Here's The Way I See It

Okay, the "government is shut down," as of October 1, 2013.

That is ridiculous. Insane. Past the point of complete idiocy.

You know, I got to thinking, when we mere mortals apply for employment, we need a resume. We need experience for the job we are applying for, and the more technical or critical the job, the better suited with regard to skills we had better be, or the better applicant will leave tire tread marks on our backs. Public elected officials, such as the President for example, tout their knowledge, their experience, their qualifications via any form of mass communication possible, and we, as informed individuals, vote on who we think will be best suited for the position. Sometimes, we are misguided, but we have the opportunities to correct the situation via impeachment or re-election.

Sort of like the jury process at art shows. If they like your stuff, you get the honor of paying a high rental fee for a 10 X 10 space on a public road or in a public park (key word here being public and therefore free and accessible to the public, right?) And, you also pay them to judge your work, your qualifications, to be allowed the honor and the possibility of selling your work at their private show on public lands (free to the public, right?)

The government employees are supposed to be entrusted with doing what is best for the public. They are paid handsomely compared to the rest of the workforce, taken care of better with regard to insurance and retirement benefits and all they have to do is work diligently to provide the best possible customer service and protection for the American peoples as possible.

Unfortunately, it has evidently become a he said-she said situation in America's government. We, the public, have allowed the government to become brats, spoiled children with too much candy in their pockets and too much of a sassy mouth. They need discipline, and I'm not talking "time-out." When elected officials stop working for us, and start working for themselves and their profits, as well as an imaginary entity, such as "The Democrats" or "The Republicans," then we have created problems that need to be addressed. They do not have the right to "close down," to "shut down," to stop doing their jobs. What would we as employers, which is what we are, do to employees that crossed their arms and refused to work? Exactly. We would, if we had any sense at all, fire them and send them on their way, to go find jobs doing something else they were more suited to, because it would be apparent they would not be suited to do the job we hired them for.

We do not work for them, they work for us. Keep that in mind. Same as in art shows. You had better come around to see if I need a break, or water, or anything for that matter. I have paid for that service. If you are a volunteer at the show, it does not matter to me because you are my point of contact. The day after the show I can walk around on the same spots that you "allowed" me to set up a tent and show my artwork in for absolutely nothing. It is public land, and these people we have voted into offices are public officials. The state and national parks are public lands, yet we pay to get into them, to appreciate their beauty, to see nature and to swim in the oceans and rivers. You want to close them up because the government bought that land? It's ours. They are public properties.

Now you see why I stay the hell away from politics.