Obama and Romney (Chainsaw Art)

(Obama and Romney)

I didn't really intend for this to be anything other than two mushrooms getting along... silently... until they make my spaghetti gravy taste better. 

Then I started thinking about this election cycle, and all the stuff that goes with it, and how it connects to this piece of chainsaw art . 

I would have to say that these two mushrooms represent the Republican and Democratic political parties, in that, like mushrooms, both parties are quite effectively feeding off a rotting tree, leaching every last bit of nutrients from its once seemingly endless, now nearly dead, body of resources. 

And since mushrooms grow in the dark, usually in the wet floor of the forest, I felt that both mushrooms are the like Romney and Obama relying on the deciduously rotting flesh of life, in this case, rotten opinion polls, lobbyists, special interest groups, corporations, or anyone else who can afford to affect the political system, instead of making decisions based on what is right for the people of the United States of America.

The citizens of this great country have been emotionally and provocatively purchased by the very rich founders of the Republican Tea Party movement, (see http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity).

I don't mind anyone legally owning a weapon.  I don't mind where people go to pray, or worship, whether it be a church, mosque, synagogue, or cave.  I don’t care whether people want to see their doctor, or dentist, or not.  I don’t even mind if anyone reads “The Star” or “The Enquirer” magazines, or “The Bible”, “Koran”, or “Tonakh” for that matter.  But I do mind when people try to tell me that it is best for me to believe that this country is a Christian country, and that I should blindly accept laws written to serve and force their Christian Based religious views upon me.  

I support the freedom that The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and the legal decisions of the United States Supreme Court have afforded all of us.  If anyone doesn’t want to see loving people marry without regard for gender, or quality health care for everyone (yes a woman’s right to choose is part of that system), or a system of fair taxation where everyone pays his or her fair share (corporate and private), or legalized and regulated marijuana (similar to alcohol, which would decimate the illegitimate market, and reduce the amount of people in prison), then I guess the emotional ploy of wanting more freedom, and smaller government for the people of The United States is pure Republican Tea Party rubbish! 

The fabricated strategic business plan called “the Tea Party Movement”, has an emotional hold on America, and it is appalling!  How can anyone call for any legislature to limit anyone’s Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms and stand for smaller government at the same time?  The argument can’t, and doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. 

How does LIMITING MY FREEDOM to CHOOSE what is RIGHT FOR ME, make us any different from a nation ruled by religion, a dictator, or communism?

Campy Out!