best to keep us from doing…. having an open dialogue with each other without discounting thoughts different from our own.