American's Held Hostage By Do-Nothing Congress. The Power Is In The Vote

First of all, I hate labels. All of them.  Islam is not a terrorist organization but a religion of many people in our world. If we wish to demonize religion for causing pain than I would quickly stand to second that argument (another blog...another day). To connect the entire faith of  Islam with terrorism makes ignorant people paint those who appear to follow Islam with a wide brush. Similarly it is unfair to the Republican party to call them all obstructionist'  just because a few used a  (Ted) Cruz missile as a political tactic, defying the spirit of democracy.

       Democracy. What a great word. It is one that we love to laud when our bombs are flying abroad and we have to account for misplaced violence because in the name of democracy much is accepted. When the constitutional process of our democracy enacted ObamaCare,  it ignited so called defenders of democracy (aka, Obama blockers). These Obama blockers are currently using ObamaCare as the new target of Obama hate like Birtherism or Benghazi have been used in the past.

       I hate to label anyone with the do-nothing tag but the do-nothing congress and voter suppression is not a bi-partisan effort the last I checked.  There must be something to this voting focus from the Right because 3 bills are currently sitting in the House of Representatives that have the numbers to be passed but are being held up from the up or down vote. If our power is in the vote and our vote is held hostage, then America is enslaved as well.

       Because our strength and power is connected to the vote, individuals at the state level of government have begun to use the ballot initiative approach to jump over the head of do nothing legislator's (see Colorado Marijuana Law). On a Federal level I see a day in the near future when key initiatives are no longer allowed to be held hostage by Congress as states develop the power to force the hand of Congress with national ballot initiatives.

       Political involvement means more than voting these days because the people who keep begging us to vote are the very one's we must retake the power of the vote from.  The freedom and the action of voting are key attributes to the spirit of democracy. WE must be given the chance to act when those we elect to represent us choose to defy the spirit of democracy.

       Bills and nominee's that are blocked from the act of voting should have a deadline for debate and a separate deadline for the up or down vote before a state ballot initiative process can be triggered.

The message will be clear.  Do your job, or get out of the way.