And the band plays on

Our ship of state is undergoing a crew change. The two main national political parties that have sailed us into harms way still act as if the status quo will go on forever. These parties have had their chances their forbears earned, but “just because it was” does not mean “that is the way it will always be”. That citizens have picked up on this before the two national parities are picking up on it only amplifies the need for a crew change. The present discussion about advantages and tactics in the present Presidential elections cycle is an obvious example; when the democratic national party wants to tamp down their previously ordained cycle and agreed upon process, because it hurts their perceived chances at success in the later November election for President. Seldom, actually never, does one hear discussion of our National Interests from this party. And the republican national party seems to be the new main sponsor of earmarks and pork barrel spending with little discussion of the downside of this spending, all to often having to be financed by more borrowing and lack of common voter influence. And the band plays on.

Maybe like animals that can sense coming earthquakes, citizens can sense coming financial and political calamities. While animals will perhaps run for the hills, we citizens can vote for mitigating the coming calamities that only humans could make happen. The trend is already long set and obvious with there being more “independent” voters than “democratic” voters or “republican” voters. The “sense” is the threat to we, our families, and our children. The threat is the expectation of a more dismal future brought on by all that our politicians, and their national political parties, have brought to us today.

The threat and expectation are both real.

The expectation is that we can use our vast good intentions, and national wealth, to change how people are. Somehow our good intentions will elevate long suffering under class’s to soar and achieve, if only unleashed by those we elect. The under classes will recognize this and respond in kind, in this theory. As evidence we have elected politicians for decades and they have spent trillions of dollars in pursuit of this most wonderful goal. That little has been achieved is a votable issue…not just the results but the original intents and assumptions about how to best achieve the basic expectations. For the neophytes, this effort is unique in human history.

The threat is decades old. We Americans have given priority to addressing the perceived causes of what makes people underclass, while giving much lower priority to locking up the lowlifes. It has been a one front campaign, with predictable disastrous results when the reporting media reports murders of young women from Auburn and UNC, just for money and by robbers. Why weren’t these dirt bags, with records, locked up to protect us from them. And why can’t I even walk my dog at night in Charlotte without some thug with a gun putting it to my head. The results of this misguided effort by both of our national political parties has various impacts in local communities, all adverse. Even the idea of accepting all this as part of the problem is reinforcing failure. Many want their tax dollars to go towards protecting and promoting our best, and locking up our worst. The idea of reinforcing family success and kids, not failure, is so basic to American success. While we can never dictate what people may think, we can dictate behavior. This is not rocket science. Welcome to America. And yet the band plays on.