What do we do now???

The election in Minnesota is over. Al Frankin has been declared the winner. It has taken 6 months to decide the outcome and that by the Court system. There is something quit sad about this. The people voted and the election was decided, yet ego, politics and corruption dragged a process out for 6 months. This is terrible.
So the question is now what will we do? Will we witness the end of cooperation among elected officials in DC? Will there be the arrogance of power that rams an agenda because there exists a filibuster-proof majority? Or will conscience still have a place in the discussion and will civility sway in the Senate? We already have witnessed the Party of "No" in action in the House with the offer of no alternatives the Leadership has called the last bill passed a pile of fecal matter (this is how one speaks ... if one has character) . The issues are still among us. We have 47 million people uninsured or under insured. This is a time bomb waiting to explode. Unemployment is growing as companies look to escape to others where they can do as they will and ignore basic safety regulations that would protect the enviorment, as well as those who work for them. We face climate change, and it does not matter if you agree or disagree with this. It is still a concern that merits open, frank, positive discussion that leads to a consensus EVEN IF THERE IS THE AGREEMENT TO DISAGREE. The issue is too important to ignore.

Again, what do we do now? If the Democrats take the attitude of ramming their agenda through with no thought of the minority all that will happen is a "remember the Obama administration cry" then when power shifts (and it does) there will be the whirlwind of reversals as we have seen in the past, creating more bitterness and less achievement. The Reagan years are proof of this and if people are honest they will remember that all those tax breaks, incentives and the trickle down economics were as George HW Bush stated: voodoo economics.

We as a Nartion can ill afford more of the same. There is a move in this country to the absurd; they target the Independents, Libertarians, as well as groups that are always targeted, however, the urgency of now is too great for the typical charades of government. What we must do now is forget Party affiliation, geographics and most of all the mad people on talk radio on either side of the dial and roll up our collective sleeves and speak honestly about the needs of our people. If we do not, the outside forces we claim that are against us do not have to lift a finger to overthrow us: History has proven that Nations, Empires and societies fall from within, not without.

What we must do now is remove our heads from the sandbox and breathe the air of reality.
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