Jason Monastra

My life and thoughts out on the web

We are entering one of the more tragic times in the history of our country.  When the country was formed, we were focused on the development of business and the running of commerce from a private sector perspective with little government interference and no inclination of government ever owning any of the enterprises that would develop our country into the greatest economic landscape of the world. 

But now the landscape has changed.  Businesses are failing, people are floundering, and the governement is putting out their hand.  What is that?  Goverment controlled business is a socialist characteristic that other countries do, but not the US.  Right?  What has changed that we must feel that the federal stooges must place their hands in the private sector to keep the economy afloat.  Simply - fear.  There are certain economic principles that are concrete, ones that allow for viable companies to survive and others to fail.  Certain companies that have become so leveraged and so critical to the overall sector that we have forgotten what it is like to run without them.  Bottom line, we can run without them.  Will be leaders - of course not.  More like the one legged guy that just came out of the accident who is learning how to walk with again.  But walk he shall. 

The private sector has made some major mistakes, ones that have caused people their homes, their savings, their lives in some cases.  But the thinning of the pack, the death of icons, etc allows for the innovative change that keeps this country ahead of the curve.  It is an effect and an event that should have been welcomed, unleashing a new order that would allow non followers to look at the issues and solve them.  Instead, we sit back and allow the passing of a bill that will place us deeper in debt and band aid one of the worlds fastest failing financial systems.  Who exactly is that helping?

The Washington Post reported that was an evolution of the capitalism.  That the government has always played a role in the development and financial success of private companies and this is the latest of many interventions that they have made.  I disagree.  If the government manages the overall infrastructure development of the country and outsources the labor of those intiatives to private company - how can that be compared to the bailout of the recent months?  Economist Robert Shiller said that this country has never been a true beacon of unfettered market principles.  No where does it state the the government cannot align the betterment of the country and enrich those private companies that are willing to place their assets in place to help deliver for the country’s mission.  So his play on words and his poor judgement is yet another step in the favored direction of all the liberal media - Robin Hood.  Steal from the rich, give to the poor, stifle innovation, ruin the currency, and bring everyone into the middle class as they so define.  Oh, by the way while keeping the democratic leadership rich.

As a born again Christian and Republican, I find myself in one of the hardest political times of my brief life.  Currently, we are in one of the most turbulent economic times since the 1980s, and if you believe the liberal media hype we are on our way to another Depression.  I do not see soup lines and a jobless rate above 25% so someone needs to tell me about the depression.  So where does this leave us since over the last 8 yrs we have been led by a conservative President and a disabled Congress that has been so fervent in their efforts to lead us astray, that they have not only led us the wrong way but alienated us from the entire world at the same time.

I read this past week that the approval rating of our Congress was less than the President.  Is that possible?  I did not think anyone approved of the President, but it appears some people do.  However, there are 18% of the US people that think that the people in DC are doing a good job.  Can anyone that is reading this believe that? 

In any case let us look at the most recent flood of ridiculous behavior by our great elected folks on the hill.  The secretary decides that it is time for us to bail out the financial system, a monumental move and something of a nightmare if you are a member of the capitalist system that we were founded on.  But without that, no matter….let us focus on the debacle.  So the people decide that this is the direction we are going and we cannot get Congress to move on it.  Our good friend Nancy Pelosi gives one of our partisan speeches and turns up the heat so the crowd decided that going cross isle would not be helpful.  Better yet, let us remain paralyzed, do nothing, make the country look even more unprepared and confused to the world, and continue down the path of being ruined.  So we do nothing, only a week later to produce a similar bill with nearly no differences except some pork, and lookie lookie - it gets passed.  Ridiculous.

So where does the good ol President fit into all of this.  You know as much as I do on that.  I have seen little of him lately, as the news is dominated with the current Presidential race and there appears to be no leadership from our current administration.  So with that being the case, can anyone not understand why the approval ratings are so poor?  It appears to not be too difficult for me to see it and I would love to be hooping and hollering over some Republican win…however there is none to be had.  Better yet, it has done such a good job just the appearance of loyalty to the current President has made John McCains race all the more uphill. 

Where does this leave us…who knows?  With leadership a thing of the past, no current administration in place, and a huge lack of future possibilities - it appears that we have little to be hopeful for.  I rest my head on the pillow at night knowing that God is in control, and that no matter the leaders or lack their of, that we continue to pray and He will remain in control offering us the only true hope there is for the future, and that is Jesus Christ.