And so the health care reform Battle of America goes on.

The Democrats keep trying to make that white hat fit, but unfortunately the hat is too large and keeps falling down over their eyes. That, naturally, prevents them from seeing what's right in front of their eyes: it costs too much.

The Republicans keep wearing the black hat, and they'd better get used to it as long as they are the minority party. The hat is really too small and keeps falling off their heads because they don't have enough numbers. But they say they do know how to count and if the preferred Obamacrat health care reform bill had passed, America would go bankrupt sooner than it might anyhow. But I have come to a conclusion which I truly believe is the truth (very hard to find in Washington, D. C., no matter which lie you choose to believe).

I have concluded that neither the Democratic or Republican politicians have a clue how much health care reform would cost us taxpayers. And furthermore, I have concluded that probably 90 percent or more of them don't care as long as they can get re-elected and lead the plush life of a United States senator or congressman.

I think the most self-serving thing I've heard out of this entire mess came from the mouth of Rep. Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco last week. The House Speaker told her fellow Congressmen they should vote in favor of the Democratic health care reform bill even if it means they do not get re-elected. That's the real American spirit, Nancy; you tell 'em. Of course it makes sense to Pelosi because there's nobody alive who could beat that gal for re-election in San Francisco. Are you kidding? There's just something real special about the majority of the electorate of San Francisco and Nancy Pelosi fits the bill.

I might have erred, however, when I said that was the most self-serving thing uttered by a D.C. politician. On health care reform, it likely is true.

But even more self-serving was the audacity of Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel of New York last week.

Charlie, recall, is the target of the ethical watchdogs in the capital and they are blistering him because of his corporation paid-for trips to the Caribbean. It used to be called "payola" (remember that word?). But Charlie sees it differently. Charlie has told the American people that members of the United States Congress should not be held responsible for mistakes made by his own staff. True; he said it, and for those who have watched this guy's political career, he actually likely believes it.

Even the far, far left liberal New York Times last week called for Charlie to resign as Chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. I know Charlie can read, but I think he missed that one.

Getting back to the health care reform thing, that charade that Obama held at the Blair House where both parties' best speech-makers droned on for seven hours (Obama did most of the talking when he was supposed to be listening) was just that--a charade. If anybody lost, it was, once more, the American taxpayer, you and I.

I'm not a revolutionist, but if ever there was a time for a political revolution, the time is now. I have no illusions that a sudden change from Democratic to Republican control of the country would put a stop to the mess we are enduring. Let me be perfectly clear (have you heard that lately?), the Bush Republican administration forgot what fiscal responsibility meant. The Republican mantra of small government became a D. C. joke. But the shoe is on the other foot now, ladies and gentlemen of Washington.

The American people want you to stop spending our great grandchildren's money. They want you to stop selling us out to China. They want you to stop staying awake nights finding new ways to tax us. They want you to stop regulating everything we do. They want you to stop bowing down to foreign thugs. They want you to live up to your oaths of office. They want you to live by our Constitution and stop trying to sneak around it -- or even ignore it. They want you to have no more rights than they do.

They want honor; they want truth; they want selflessness.

Is it really too much to ask?

 

Lou Major Sr. is the former CEO and current board member of Wick Communications and a resident of Slidell.