Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

  The Government shutdown that is looming should not be an issue that we need to deal with. The people elected to the office of representatives are supposed to be adults with knowledge of our nation, understanding of our culture, and skills to bring programs and parties together to keep the economy moving forward without problems. What we have is a bunch of children that have a few personal agendas and they want to make everything come to a standstill until they get what they want.

  This has been happening with regularity over the last few years and it is getting very tiresome. We need to change how we make these decisions or change who makes them. In the mean time this type of behavior should come with punishment not reward. Issues that impact national financial matters should not have anything to do with what two consenting adults do with their lives, i.e. same sex marriage or anything like it.

  We were formed as a nation with a separation of church and state and the reason for that is on display everywhere that the church has a major say in how the state operates no matter the religion. The religion or religious leader believes they have the last word and that all are to listen regardless of membership in the church. 

  Kennedy was a hard sell for President because he was Catholic and “You can not serve two masters and the Pope will be running the country”.   It did not turn out that way but today we have representatives in congress that want to stuff their brand of bull down everyone’s throat whether you like or not. The push to make this a Christian country and all the rest of it is not a plus. 

  If we are so set on being of one faith why have we allowed foreign nations to come here and take over some of the biggest, richest industries we have? Oh, right that is under the table and out of sight because it is being done by the very wealthy in our country.

  Let’s be honest with ourselves, the corruption that goes on is allowed because to many in high places are making a profit and they don’t care if religion is part of the program or not, because they do not intent to let it affect them. Bottom line for the folks with the books stuck in your hands, the majority of us have far more faith in our democracy than we do in your hypocrisy or religion as you like to call it so stop trying to sink the rest of us in the ship  of your despair.

  As for the legislators we need to get rid of the current batch of idiots and see if there is better fruit in the tree.