Anti vs For

Being against something is one thing; being against everything is totally another thing. And it most likely is not healthy.

For years I’ve heard people rant against big government and Uncle Sam. We’ve all heard the complaints of SNAFUs by government agencies; and we know by heart that big government is not efficient.

The litany of complaints goes on and on; never a dead spot of silence. Turn on Fox News and observe the news anchors and their columnists – Hannity, O’Reilly, and all the rest. Open the blogosphere and read all the rants against everyone and everything. The record is stuffed full of this blather.

Consider for a moment, though, what these same news sources and pundits say that is positive.

Can you hear their messages? Can you read them? What is positive? In all the negative, do you even catch a glimpse of positive?

No. I thought not. And that’s what’s missing. Has been missing for a very long time.

Healthcare. What’s their plan? None. Nada. No suggestions presented; only negative reviews of what others have suggested. Immigration reform? Nothing suggested; only vitriol against what is the current situation. No programs to repair the situation or even make it a tiny bit better.

Public education and the funding of it? Again the silence is deafening. Same with air pollution, water and soil pollution. Also true about power grid issues and future supply chains of energy. No helpful suggestions. None.

Turn now to those people who do want to address the issues. What do they meet? In private they find people willing to roll up their sleeves. They find ideas and suggestions to work with. They noodle and doodle and come up with a plan, a program, even legislation. Then when it is brought forth, nothing but negatives again.

This is a mirror of our state legislatures and of Congress. Sides are chosen and obstructions built to the suggestions. Negatives. No solutions offered to make the proposals better. Just obstruction.

Observe the current White House. The motivator in chief is anti-Obama. Anti everything Obama did or was associated with. They rush to get rid of the Obama name. They tear down policy, program and legislation. They attempt to do much of this and fail at most of it. But they chip away none-the-same. Chip, chip, chip.

Through it all however there is something missing. What do you suppose that is?

Why it is their proposals and solutions! Nothing in this hail of activity and words is found a positive program proposal or policy. Just the negative.

This ‘null and void’ form of government has been going on now for quite a while. In my reckoning it began as republicans fought to defeat Bill Clinton’s entry to the White House. They failed then; but they persisted and became a pack of hounding dogs nipping at Clinton’s heels. Bill succeeded anyway. But the theme was cast and negativism was created as a lasting legacy of failed republican governance.

Throughout the entirety of the George W tenancy, little was accomplished that was based on positive themes. Only: war, spend, weaken the economy. Over and over again. What a mess. Trillions of treasurer wasted in tax cuts and wars and over stimulation of the economy. Obama had a mess on his hands to fix and he had a chorus of naysayers every step of the way.

But repair and build he did in spite of the naysayers.

Now in a fluke from the uneducated clueless masses, a madman is in the White House. And he and his minions, and the republican controlled house, senate and Supreme Court, can do nothing but tear down and shout NO! over and over again.

No productive proposals offered. Just No! Just Tear Down!

What do these people stand for that is positive?

I’m asking a serious question here. I think we all deserve a thoughtful answer.

Don’t you?

October 16, 2017