Where are today's Heroes

Are you aware of how much politics play a part in our everyday lives?  Let’s take the Sequester for example; this could have been handled easily if the Executive and the Legislative branches of government were not acting like children.  Folks we are in process of creating a $20 TRILLION dollar debt.  The amount that is involved in the Sequester is in relation to the loose change the average man throws on the dresser every night.  There didn’t have to be any pain involved for the population it just required a little leadership to maneuver the cuts to areas that need a cut.  The republicans agreed to the process that originated in the Oval Office.  Neither party thought the other would allow it to come to fruition.  Rather than allow these necessary cuts to slip easily into the budget the President is forcing a confrontation with the House by allowing the cuts to be used for what he hopes are a political gain.  The White House tours is one example but when the media actually reported how ludicrous it was they decided to make everyone pay the price by reducing the staff of Air Controllers in the major hubs across America.  In reality the FAA’s budget was not in question and this reduction is to make you and I pay for the fact that the house has forced this reduction down the throat of the President. 

The problem with this is that now we are talking about putting people at danger as they travel.  If the country can operate with less controllers effectively this may bounce back in his face like the White House tour situation.  The problem is that we don't know if the air traffic can be safely handled by less people. The blame for the Sequester can be spread around and is not just the President fault.  The fact that we have such a division in our legislative and executive branch is embarrassing to all Americans.  It would almost be better to have a Parliamentary Procedure and force the entire bunch into a special election and clean house.   I mean from the President down, we don’t need these childish tantrums coming from the White House or the Legislators.  Where are our heroes who should be leading us into the future.  The United States has had the greatest leaders the world has ever seen, those who we now have to depend on shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath as; Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and more recently Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy or Reagan.   These were not self promoting narcissists, these were men who cared deeply about America. 

We need to dig deep into our souls and find leaders who will stand for something other than their next election.  In today’s world the campaigning never seems to end and the work of the government is treated as a part time venture.

That’s just my opinion, what’s yours.