MUTINY BY THE PEOPLE OF THE FEDERAL BOUNTY

Well it was a great couple of days for traditional Americans to hear some rhetoric in Congress that was historic and inspiring. We have been forced to be cynical long enough and therefore it was a welcome and refreshing change. We the American people (deck hands) have declared mutiny over federal spending and succeeded to win the purse strings.


Don’t worry you may put away your umbrellas because I will not rain on the parade. I think we need to be positive before we bash the new crop of Washington politicians. I am willing to give them a chance before I quibble. I am willing to stay hopeful before I find problems. Let’s just say we have enough disappointment and discouragement maybe we can trust the new crew.


As a traditional American I am not speaking naively however as though there is halo on the heads of the 112th Congress until they act devilish. Call it instead a hiatus from rancor, or a parole form the disdain or a momentary pause in the tomato tossing at the pillory.


We all need to give them a chance, aware that we also did not give them total control. The Democrats still run the Senate while the White House last I checked still contains a very left from center President.

That means Healthcare will not be repealed but defunded. It means spending will not increase but government cuts will more than likely be resisted by the Democrats. The Democrats will be out of power to foist their programs upon us but they will play politics for the next two years on every proposal offered by the Republican House.

What will the President do? Well that should be an interesting matter altogether to watch, wait and see.

We know that the Republicans are promising to pull back the curtains on the Obama Administration and let the American people see the true conditions of the back room dealings regarding the many troubling scandals that were only hinted in the press. Letters to the President have already been sent by Representative Darrell Issa of California asking about the bailout of AIG, Acorn, and the Sestek scandal to name just a few.


I don’t think the President is looking forward to the scrutiny his administration will be under with the Republicans now holding the House keys. He seemed to already bristle at his perception that the Press was treating him unfairly, when we all know that they have done as much as they could to dress with pretty flowers his homely poll numbers.

It is ironic that in fact the Republicans might do more to give the American people the transparency that Obama promised on the campaign trail two years ago. I guess Obama was the using the word much like Nancy Pelosi does. She is seen as transparent by the American people when she claimed in her out going speech that her Congress had deficit reduction as a “mantra” of “Pay as you Go”. Really? I think Americans can all see right through Nancy’s transparent words as being the same stuff that rodeo hands use shovels to remove from the Bull’s pens.


Yes but back to positive thinking and the enjoyment we should all have as Americans to hear our Constitution read openly in the People’s House again! Worry not that some elected officials will be hearing it for the first time. Worry not that the interpretations will be tortured to mean something 180 degrees from original intent. At least it is being spoken in the Capital and echoing in the stale air of Washington again and that is quite an accomplishment.



Yes the Tea Party Movement and all traditional Americans should be proud that they stopped being cynical and disconnected from politics and stood up for restoring integrity in government.
We know this has been a long time coming and yet only one small step in taking back our government from all who have abuse their privilege to serve us, but instead served themselves. We should be proud of what we have accomplished but understand that the Captain (President Obama) and his bridge officers (Democratic Senate) still control half the ship.



We the People have made a wayward government tiller turn right but unlike the turning the axle of a land vehicle, the bulky “ship of state” has a slow response time. It will take time for all of us to see if her rudder is working and truly steers a more righteous course.