With a year and a half to go before the 2012 elections, we have officially entered stupid season. I think I am getting burnt out on stupid, be it Chris Christie using a state helicopter to show up at his child's baseball game, anything associated with Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Rick Scott, Eric Cantor, Pawlenty, -- right now I just have little patience trying to talk of the stupidity of what is going on. I don't want to talk about them. I do anyway because I believe an informed people makes for a healthy government. I still care. We are in our fourth year here on this blog, with another few spent at our former home, it's been more than a half a decade that we've been doing this, and yes I still care. Sometimes, I just get tired.

What floors me most is the fact that so few people seem to care. So few people seem to be curious about what is being done to the middle and lower class in America. We try to educate here on this blog. There are many places on the internet that do the same. Sometimes it feels more like a fight against disinformation rather than for enlightenment.

How do we change apathy into engagement when we are seeing more and more radical candidates? Allen West seems radical, but he is but one of many fringe people in office right now. They are not just radical, but ill informed and dishonest. They show a callous, reckless disregard for people and the safety of Americans. They choose corporations over individuals. They don't care if people go to bed hungry.

These are the people who either want to run for office or seek higher positions in government. They are bullies and people who have disdain for the political process. They don't even seem to enjoy governing. They don't seem to care for constituents. Such attitudes doesn't engender activism or participation in a populace. Apathy breeds more apathy -- and that is dangerous for a Democratic Republic like ours. This is not what the founding father wanted for our nation. If they did, they would have created another monarchy that did not require or encourage the masses to participate in governing.

Like I said, I am feeling a bit burned out. I'm sure I'll get through this as I often do, but sometimes, I just need a break from stupid season. Is there a pill for that?

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Raine