I'm back !!!!

First off, I will like to apologize for taking a hiatus from writing on here. But between the demands of teaching and grad school, I had to take something off the burner. Good news is that I am down with grad school and find myself with a bit of extra time on my hands.

Second off, I would have hoped to have seen our great nation making progress and reclaiming its democratic history. Yet every time I turn on the news, read a newspaper, or just hear any American politician speak, I am left with the same question that made me start this blog to begin with "Seriously? Why?"

From the extra nastiness of the GOP primary season as it weeds through the selection process to find who will run against His Majesty President Obama, which to be honest...I have no clue who I would cast my vote and honestly I am not sure if any candidate can return our nation back to its greatness. They talk the talk, but really ask yourself will that person really make the needed changes? Will this person honestly take on the astronomical growth of our national debt ($15 trillion and growing) and big government and not let the power go to their heads? Will this person have the guts to stand up and say "We no longer need agency A, B, C, and maybe D." Will this person be able to stand up against the whining, crying, tears being shed, and tantrums to do what needs to be done?

I have yet to hear any of the candidates to answer my simple question, which I can't take credit for, but it is a question I think everyone of us should ask ourselves and those seeking office or holding it: HOW MUCH OF THE MONEY I EARN SHOULD I BE ABLE TO KEEP? This was asked by a wise young American in what seems like eons ago at either an early GOP debate or a town hall meeting.

To a Congress, I honestly no clue what the 535 of you are doing in Washington, DC. To the Senate, pass a budget already. To both chambers, do you really have no clue why you have the LOWEST approval rating in all of American history: you have let the power of the position to go to your head. You continue to deny the American people and refuse to listen to us: WE THE PEOPLE. You continue to pass legislation that befuddles my mind. Legislation that makes me wonder: are we even in the same country? It makes my job as teacher a bit harder. How do I explain to my students that if they do not do the assignment given to them and follow the guidelines, they are not going to get a passing grade. Yet Congress continues to not do the job it was elected to do and yet they still sit there in the US Capitol Building wasting our tax money with their kick backs and pass legislation that continues to strip us of our rights and we let them to do so: SERIOUSLY? WHY? We know in our heart of hearts that socialism does not work. Yet why do we (read elected officials) think being "socialized" like Europe is the way to go (hello...did anyone else miss the protesting and rioting taking place over the past year? or the EU on the verge of collapse...yet we have leaders of our nation who think this is the best course for our nation...SERIOUSLY? WHY?) to legislation that is in the works to strip us...AMERICANS...of our unalienable rights (speech, religion, citizenship, due process)...I am near at a loss of words and left scratching my head wondering: SERIOUSLY? WHY?

Your task America: look deep in your heart. Look deep in your soul. Look deep at the founding principles of our nation. Do you want to be that great nation that President Reagan once proudly claimed as a "shining city upon a hill"? Or is this it?