On the 20th Anniversary of the LA Riots. I remember a statement from Rodney King, a victim of a brutal police beating. I remember praying for Divine intervention to end the fear, chaos and destruction in a US city as a result of the acquittal of the police officers.
In Washington, there is so much in-fighting and lack of cooperation that we have lawmakers who refuse to "Get Along". John Boehner and other Republicans accuse President Obama of not cooperating. When President Obama first entered office he asked for cooperation and in my opinion really tried to seek common ground. Ms Pelosi and the President, I believe lost the battle of compromise and the Republicans in order to stay in power seem prone to drive a wedge between Americans to evoke anger so they can win. But in order to do that they have not introduced anything new and they make enemies of our President and our neighbors who voted for him.
I am not naive enough to believe that only Republicans are guilty of not compromising. The Democrats have also exhibited partisan behaviors. This week a piece was issued in the Washington Post by Thomas J. Mann of the Brookings Institute and Norman Ornstein from American Enterprise Institute said the that the Republicans are the biggest offenders
I believe the main reason that the policies of President Obama and Republican congress are failing is spiritual. We are a house divided. We are a country in discord. Instead of coming together we feed on each other and we will fail if we continue.
In the words or Rodney King; Can't we all get along? In the words of Abraham Lincoln "A house divided, will not stand".
Keep it up congress and the American people, how is it working for us?
Read the Washington Post article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_story_3.html
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