Zombies in Congress by T. Edwin Perry
While the title of this little observation may seem more like a Direct to DVD Movie, the truth is that it is much more dire than simple schlocky entertainment. You see, we have Zombies in Congress, and the time has come to stop them cold.
Let me explain: A Zombie is any form of undead, unthinking, reactionary being. This, in a nutshell, describes most members of Congress perfectly.
Undead: Last time I checked, all of the active members of Congress were living, breathing human beings, the opposite of dead. That makes them “undead.” Get it?
Unthinking: Two words come to mind: John Conyers. This is the guy who actually said “I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill.’ What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?” Two more? Barney Frank. This is the guy who told Congress that Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac were in NO DANGER of collapse in 2003, even though they were being forced into funding loans for individuals who had no hope of repaying those loans.
Reactionary: Stimulus, anyone? How about TARP? Oh, and how about wanting to use the IRS to strong-arm AIG employees who received their Contractual Bonuses? And let’s not forget the healthcare bill currently being promoted.
And, even though the examples I’ve used are Democrats, let us not forget that the Zombies are representative of BOTH parties. Why? Because they’ve all got the same agenda right now. Almost all of them are “Progressive” in their views, instead of just Conservative or Liberal, and these Progressives want nothing more than to expand the Government’s control in YOUR daily life!
Year after year, the INDIVIDUALITY desired by our country’s founders has been bred out of our representatives. First, it was just Party Politics, but at least then you could choose between one or the other. Now, with Progressivism, it’s all the same. The Democrats and the Republicans share the same end goals, and are more than willing to sell out their “core beliefs” for one more vote for their bill.
There are still a few in Congress who are trying to resist. The “Blue Dog Democrats” resist, to a point, while “Moderate Republicans” fill in the gaps that they create in hopes of somehow tempering their ambitions. In the end, they get enough votes to pass sweeping legislation that continues to infringe upon your freedoms and threaten your very way of life.
Now, being a fan of Zombie movies in general, I know that they all have the same outcome: there’s a handful of survivors, and the movie ends with them being overrun by Zombies. Fade to Black. Roll the Credits. But this isn’t a movie, people, and you don’t get to go home and bitch about what a piece of crap the movie was and how you should have saved your $8 and just watched TV. If we don’t stop our Congress from acting like a bunch Zombies, our REAL LIVES will be overrun by their legislation, and the lives that we know and love today will be gone forever.
In the movies, you stop Zombies by Shooting Them in the Head! Now, I’m not suggesting that ANYONE actually do this to our Congressional Leaders, but, in a figurative sense, we can take them out by removing them from office. The “Mid Term” elections are coming up. You want to make a change? Find out which ones are having to run in 2010, and let them know that they will be unemployed if these bills pass. Even if they are opposed to the bill, if they don’t find a way to fight for your rights, they are as useless as the ones pushing to pass the bills, and that will cost them their jobs. Bang!
At this point, we essentially have one week. Get on the phone, write a letter, send an e-mail: DO SOMETHING! Otherwise, be prepared to be over run. Fade to Black. Roll the Credits.
Now that’s just scary. Happy Halloween, Folks.
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