BY RUSSELL TURNER
SPEEDING CARS AND POLITICS
Anyone who has ever had an out of control teenager can empathize with the scenario in this column. Many parents have tried to find a way to keep their child from driving too fast and putting their life in danger. When you get down to it, it can be a hard thing to do when the child is stubborn and intent on doing what he wants to. Have you ever tried to catch up with a speeding car going down the street? The driver that obeys the speed limit will have a hard time ever catching up with the jerk that runs every stoplight and disregards all of the speed limits. Sooner or later that reckless behavior will catch up with him, usually resulting in a serious crash. One sure way to stop the speeding is to stop buying the gasoline and the speeding will stop. On a national level we are witnessing our elected leaders showing the same disregard for the laws of the land.
We Americans have a bad habit of passing more laws with the misguided belief that if we pass enough of them all of our problems will be solved. Some elected officials do try to obey the laws while others simply ignore them and do what they want. When we have politicians who spend all of their time looking for loopholes to avoid following the law we will continue to have problems. Our president is acting in much the same way; the sad thing is all of us will be hurt by his lack of respect for our system.
Over the past week there has been much discussion on talk radio about the potential shutdown of the Homeland Security Agency due to the impasse over the federal budget. Presently the bill is hung up in the US Senate with the Democrats filibustering it. The main point of contention is the US House of Representative bill that denied funding for President Obama’s executive action over the immigration issue. The bill would fund all other functions except immigration. Even in the light of a federal judge in Texas putting a hold on the implementation of the president’s immigration action, the Senate Democrats seem intent on shielding our president from his illegal action.
I have noticed that the mainstream media doesn’t say anything about the Democrats’ actions. In 2013 during another budget dispute the mainstream media was continually blasting the Republicans for shutting down the government. My question is why aren’t they screaming to the high heavens when the liberals are the clear obstructionists? The funding bill has already passed the House and it cannot get a hearing in the Senate. I know that the Republicans are terrified of the mainstream media because it will only be a matter of time until they are blamed for any shutdown. The Republicans need to remember that we voters entrusted them with both houses of Congress. Like the parent with an out of control child, the only option to stop bad behavior is to deny the cash and the rebellious attitude will stop. Congress has the power of the purse. My advice to the Republicans, don’t worry about becoming the news media darlings. Just stay firm in your conservative principles and don’t back down.
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