Jason Monastra

My life and thoughts out on the web

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.