By William Cormier
I attempted to cover this subject but failed miserably when I wrote "The Second American Revolution Has Begun; Where Do You Stand On The Issue?" As I began to link one story to the other, and grasped just how corrupt our government and Corporate America have become, a medium-length essay turned out to be a 20,000 word chronicle of events that have only recently exploded into the political scene. The real shockers are two damning polls that vividly point out that the American electorate is losing faith in their government:
There is a growing discontent with the government by the average American, and a whopping Eighty-Six Percent (86%) believe that our government is broken. To add to the public's belief that our government is broken and in dire need of immediate repair, we learn that: A majority of Americans believe that the federal government is "an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens," a new poll suggests.
No matter how hard the government and Mainstream News Media attempt to spin the facts of a government in crisis, the ugly truth still faces us that our democratic republic is in a political crisis, Congress has been disabled by GOP Obstructionism, and the hard cold facts are emerging that everyday citizens believe their government is intent on stripping them of their civil liberties and people are beginning to fear the government itself. This does not bode well for any free society, and the chill of fascism and an authoritarian style of government is scaring a huge majority of Americans that favor adherence to our Constitution, Bill of Rights, respecting international treaties, and adhering strictly to our own rule of law. Despite the ranting of right-wing talking heads that inhabit Fox News like a cancer that instigate political infighting and tell a truth that only fits their narrow concept of reality, the majority of American voters have reached a point where they have "had enough" and now believe it's time to bring about change.
