I haven't been able to keep up with the news lately. My work hours at Macy's have been comparable to holiday hours and when I get home, I'm too tired to notice much. That said, I don't know how I missed Missouri Governor Eric Greiten's resignation this week. HOLY COW!!! Pretty much a happy day - I've been wanting that boy to go down. Never liked him. His campaign ads were just too disturbing and his arrogance made my blood boil.
Political power is a scary thing and our Constitution is supposed to safeguard all Americans from those who would abuse their power. However, we are living in a frightening time in our country. We Missourians have witnessed the downfall of a man with political ambitions that crossed a lot of ethical lines. We have a President and a GOP controlled Congress who are more interested in getting richer than running our country. Ethics and morals are trivial things to these people.
It's a tragedy when the rich and powerful don't even bother to hide their greed.
Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are angels. Both parties are corrupt. We as a people need to be more aware of who our political candidates are. Local elections can be boring stuff, but this is where we need to start. If the local mayor is held to a higher standard, then that will carry over to higher offices. Including the Presidency. Complacency got us to where we are. We need to stop being lazy about our elections and exercise our Constitutionally guaranteed rights to vote.
Now, more than ever, we need to address what is wrong and make it right again. We need to get big money out of our government. We need term limits on Congress. We need to get out and vote.
