We Just Lost the Initiative.....

We are the silent majority (the left-center, centrist, and right center moderates)! As political Jedi it is our duty to express a moderate viewpoint that counters the current ideological gridlock. Yes, many will equate that sentiment as being anti-Tea Party but I see it being the prevailing discourse in DC, left wingers are just as adamant in their political ideology and, in some case, even more hypocritical. Our task is an uphill battle. We must first take on the the political hacks and shrills who blunt any attempt to express a moderate and balanced viewpoint with their ideological blather and shrouded in hypocrisy. T he political establishment and their entrenched bases are weak minded clones, marching expressionless to the orders of their overlords. Only through critical independent thinking, not beholden to special interest or ideological rigidity can we counter the establishment. So what we do we face these days?   Clanging bells, or helmet heads (perfect hair plast...

When I first started thinking about doing a political themed blog (ATTENTION: I do also have a blog that is related to my business and the two do not mix) I wrestled with a name that expresses my disillusion with the current political environment. In the movie Black Hawk Down , BG Garrison utters, “We just lost the initiative” when the first Uh-60 Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the middle of Mogadishu, Somalia. To me BG Garrison's frustrated statement, is perfect to define what is happening in Washington, DC. As a political moderate/centrist, I see any opportunity to make any real headway in getting the country moving again to be lost. And who is to blame for this environment? The media that speaks to certain segments of the political landscape, thus creating an echo chamber? The hardline left and right wingers who are more inclined to ensure ideological purity instead of governance?  A political system that rewards incumbents by rigging elections (yes, I said it)...