Monday, June 11, 2012

The Blame Game


I constantly are after my daughters to take responsibility for what they do and to stop blaming others. I realize that we all make mistakes (and I've made some big ones in my time), but when the first reaction is to find someone to blame for your problems, we are in big trouble.

Everyone on the national political stage want to blame each other for whatever goes wrong. Just recently I heard members of the Obama Administration, including the President and Vice-President themselves, attempting to blame the Bush Administration for the economic problems we are still facing today.  When they are not blaming former President Bush, they are blaming Europe, or Republicans, or now one of their favorite excuses, "headwinds" Why can't we get the administration that has been in office now for more than 30 months to take responsibility for anything. Sure, they want to take credit whether it is due to them or not (just listen to them talk about all the jobs "they" have created), but when it comes to taking full responsibility for what has gone wrong on their watch, they would rather pass the buck. The Republicans aren't much better however we all need to quit blaming President Bush and others for everything.

The truth is, rarely is there one person or even one group of people, other than ourselves, that is completely responsible for any or all of the troubles we face in life. It should be in adversity that we find strength and common ground to do great things.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

I wish we could teach politicians to act like we want our children to act, with a little decency and compassion towards each other while taking responsibility as they should.

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