Peanuts & Politix... being from Georgia it seemed like an appropriate title. Yet, beyond the obvious reference to one of our beloved state crops, Peanuts & Politix refers to the resemblance of American politics to any modern "spectator sport." Sit down with your bag of peanuts, turn on your choice news program, and put your feet up as you prepare to watch what resembles a cage death-match in professional wrestling. Lock those politicians in the chamber, and whoever comes out alive from the partisan bickering gets to go back again tommorrow! No one survives and no one wins.
While I am exaggerating to an extent, the truth is that something is wrong with our current political system. The partisanship on Capitol Hill has pushed us too far apart and meaningful policy change seems even less likely of a possibility. We are obessessed with "bloodshed" - something goes wrong and someone must be too blame. Republicans blame democrats... Democrats blame republicans... and in the end both come out tattered & worn, leaving the AMERICAN PEOPLE who they represent... uninspired.
Well, I am tired of being uninspired. I am tired of the bickering. I am tired of people not truly THINKING, and EVALUATING meaningful policy options. I vote. I participate when I can in the policy process... and now I am entering the blogosphere.
I am here to make my voice heard, my opinion public, and my ideas available for discussion in the marketplace of ideas and knowledge. This blog will be my ideas, my opinions, and my thoughts on the salient issues of our times. As a reader, I encourage you to comment, questions, and challenge my opinions and assumptions. Please do so respectfully and I will provide you the same courtesy. It is only through open, honest discussion and a willingness to examine an issue from all possible angles that I believe we can change American politics. The change starts here. Put down the peanuts, and lets inspire Americans once again.
