The Crazies Are Out

It appears to me from watching the news and reading the newspapers that the crazies are out in force in America today. The congress passed, and the president signed, the health care reform bill and over the weekend at five different locations, bricks were thrown through the windows and doors of the Democratic party's headquarters buildings and the offices of some of the members of congress...one right here in Kansas in Wichita. Congresspeople who voted for the bill have received death threats and some even have had the lives of their children threatened.

The brother of one of the Democrat members of congress reported that someone had cut the gas line at his home where his family was sleeping. They smelled the gas and awoke in time to get out. Someone...another such crazy, thought his address was that of his brother.

One goofy organization is meeting in Washington next month on April 19th, the anniversary of the Branch Davidian fiasco as well as the date of the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing where over 175 innocent people were killed by a crazy mad bomber...and amazingly, these people are bringing their guns to Washington.

What kind of America are we living in? A vote was taken and we Republicans lost the vote. But John Boehner, the minority leader of the Senate has been encouraging dissention with his inflammatory words for months. Finally today, after months of urging such dissention, he said this violence was not the American way....a day late and a dollar short, I'm afraid.

One man named Mike Vanderboegh from the south is publicly encouraging violence against the government and the congress. He is the one who encouraged the brick throwing. He is encouraging dissent against the government yet he lives on social security disability. It appears to me that if I were dead set against the government and interference of the government in my personal business and even my life, I would refuse to accept social security disability. Not this crazy. He speaks from both sides of his mouth.

But the really crazy thing is that evidently people are listening to him and doing the things he is advocating.

In what kind of America are we living? Has our world gone completely crazy? The way to show dissent is at the ballot box not with threats, guns and violence. Write letters to your congressmen if you're dissatisfied with the way things are going. Volunteer to help with the election of your favorite candidate. But Boehner is right about one thing....violence is not the American way.