We The Terrorists

     First we were a polite chuckle in political conversations. Later, as our movement grew, we became those who smoked the tea we should be drinking, Sarah's cronies... still just an after thought on the landscape. As 2010 rolled around it seemed to dawn on those in power that we few band of fruit loops were not leaving, nor did we seem to be effected by their jabs... and so we were promoted to the illustrious rank of racists as we became protested outright. Now, fellow Americans, I am pleased to report that as another election looms in the not too distant future, and our situation remains as dismal as ever in recent history; we have been promoted once more to the rank of TERRORIST! Terrorist... someone who commits act of violence for political or ideological purposes. I'll return to this in a moment, now it's time for American politics 101: We are represented in congress by two distinct houses with vastly different purposes. First is the House which represents the interest of the PEOPLE through elected representatives. Coincidentally the House of Representatives is the only body capable of introducing legislation to do with taxes or spending... remember that. Next we have the Senate, whose job it is to represent the interest of the states in the union... NOT the people, at all. Coincidentally, once a spending or tax bill is introduced by the House, the Senate is then responsible for crafting a similar bill so that the two houses of Congress may then hammer out any minor differences prior to sending it off to POTUS.  Why is this distinction between the houses important in our current circumstance? It just so happens that WE THE TERRORISTS, a hem, excuse me... We the People... have not been well represented by our designated house of Congress for at least the three prior administrations. In fact, I would go so far as to say WE have been well ignored and written off as a complacent laughing stock within our own political system. So much so that now, when a group of Americans stand up to fill our Constitutionally mandated role... those that did not "like" it, (and from all indications displayed by certain members in leadership it does come down to as simple a matter as inconvenience) deem it appropriate to classify this group of American Citizens... Terrorists.                                                                Well, this terrorist will wear the mantle with pride, just as I have worn all the others they have chosen to label me with. Is this deadlock the Tea Party's fault? You're damn right it is! Why though? The left has put out that we held negotiations hostage and would not let them spend more money. They say our new representatives were over zealous and inexperienced, and our seasoned reps were scared for their jobs. All of this is true, and with just cause. This is the way the system was designed to work... with WE THE PEOPLE involved and doing our CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED part of directing our representatives. That is what they are there for! NOT for their interests, NOR the Senates, NOR the Administration's.... FOR OUR INTERESTS. .                                                                                                                                                                                                          There are two problems the left is having with this recent stalemate. First, I don't believe any of them have witnessed WE THE PEOPLE getting involved to such an extent before. This is a wholly new and confusing animal to them, and rightly so. The game has changed. Secondly, our steadfast position of holding this congress to engage responsibility by cutting spending and not raising taxes, when combined with the first point, is alien all together. Their comments and responses in the media, while seen as inflammatory and damning to most in the center and left, are in reality a spot light on the very dangerous mentality that has existed in Washington too long and has created this mess over the last several administrations.  That WE THE PEOPLE know not what is best for us, and that spending without limit is the status quo. WE THE TERRORISTS brought a simple message to this debate that should be clear and easy to read for all, and can even be broken down to a single word... Responsibility. WE THE TERRORISTS want this country run responsibly. Folks, our small, but growing, movement just demonstrated that we can make it happen.                                                                                                                                                               On the purely fiscal side of this debate there are a myriad of points to be considered about just what needed to happen to prevent our current situation. The loudest of those being raising taxes to increase revenue HAD to happen to make the S&P's $4 trillion demand. That simply cutting spending couldn't do it. There are two points on this that I can't seem to take my eyes off of, and they're both a little scary given our economic condition(pre-debate). One, the Bush tax cuts end with the next election. Frankly I do not see them surviving again, so there is a hike and an influx of revenue in the near future... yet they wanted more taxes on top of that. Secondly, the whole point (as presented politically) of those tax cuts was to boost the economy by easing the burden on businesses and promoting entrepreneurship to create jobs and grow the economy. So what happened? They spent it! You can't create jobs when you are spending the money set aside to do so and much much more. When you continue to build bureaucracy after bureaucracy, and remain hell bent on spending more money than we could possible keep up with, your goal eventually becomes crystal clear. You are trying to starve business and entrepreneurship to keep the economy down. And ... soo... WE THE PEOPLE finally having had enough of this destructive path have stood up and loudly said... no more. For speaking our voice, as it was meant to be spoken when our constitution was created, are labeled terrorists. So be it.                                                                                                                                                               A few thoughts before I close. The S&P's discord with us is largely political, and will be absorbed as such. The American dollar will remain the gold standard as there is no other nation that can provide the financial security that we still do. France, Germany and a few other countries have aaa+ ratings though their debt to GDP ratio is far worse than ours. The S&P is just one of half a dozen international credit monitoring agencies that watch situations like this, all the others, Moody's etc. have stated their belief in the U.S. as  the gold standard. Yes the markets will freak a bit, but this is hardly the end of the world. Also, it came out today that the Tea Party, a cross section of American politics and ideology, is has just slightly exceeded in population, those that count themselves as Liberal. Liberals came in at 20%, we at 21%... and growing.                                                                                                                                                                             It appears that congress is going to have to learn how to operate with a new member, and more as originally intended.... WE THE PATRIOTS.