So, we all hear about how special interests are controlling our government. You know - BIG OIL - PHARMACEUTICALS - ETC...

(Tee hee hee - I just realized the word "harm" is in pharmaceuticals...)

In any political discussion, you will hear about some industry that represents their interest through bribery or lobbying to glean special favors through the coercion of government.

Well, don't get me started today on the role of government in the business world - I am sure that is a different Thought of the Walk.

No, no - What I wondered yesterday was this:

• Why don't these same people get outraged when the specials interest of an ever growing government are preserved at the cost of its citizens? You do not hear complaints about "GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY INTERESTS."
• Why don't people RAGE about the teacher's unions becoming so intertwined with the government that they not only do not help children learn, they also do not HELP TEACHERS TEACH?

If you get pissed off about special interests of BIG OIL being represented, then you should be outraged when the GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY keeps you from getting decent internet service, or worse, causes a mother and child to be separated because of national origins.

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On no particular schedule, I take a walk. Each time this happens, I have a thought. This is Nicole Sauce's Thought of the Walk.

You see it everywhere - a CRISIS:

• Health care crisis: “The best thing people can do for me is to write their Congressmen about the health care crisis,” White concluded. “Insurance is too expensive for even working families to afford. Baby boomers alone could change the laws if all of them would use their voice.”
• Global warming crisis: "This climate crisis is so interwoven with habits and patterns that are so entrenched, the elected officials in both parties are going to be timid about enacting the bold changes ..." (Sorry about the ad you have to look at before reading the article.)
• Obesity crisis: "How bad is the obesity crisis in the United States these days? Well it is approaching critical ..."

The crises pile up to no end. They form a giant heap of fear driving us to take action. In most cases, the suggested solution is to enact government controls:

• Health care crisis = Socialized health care system
• Global warming crisis = Legislate all consumption and mobility
• Obesity crisis = Legislate food production and consumption

What I want to know is this: Why are the solutions to all our crises about legislating OTHER people to change? Why are they not about looking at what you, the XYZ crisis activist do to CAUSE your alleged crisis to begin with? And what YOU should do to fix it?

If everyone would look inward and take responsibility, instead of blame others, there would be fewer crises...

...and don't get me started on the legitimate definition of crisis.

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On good days, I take a walk. Each time this happens, I have a thought. This is Nicole Sauce's Thought of the Walk.