Bitter Tea

I just read this article sent to me by someone near and dear and shuddered at what we’ve come to in this country.  It almost feels like we’re living out some Margaret Atwood novel, and you know they never have happy endings.

What the article clearly depicts is a bunch of whiners making up the Tea Party Movement -- people who know how to bellyache about the status quo, but who offer no real solutions to fixing the problems they are complaining about.  As this other article sent to me by the same person indicates, they are simply letting off steam.

But then what after all the steam is gone?  The second article rightly asserts that we need the return of statesmen to government -- people who are not shackled by party membership, but rather feel free to vote for what they think is right.  In a recent vote, there were two brave souls who chose to part ranks with the Republican Party, and they were both finishing up their terms this year and not seeking re-election.  

I read an interview with Walter Mondale, in which he likened the state of the Obama administration to the hopeless situation in which Carter found himself (with Mondale as VP). He offered Obama some advice, but it may be too late to save this ship.

I hate to think of what this country would be like if the Tea Party really prevails.  Canada or Mexico might look good.