Congress Lights The Fires, Presidents Take The Heat

At times, we wonder why we have a congress at all, they never take responsibility for their actions. Rather they blame all the failings of the country on the president, [any president.] The majority of the functions of government revolve around money. Congress controls the money. Presidents have absolutely no power over the nation’s checkbook Presidents can only request, suggest, and cajole, congress makes the final decision. This applies to not only the money the country collects and spends. It applies to the laws passed governing the conduct of the nation. Congress may not understand it, the constitution suggests they have a duties to perform. Article one of the constitution is explicit in the responsibilities of congress. Article two defines the responsibilities of the presidency. Article three defines the duties of the courts. Anything beyond those things written in the constitution are the responsibility of the individual states, and the public as a whole.

Congress and the courts have gotting around the constitution by invoking those annoying interstate commerce laws that over ride the laws of the land. Then when they backfire, they blame the president. Congress with the aid of the media has a tendency to blame presidents for things presidents have no control over and many time have no knowledge of.

The founding fathers were brilliant in their drafting laws that would govern this country for the unforeseen future. I doubt in their wildest imagination, they could have foreseen their vision of a government lasting over two centuries, how could it be possible. A democracy, of the people, for the people, by the people was a concept believed to be unreasonable at the time. It was thought impossible for rag-tag ruffians capable of self-control let alone self-government. The British were certain this experiment in self-rule would fail in the matter of a few years. Over two hundred years later their still waiting.

When did the government the founding fathers created began to fail? When did hostile rhetoric replace negation and comprise. One prominent Democrat said it was with the impeachment of President Nixon, Of course, there’s a problem with that, President Nixon wasn’t impeached, he resigned. One extreme right-wing pundit said it was when we began to elect women and ethnics to congress. Again that doesn’t, fly both have been serving in congress through out the 20th century. I point this out because of the extremes on both sides of the political spectrum. My personal opinion is it came with the encroachment of liberalism in our politics. Those more willing to satisfy world opinion than take care of business here at home. There’s a segment in our population who seem to be embarrassed by the successes of America. The majority of new technology is developed in America. Our major University registrations are over 50% foreign students.

There’s no DNA defining what an American is. Americans are the best and the brightest from around the world. America isn’t a brilliant nation, it’s a nation that attracts brilliance. As is the case with beauty, brilliance fades. Two generations and the children of the new Americans begin to develop attitudes that cease to question and begin to demand. Usually their demands are not in keeping with the constitution, a subject, [American History] no longer taught in the public schools.

When events don’t meet the publics expectations, the media, the congress, and the public look to presidents as the scapegoat. There’s is a fine line between maintaining the principles the founding fathers set down in several documents and the expectations of a modern world who would destroy the only truly free society in the world.

The threat in the world today and for the foreseeable future is terrorism. If we’re to survive it will take the cooperation of all the departments of government, the states, and above all an aware and informed public. This means stop playing the blame game, it isn’t only the president who make the difference. Realize one man can’t be responsible for everything. As a nation, we must take responsibility and we must hold our congress responsible for their obligations to government.

I keep asking God to get more involved so far, he’s just waiting and smiling.