I used to write a lot about politics, the person illegally sitting in power in the White House and the tragic and, in my view, illegal war he started, but I have not written anything about it in a very long time. (I know, I have not written much about anything in a very long time) Last night’s State of the Union fabrication reminded me of how much hasn’t changed in the positive in this country in 7 years. It also made me realize that I have not written anything politically minded recently.

I used to be angry, very angry, about everything this administration did. I would seethe at the blatant lies they reported, the lack of any accountability and the demise of the true meaning of this experiment in government that is the United States. I grieved for the destruction of the principles of self-government, and for the reputation of our once great nation in the world’s market of public opinion. When, swept away with hatred, fear, ignorance, and blatant election schemes, this country re-elected the same fear-mongers for another 4 years of this ugly nightmare, my anger resurfaced.

But that was 3 long years ago. Three years of more lies, more scandals, more corporate-lacky acts and shenanigans. Three years of the erosion of any stability of the rapidly dwindling middle-class in favor for the growth of the top1%. Three more years of predatory lending and business debacles.

What has this government given the American public?

Massive debt to pay for empire building.
Oil companies quarterly record-breaking profit surges.
Gasoline prices that are sending the economy into a tail spin.
Abu Graib
Katrina
Domestic Spying
Valerie Plame
Guantanimo
Enron
Blackwater
AT&T and the rest of the communication giants reading your e-mail, tapping your phones.
Vote-rigging electronic voting machines
Predatory lending practices
Skyrocketing home foreclosures

I could go on for hours and this list would not be complete. There is so much more that we will never know of in our lifetime, thanks to the signing statements, secrecy and missing destroyed communications.

Given all of this, why am I no longer ranting and angry with these people? Because I am tired. I’m burnt out.

You can only be angry for so long before you resign yourself to inaction and acceptance. The fact that nobody has done anything to hold these people accountable speaks to our place in history. We the people let this happen. We thought we were doing the right thing when we elected in a democratic majority into congress this past session, but they’ve done nothing to hold these people accountable. They’ve rolled over on every single fight and given in without so much as a whimper of protest, all the while shouting to the media about change and a new direction.

This country is no longer about freedom and democracy, if it ever truly was and the sooner that the masses of under-educated, over-worked and over-taxed get that into their heads and stop proclaiming this country is the greatest the better it will be.

I, for one, can no longer drink the Kool-aid of American superiority. Our political system is broken. Multi-national companies and special interest groups control what we eat, what we know, what we do and soon will even control what we have access to on the internet (if they get their way, and it looks like they will.)

So go ahead and debate, Obama vs. Hillary, Mitt vs. McCain. None of it truly matters, because it’s all bullshit. Follow the money always works on Law & Order to catch the real bad guys… as it does in politics.