Lambert for President the Drive for America's Heart

Today I am announcing my intention to run for the office of  President of the United States. This is a grassroots campaign that will count on the pennies I can extract from the coffers of the few dozen people that will support me. I can't match Donal Trumps 600 million dollars that he said he will pour into his campaign, but I am willing to start things off with $6.00 of my own money. My slogan is simple, "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." I know this was used before but FDR found a great deal of success with this and maybe I can get a few more miles out of it. I want you to ask what you can do for your big business, that is struggling on a few billion dollars a year and it's CEO's that are squeaking by on several million dollars a year. We should have a fund set up to give them some relief from the mountain of taxes they are paying. If each person in this country would bypass a meal every week and donate it to your nearest bank, imagine how much profit they could make. This would enable them to hire more people at below living wages and provide more billionaire's with a new mansion. If we would all be willing to give up our medical care, we could realize the dream of cutting costs for health care in this country. We could turn back the average life expectancy to 45. This would eliminate the need for social security, since we would all be dead by the time we retire. I propose we eliminate education all together. The money we save could go to pay the salaries of our Congress.  We won't need education because the available, menial jobs would only be taking care of the wealthiest 1% of the country. Making a few sacrifices now would ensure the continued shift of the entire wealth of America into the hands of the only people that matter, the wealthy. Yeah I know, most of you are aware that today is April fools day and by now you realize I am only kidding. Somewhere I am sure a very rich person was getting extremely excited about my philosophy. Hate to break your heart, but I am going to fight to keep this from happening, because in my opinion the only fools, on this day, are the politicians who continue to ignore the American Voice.

The American Dream

There are times that I become discouraged by the lack of America's focus and desire to change, then I read something that restores my faith in the people of this country. Yesterday Xavier University released its American Dream Survey results and guess what. Americans are very intelligent and have insight into where our problems originate. The survey found that 83% distrust our political process. Big Business distrust is 79%. Government is 78%, and the media is 72%. They also say that our most serious problem is Jobs/Unemployment 43%, while government spending and debt are 8% and 5% respectively. These are not just a bunch of numbers. Look at what people are saying. We do not trust our politicians to do what is in the best interest of the American people. We do not trust big business, the people that put us in the position we are in now with their greed. We distrust our government to do what is fair and correct. Finally we do not trust the media to give us the correct information to help us make decisions when we elect our leaders. The constant voices that we hear are that Americans are concerned with the debt and spending. Not true! We want jobs. Good paying jobs and yet the politicians are ignoring us and trying to advance their social agendas, while they turn a deaf ear to what we want. We know what is wrong and I believe we have a better sense on how to fix the problems we face. All the politicians have to do is listen, get out of our way and then follow us.  

Quote from Jesus Christ

"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life." What does this have to do with a political/social blog? Everything! The world we live in today is very much like the world Jesus lived in his time. People are cruel. People are greedy. People are self-absorbed. All around us there is pain and suffering and yet what to we do to relieve any of it? We only care about the area, that immediately surrounds us. If we are doing fine we ignore the plight of those that need us. Right now, our Congress is debating the budget and how to cut the deficit. The problem is that the people who are going to be hurt the most are those that can least afford it. We slash an elderly lady's heating fuel subsidy and allow the subsidies for the giant oil companies to remain in place. During the next winter if you hear about grandma, who dies of exposure, because she cannot afford both food and heat, place the blame on yourself. You look away now, because it does not concern you. "What you do for the least of these, you do for me." Another quote from Jesus. Helping others is the same as helping Jesus. In his day everyone stood by, as he was crucified and did nothing. They did not speak up as the persecution of Christ unfolded in front of them. Today the persecution of the poor, homeless, uninsured and unemployed is the battle front and yet we still turn away. It is too hard. We are too busy. We will not make a difference. What good will it do? I am not sure how much we can change immediately, but I do know that if we do nothing we will have condemned that frail poor grandmother, as easily as we did when we turned our backs while Jesus was nailed to that cross, so many centuries ago.