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When I reach a certain point of frustration and I am at the end of my short string of patience I crack open the book and it usually calms me down – and then I crack open the other book and it gives me understanding. In the other book I look up the word that most encompasses the reason that I am feeling vexed. So that I may gain knowledge.

Last night that word was opposition.

Under the definition was:

 n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

The King of Ghargaroo, who had been abroad to study the science of government, appointed one hundred of his fattest subjects as members of a parliament to make laws for the collection of revenue. Forty of these he named the Party of Opposition and had his Prime Minister carefully instruct them in their duty of opposing every royal measure. Nevertheless, the first one that was submitted passed unanimously. Greatly displeased, the King vetoed it, informing the Opposition that if they did that again they would pay for their obstinacy with their heads. The entire forty promptly disemboweled themselves.

Alrighty then…  It was the word opposition that was rattling around in my attic nothing about hate, or fear only the feeling of something pushing against me (us).

Because in our “great experiment” of American government our very own brand of democracy, that I believe, was inspired by God. 

Our system of government is sometimes slow, but ultimately our life under it gets better. Slavery gets ended. Women get the right to vote. All men and women get due process of law.

You might think some things are not quite there yet, and you would probably be right. Like healthcare reform.

I don’t hate the Republican party any more then I hate Democrats when a Republican president is in the white house.  They are just doing their job. I do hate, and think that the highest form of evil, this incarnation of the tea party. These are hateful, racist, malicious, bigoted, vial spewing, demagogic destroyers of our democratic process.

And they should be arrested and tried for treasonous behavior, imnsho.

Not for having an opinion against something. Heck you can oppose all you like. Say things that annoy me and that I totally disagree with and that is what our system is designed to have the minority and unconventional groups do, but inciting violence and hate (which the tea party clearly does) should not be allowed. Especially after we see that someone has already killed himself and another for this cause. And others support this act of terrorism.

Those people who openly support that horrendous act are no better than conspirators to the 9/11 bombing.  And they should be ashamed of themselves to think they are any different because the are citizens of such a country that even tolerates them for a minute.

You see if the minority party did not do it’s duty and oppose what we the people in the majority wanted then we would all be 400 pound, non-working, beer guzzling slobs that sit around stare blankly at our 60’ plasma TVs all day. Heck Yeah!

But it is also our duty to keep our voice loud and clear.  We are given the time to stand back and reflect – this period of opposition gives us that. If we take this time and still believe firmly that this is the right thing to do and it will benefit the people of the United States then there are options and procedures (reconciliation) in place to allow us to get what we (the people) want.

Sometimes we get it and it is bad. Then we will eventually have another option to allow us to make repairs. That is our election process. The minority may become the majority and repeal the law if it appears to have been a bad choice.

Now for the tea partiers. What idiot believes the lines of opposition? I just have to ask why these people believe that the government officials in the minority, on either side ever, believe their own words???  They are simply doing their job by voicing opposition loud enough and strong enough for us to calm down and consider our consequences. But after we fully understand what we are asking for then we can have it.

What brain damage infects this group of people who think that no health care system for all is a good thing? For what money? It costs too much you don’t want to pay? If that is your reason it is an evil one and so very wrong. We will always have costs. We will always, however reluctantly, turn over our tax dollars to pay for them. Because we benefit from them.

And this fear of the unknown. Lovers of democracy understand that our American system will allow us to repair any damage done by taking chances and trying bold things. So yes. I may worry that this new system of health care may not work right. It may turn out horrible. But in weighing that against doing nothing – just sit back and pretend that people are not dying every day in the greatest country on this planet… I would be ashamed not to keep shouting in favor of it loud and clear.

If you read this and were opposed to reform. You can always change your mind. It is, after all, the beauty of our great government of freedoms and options to allow us to do so openly and without fear of prosecution.

• http://healthcareforamericanow.org/
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/bipartisan-meeting
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care

Troy, MI tax hike fails, city looks to close library, cut police officers <- cautionary tale of a successful tea party.

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