We the people can no longer afford the luxury of apathy. We must band together as concerned citizens to solve those very difficult issues cast upon us by a long standing corrupt and nefarious dealing government. Nor can we afford the luxury of having political differences at a national level, we must cast our political ideals aside and unit in an effort to save our democracy and restore pride, honor and dignity to our government and society.

We must rid congress of the existing hostile political environment and elect candidates who will run our government in a prudent and efficient way. The farther we drive politics away from our national government the more solvent and robust our nation will become.

The ideals of liberalism and the progressive mindset of liberals that "our constitution is a living breathing document that should change with time" has marched us right into quicksand. It is time to regress and place those ideals at the discretion of individual states. 

Politics and political aspirations should reside at the state level where people are free to navigate to the state of their political choice. A free society should not be held hostage to national politics and foolhardy behavior of any specific empowered political party.

When one empowered political party gains significant control of our government the checks and balances of democracy are jeopardized and the risk of a tyrannical government becomes a real possibility. When the leadership of such an empowered party ignores the will of its population and governs without moral principles and integrity it is only a matter of time before democracy is lost forever. Like bullies in a school, the tyrannical leadership will strip its population of their freedom to oppose and finally drive the population into willing submission.

The tyrannical drive to pass the impending Health Care legislation is a strong indication of what is to come. When leadership is shameless in its arrogant deceit and openly defiant to the will of the population there are only a few footsteps from democracy to tyranny.  

Our national government should be responsible for the safety and sovereignty of our nation as a whole rather than the welfare of individual citizens in any one state. The nation as a whole can no longer be the mediator of political differences between its citizenry. We must not wait for the gradual changes effected by political change. We must, as concerned citizens, act quickly to stop the spiraling decline of our freedom and the potential destruction of our democracy. It will take acute changes (shock and awe) by a new Congress comprised of people with good values, honor, and dignity to deliver us from the destructive path the career corrupt politicians have bestowed upon America.

We must not go down in defeat again by the elements of evil and deception. We must inspire voter turnout by running candidates with honorable intentions and guarantee voters those candidates are sincere and have signed the Pledge of Honorable Intentions.

We must NOT subscribe to candidates who offer only stump speech spin and will not sign the Pledge of Honorable Intentions. We must eliminate the typical crap shoot at the voting booths, never knowing the real intentions of those we elect.

The Pledge of Honorable Intentions is not the be all, end all, for confirming the perfect candidate, but it is a strong indication (litmus test) the candidate's heart is in the right place and will act in America's best interest while serving in congress.

Every candidate in all 435 congressional districts should be presented with the opportunity to sign the pledge. Senatorial candidates should also be given the same opportunity. Those who sign the pledge should be well known by the voting public, and more importantly those who refuse to sign the pledge should also be well known. Before the 2010 election takes place every voter should know the true intentions of the candidates.

The Tea Parties have gained a national presence. They are in an excellent position to present the candidates in all 435 congressional districts the opportunity to sign the pledge. They are in an excellent position to inform the voting public of the candidate’s willingness to sign the pledge.

The Tea Parties are in an excellent position to clean up the corruption in congress by providing guidance to the American voter before he/she votes.

Thomas Littlefella

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