Wiston Papers

Is this as good as we can be,  seriously?

If you want to know why America is on the decline, consider these basic facts:

There are more than 300 million citizens in the United States.  Think about that.  More than 300 million people, many who are smart, creative, patriotic and honest.  Yes, millions of Americans who are smart, creative, patriotic, courageous and honest.  

Now consider that out of 300 million people we have 435 persons in the U.S. Congress who have to be among the dumbest, least creative, traitorous, cowardly and dishonest human beings to inhabit the planet.  Seriously.  Look carefully and objectively at who is representing us in Washington and what they’ve accomplished.  Seriously.

If this weren’t appalling enough consider that we will elect a President of the United States in November.  We have more than 300 million Americans to choose from and in just over two months we are going to hand over leadership of this nation either to the incumbents Barack Obama and Joe Biden or challengers Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.

Really?  These four men are the best that America has to offer to steer the ship of state for the next four years?  

An incumbent President Obama who promised to change the way business was done in Washington then in the same breath appoints Timothy “Tax Dodger” Geithner as Treasury Secretary and picks Joe “Gaffe-a-minute” Biden as Vice President.

Republican Mitt Romney who changes his position on issues almost daily in a desperate attempt to woo voters and newcomer Paul Ryan who criticizes stimulus funds publicly but privately arranges to get millions of those dollars for his district.

Four men who have wasted countless hours  and millions of dollars crisscrossing America just to criticize each other at every stop in one of the most negative campaigns in recent history.

Meanwhile, the United States faces tremendous problems in terms of declining prestige and influence abroad, crumbling infrastructure at home, millions of unemployed Americans because of a non-existent economic policy,  a runaway debt, and two unpopular wars that have accomplished nothing but deaths and injuries to thousands of young men and women.

We have more than 300 million people in this nation.  How could so many people allow so few persons to commit so many blunders?

Maybe we don’t care anymore, we’ve given up and have settled for mediocrity and decline.  Is that possible?  Seriously is this America?  

Sadly yes.

Steve Coon

August 22, 2012