State of the Union

This country is in the worst shape I've seen in my lifetime. Our government spies on us without due process. Our government lies to us about the basis for war, and engages in foreign conflicts we cannot win, at the cost of dear lives (on both sides) and the finances of our country. Our government protects big business and pet financial interests at the expense of the average citizen. Our government spends billions of tax dollars in the name of economic relief without even the pretense of appropriate oversight. Our political process is so broken that partisanship is the rule that guides behavior ignoring the best interests of the country as a whole. Political candidates routinely make promises to get elected, and then renege on those commitments as soon as they are elected. Our government creates the TSA, which is governed by the same constraints as the KGB in the former Soviet Union. Our government attempts to stifle freedom of the press, and calls it a battle against terrorism.

It's not by the people, for the people anymore. And they don't care if we know it.