A cartoon strip. First frame, first toon asks the other "Who in the world came up with this so called stimulus package?"

Second frame same character asking, "And whose initials are on this 'cash for clunkers'?"

Third frame same toon wondering, "And I wonder whose bright idea it was for this health care overhaul that's over a thousand pages?"

Fourth frame, second toon, "I'm not really sure about the entire name, but anytime something really stinks, it usually reeks of B.O." mmm...

We are pretty much up in arms about the way our government is being run, but it's not just the federal government we need worry about, it's local, county and state. And on the state and federal level, it is every branch of government we need to be concerned with. It is my belief, which can be substantiated by certain interviews with politicians, they have forgotten they are there to serve the people. We are not here to serve them.

I am not, by any means, narrowing this down to any one political party. They are all guilty. The arrogance perpetuated by the executive, legislative and judicial branches is so costly to the American people that they need to hold these people accountable. I am not talking just about monetary costs, but costs that will not only affect us in the present time but the affect will be devastating to our children and grandchildren. These costs are freedom. Freedoms that are protected by the Constitution, but have been methodically stripped away.

We should be appalled that one of our czars has been proven to have ties with communist parties. We should take our top executive to task for that and for apologizing to countries all over the world about the mistakes the U.S. has made. Some of these countries would not have survived their catastrophic natural disasters had it not been for aid provided by the American people.

I am not sure whether Obama is deliberately sabotaging the U.S. by trying to make this a centrist government or he's just plain ill informed. But this statement I make and not lightly. If he continues in this path of destructiveness, then it should not be Cheney or the CIA on trial.

For the last several years, and especially the last few months, I have expressed my belief that the country needs to be given back to the people. Actually, through elections and or impeachment, we need to take it back. A peaceful revolution is not necessarily a bad thing, it is a necessary thing.

Think about it.
Kerry West
Staples, Minn.