Top 5 Political Pet Peeves

Here are the top five things that piss me off the most in the world of politics right now.

5: Global Warming
This gets talked about alot, but nothing gets done. While the jury is still out rather the increase in global temperature is due to the Earth's natural climate cycle in conjuction with the Sun's energy output cycle just happening to coincide, or the so called "greenhouse effect", the fact remains that polution is a bad thing.

There are many frints to fight this on. Decrease polutant output from current sources, incrase in world vegitation to fight the build up of Carbon-Dioxide, or invest in alternative energy that is better for the environment. Any would help, all would be ideal.

4: Alternative Energy Sources
This relates closely to #5. We have had the ability to use Hydrogen as an energy source for some time now. And while technology that makes it safe for use everyday in cars has been awhile in coming, we've always had the capacity to make use of this energy source on larger scales. It is the cleanest burning thing on earth, as the only byproduct is water.

Research needs to continue for solar power. We have huge skyscrapers with lots of service area in every major city. I doubt solar power could replace all the electricity for those buildings, but it could be a nice help. The problem is, research companies need more money to find better efficency. Then it would be nice to see better incentives for companies to use these alternatives.

3: Talk of Impeachment
This is rediculous. By the time an impeachment can take place, the current administration will be out of office. All this would do now is eat up tax dollars and the time of our politicians that have better things to be doing. It's too late for this, drop it.

2: War in Iraq
Both sides need to concede on this. We can't just turn tail and leave the mess we've created, but we do need to find some sort of timeline that will get our troops out of there. I'm tired of the idiots on both sides that refuse to see both sides of the story.

1: Democrats vs. Republicans
Finally, my biggest pet peeve in politics is the ongoing Dem vs. Rep celebrity deathmatch. It's rediculous to watch anymore. I fully support having multiple opinions in discussions so we can make better educated decisions, but that isn't what the parties are about anymore. It's about making sure the other party looks bad, and is wrong, more than it's about trying to do the right thing and find what's best for our country. It sickens me to see this "he did it, no he did it" childish blame game that our nation seems to enjoy so much.

Getting America Back On Track

I don't think I'm the only one out here that has problems with the situation America has got itself into. In fact, I've seen alot of other people with similar views expressing themselves lately. Well, I've always been an advocate of "If you don't like, fix it" and started wondering how I could progress beyond just words.

How much use would a website get if it was designed to poll it's members on the problems they see as most important in their state, and what they think are the highest priority topics for America as a nation. Then took the highest polled topic for each state and the nation each month, and created a petition that would be forwarded to the appropriate politicians.

I can't find anything similar to my idea all on one site, but that doesn't mean that it isn't already out there. Since I'm not sure and it would be a ton of work to setup, I thought I'd try to get a poll dugg so I could get some feedback.

If you want to help get America back on track, please help by digging this and answering my poll. Thanks.

Would you use a website that allowed you to vote on the top issues in America and each state, and then created petitions and submitted them for those top issues? Yes No One Exists. Post address in comments. view results

Sheep of Society

People of society today are seemingly incapable of forming opinions on their own. Its simply easier for everyone to turn the TV on, flip it to the news channel and then agree unconditionally with whatever BS flows into their brains. They don't bother to educate themselves on anything because that would require too much effort, so they simply take everything presented to them from the news as fact. The hypocrisy comes in when they go home and tell their children not to believe everything they see on television. This behavior has fostered a lose/lose scenario with many of today's headlines. Everything from security, war, and human rights to convincing society that a celebrities death is worth a month of headlines and more important than the lives of our soldiers. News is no longer news, its now the official opinion and moral standard of the "Sheep of Society". And since bad news is the only news according to those who watch the ratings, all I can say is God help us all.