Representative Democracy is dead in the State of Texas and apparently there is nothing the people or our elected representatives can or are willing to do about it. The Democrat Party has determined that if the Republicans won't do as the Democrats say, then they will take their ball and leave the state. I would say "good riddance to bad rubbish" if they would leave the state and stay gone. But they will wait out the special session of the legislature come back to the cheering crowds of rank and file Democrats who aren't smart enough to realize that what has been done isn't honorable; of course the Democrats abandoned honorability long ago.

I vented my frustration by sending emails to the Democrat's offices and to my representatives in government as well. The Democrats think they have the state of Texas over a barrel and listening to the hand wringing of the Republicans they may have a point. If the government can shut down because the Democrats don't want to play and there is nothing to be done about it; then our form of government may have indeed ran its course and we should perhaps think of alternatives to representative forms of government. When the American colonists determined they were not being fairly served by the "legitimate" government, they staged a revolution and threw the scum off the continent. We are not being served by the "legitimate" government either--perhaps it is time to turn out the whole lot--by any means necessary. Thomas Jefferson taught us that sometimes the violent overthrow of tyrants is a good thing. It has been over 200 years and I believe such a solution is quickly becoming self evident and necessary. The current morass isn't a tyranny in the sense of a dictatorial strongman but rather the tyranny of a crying 2-year-old.

I for one am pretty tired of having my beliefs compromised by arriving at a consensus with people who hold views that I believe to be harmful to my family and my country. I think that the nation has been so polarized that it will be much easier to rebuild it than to fix it. If a portion of the government can simply stay away and bring democracy to a standstill and if there is no redress by the government or the people, then that government is illegitimate and no longer enjoys the consent of the governed. It is time for a new Declaration of Independence. It is time for this country to divide into two parts. One will be free and other socialist. Both countries can use the same Constitution--the free country will use it as a limitation on government as it was intended and the socialist country can use it as the government services catalog it has become.

This can be achieved peacefully if it is done soon. Right now there is relative parity between those who pay the bills and those who pay nothing. The earns and the earns not's represent approximately 50% each of the population. Soon the majority will not pay income taxes and will be net consumers of government. At that point, they will resist letting the independent minded pursue their own destiny. They will hold us as economic slaves to pay for their services. The window for leaving will be left open only a short time. What isn't understood by the political left is that no one as a right to the actions and economic property of others. It really doesn't matter if they understand it or not. They believe, and are constantly saying that they are entitled to their needs and that those needs must be provided by the government. Since the government doesn't make money but merely collects it from the people, then those who use more services than they provide are telling the people that the efforts of the productive must be made available to the unproductive under threat of force.