Are you tired of the political non-sense, too?

I'm not one given to attending protests or lending my name to such things. Over the years I've worked to create a reputation of moderation, reason and that of a pragmatic but still principled conservative. I've always thought that, no matter the person or party we could find ways to get done what needs to get done.

When the $35m blank check proposal was put before the voters some years ago I worked with liberal apartment advocacy groups to defeat this proposal that was bad for the taxpayers of Brooklyn Park. In the end the voters agreed with me, saying "no" to this proposal 65-35%. People did not want this and had to bring it to a vote to get them to listen.

When our city council voted to enact the "cash for crash" proposal, the idea that you'd get a bill from the city for $300-500 if you dared to have a fire at your home or an accident on one of our streets, I led the battle to return us to sanity. In the end, our city council rescinded this silly idea (despite the leader of this idea still holding to the idea that your tax dollars "pay for the availability of fire suppression, not the use of it". This policy passed after this council member ran on the promise of being the people's representative.

In Washington, DC their mayor today is proposing a "street light user fee" of $4.25/month for their residents.

Our new President campaigned on the promises that:

1) He'd not hire lobbyists.
2) He'd never sign a bill until it had been online for several days first.
3) He'd never sign bills with earmarks.
4) He'd hire only ethical people.
5) He'd never go the way of George Bush with his "massive deficit spending".

And what did he do?

1) Virtually all of his staff come from the ranks of lobbyists.
2) Every bill he's signed so far was done without posting it online first.
3) Signed the largest bill full of earmarks in history, and defended it.
4) Appointed more tax cheats to his cabinet and other positions than the previous ten administrations combines.
5) Made Bush's deficit spending look like me going overboard at the grocery store, signing the largest spending bill in US history.

Politicians today have proven they cannot tell the truth, cannot be trusted and no longer care about what the people want and really need. They view us as a savings account, available to make withdrawals from any time "their" budget runs low on cash. Despite high unemployment, they think the rest of us have unlimited funds from which they can grab and fund their projects.

Most of them have never run a business or made a payroll. The President of the United States has never run an organization the size of Wasilla, Alaska. Many of our State Representatives list "legislator" as their full time occupation.

Despite their continual votes to spend more money and take more from you, YOU keep returning them to office. Yes, you.

You say "it's not me, it's the other guy". Well, someone's voting these clowns back into office.

After watching the events of the past two months, the massive spending, the MASSIVE SPENDING, and the massive take over by government of private industry (that is defined as "fascism", by the way - look it up), and the people who voted these clowns into office defending this - I'm not going to take it anymore. I can't do it. I can't sit back and fume, I have to do something.

For that reason I am attending the Tea Party event this Wednesday at the Capitol. I won't be holding signs or chanting, but I will be there. Where ever you are across our great country there's a Tea Party event you can attend. Here's their web site: http://www.teapartyday.com/

If you're tired of it, too, join me and thousands of others.