"We have seen the enemy and it is us"

After a long overdue holiday I have returned to the place that I call home. It feels good to be back to the daily activities that feed my passion and sustain my livelihood. Unfortunately it appears little has changed on the local political scene as many of the same faces are found scurrying about wagging their respective tongues. The more I travel, both domestically and abroad, I realize just how many Monroe County residents have allowed themselves to be hood winked into a seemingly mindless submission. Ironically many of these impendent thinkers find great comfort in numbers as they rally behind some of the most ridiculous causes.

As these poor souls aimlessly wonder about the pathways of life attempting to justify their existence they have managed to lock arms with other like-minded individuals that call themselves liberals. Unfortunately for them the real world passes them by as they busily work to prepare their altruistic utopia where everything is perpetual and self-sustaining. They never seem to realize that they don’t have a realistic plan for the future that will accommodate the populace in a modern and productive society as their mode of operation includes opposing anything that doesn’t fit within their narrow scope of reality. God forbid they should ever produce a constructive plan of action, as they are all too busy attacking people with opposing viewpoints.

This group claims to be both peaceful and civil however all to often their actions are confrontational and aggressive. They flood the media and airwaves with their combative articles and their words leave little room for doubt as they repeatedly show their disdain and contempt for any conservative or centrist idealism. This vocal minority has seemingly set the agenda for the people of the local Democrat party and the followers line up to carry this agenda forward from election cycle to election cycle. Their collective efforts do far more harm than good by constructing barriers to a true social harmony. For some reason far too many locals look upon social activism as a right of passage that grants them the authority to ultimately oppose all common sense and logic. Unfortunately for the majority of the citizens of Monroe County it appears the political pendulum has swung so far left that it will continue to cast a long and dark shadow over us for some time to come.