This situation led us to write the book, “Love My Country, Loathe My Government,” a fifty step plan to fix what ails the country. Sadly, since the book was published in 2009, the politicians in this country have followed absolutely none of the common sense steps that were proposed. Doing so would have put the country in a much better position today vs. what we are currently living through.
So rather than dwell on the continuing bad news that is spawned by today’s political class, lets take a couple of days, starting yesterday, to talk about some good things that are going on that should give us all some hope that eventually we can actually fix what the political class has broken and finally actually resolve some major issues of our times.
1) Back in 2011, Michelle Bachman, a Congresswoman from Minnesota, was trying to become the Republican candidate for President. At that time, when gas prices had been skyrocketing under the Obama administration, she promised to get gas prices down to $2 a gallon if elected President.
She was universally ridiculed for such a goal, especially by the main stream media. Time magazine called her goal a "fantasy." Well, she either got really lucky or knew more than most of the world as gas prices are fast approaching $2.00 a gallon, and in some parts of the country has already broken down below $2.00. That should give everyone hope and a little economic relief.
See more on her accurate prediction at:
http://lastresistance.com/9408/michele-bachmann-mocked-2-gas-claim-now-proved-right/#c6a7WlIJrpJkqEsh.99
2) As we discussed yesterday, according to Gallup polling, more Americans than not now believe that government is the biggest threat to this country. A recent article on the Conservative Tribune website did a nice summary job of how almost three dozen states and their citizens are fighting back against the oppression and misdeeds of the Washington political class.
The method of fighting back is via Article V of the Constitution, an Article that forces Congress to call a Convention of States to propose amendments to the Constitution if two thirds of the state governments request one. The article went through how close the country and its citizens are to reining in an out-of-control Washington political class:
- Michigan became the 34th state to submit its Article V petition.
- However, it is not clear that all state petitions are valid or still in effect since some have been rescinded.
- The 34 states that have submitted petitions, even if they have been rescinded include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.
- The good thing about this list is that it is pretty diversified: states from all four corners of the country, states that are both liberal leaning and conservative leaning, poorer states and more affluent states, etc., indicating a nationwide disgust with how Washington operates.
3) An October 28, 2014 article by Heather MacDonald for the Heritage Foundation reported that according to FBI statistics, violent crime in the country has declined rapidly over the past few years, certainly good news. Details of the crime rate drop includes the following:
- From 2000 to 2012, the nation's violent crime rate fell by over 23%.
- This drop follows another big drop in the violent crime rate which was a 32% drop from 1993 to 2000.
- The article states the greatest beneficiaries of the crime rate drop has been minority neighborhoods.
- The drop in violent crime overall was accomplished by drops in each category of violent crimes and across all sections of the country.
According to Ms. MacDonald, there is not clear cut reason or reasons why this has happened but it has happened and that is the good, hopeful news for all of us.
4) One final bit of good news today. Long time California Senator Barbara Boxer has announced that she will retire after her current term expires. Why is this good news? Since no major issue has been resolved during her Senate tenure, I am assuming she is part of the problem and not part of any elusive solution.
I applaud any long term Washington politician leaves office, it gives us a hope that her their replacements can do a better job. Lord knows they could not do much worse.
That will do it for the good news for today. A long term incumbent politician is retiring, violent crime is down, the price of gas is way down, and Article V efforts. Keep in mind that these good news items and hopes are in spite of Washington politicians rather because of these politicians.
One more day of good news and hope will be done tomorrow, after which we go back to the insanity, idiocy, and waste that is today's political class.
Our book, "Love My Country, Loathe My Government - Fifty First Steps To Restoring Our Freedom And Destroying The American Political Class" is now available at:
www.loathemygovernment.com
It is also available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Please pass our message of freedom onward. Let your friends and family know about our websites and blogs, ask your library to carry the book, and respect freedom for both yourselves and others everyday.
Please visit the following sites for freedom:
Term Limits Now: http://www.howmuchworsecoulditget.com
http://www.reason.com
http://www.cato.org
http://www.bankruptingamerica.org
http://www.conventionofstates.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08j0sYUOb5w
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