I recently perused the first part of the United States Constitution to see if I could work it into my lesson plans for my college classes Sept. 17. Then I saw something anew.  It's something so many of us, as natural citizens, take for granted, but "We the People" dominates the original document. Obvious. The size of the font is much bigger than the remainder of the parchment. That is not a printer's error; it means something, of course. It means WE, as individuals joined in common purpose, ordained and established the Constitution of the United States. We. It does not say "We the Corporations" nor "We the Billionaires," but "We the People." I think in these times of the "predicted Republican Tsunami of November 2010" and the "Ground Zero Mosque" and the "Koran Burnings of Sept. 11," we are forgetting that "We the People" are not the finger puppets of the billionaires nor the fauning dittoheads of Fox News and other bilge-spewers no matter how sexy their women look. We are the brick-layers, the ditch-diggers, the teachers' aides, the part-time cashiers, the footsore waitresses, the welders, the (dare I say it?) plumbers, the farm workers, day and night laborers who have built this country, who teach the children of this country, who want to see this country that we have "ordained and established" succeed.

But because of our day-to-day lives, counting our pennies and being crushed by the weight of debt, "We the People" have forgotten that WE are the employers--of OUR government.

And, so, I have to ask a simple question: could any of us clock in and take a paycheck for just standing or sitting around and saying "No!" or "Hell, No!" for 22 months? What do you think would happen if we did?

WE'D BE FIRED BY LUNCHTIME THE FIRST DAY.

So why are we letting a certain group of OUR employees get away with that?

What would an employer do, and what do we need to do in November?

FIRE THE PARTY OF NO!

These so-called "Representatives of the People" have been taking their $100,000 salaries and have done absolutely nothing except play golf, take money from billionaires, and scream and cry like three years olds when the real representatives, most Democrats, at least try to help WE THE PEOPLE, all of us, get through this recession without succumbing to total disaster for individuals and the nation. This Party of No has the nerve to make fun of We the People (except the faux Teabaggers, of course), especially those of us who have nothing despite our hard work, and to tell us to accept "lesser-paying" jobs as we already face personal financial ruin.

So, what do "We the People" need to do in November?

FIRE THE PARTY OF NO!

These Teabaggers and Party of No-ers claim that government's too big, that it needs to be drastically cut so we don't hand down a deficit to our children. However, I believe that if we don't get people back to work in jobs that provide living wages, we will not have a NATION to hand down to our children, for, after all, "We the People" are the employers of this government. Of course, those same people who scream and yell about the deficit want the government to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires, start wars all over the globe to "ensure our freedom," give money to private companies to build vast prisons especially tailored to immigrants (illegal or legal, who cares?), break down unions, build private schools, tell us who we can love and marry, and control all women's bodies. Sounds like big tyranny to me.

So, what do we, the real freedom-lovers and patriots, need to do in November?

FIRE THE PARTY OF NO!

We the People have had faith in our way of life. We believed in the American Dream. We worked our extra hours to save enough for the "dream" house, only to find our homes sold out from under us by disastrous "products" of demented Wall Streeters. We worked for our companies, giving them our muscles, our brains, our time, our energy, only to find our jobs given to "cheaper labor (not even considering they are people, too)" overseas. We have signed on to the promise, only to see it broken time and again by companies who could not, or would not, realize that an employee is just as important to the business as a stockholder is, and both should be rewarded when a business succeeds. For the Party of No, the puppets of billionaires, that is "socialism," but in fact it is the very essence of sane capitalism.

So, what do we need to do to school those "representatives" in November?

FIRE THE PARTY OF NO!

Now, I know I am going to hear about how the Democrats are lining their pockets with lobbyists' cash as well. Yes, but we will deal with them later. We have work for them to do, and we will make sure they know it. The sidelining Party of No needs to be the first to go because it has chosen to obstruct the wishes of We The People, the poor, the tired, the masses yearning to be treated as equals in all aspects of life. We the People want safety nets: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, health care, and we have been paying reasonable taxes to insure them. We will continue to do so just as long as the billionaires pay their fair share, too. We the People want our justice system to stop imprisoning our black brothers at a rate that disgustingly overwhelms the percentage of black males in our nation. We the People want just, but also humane, treatment of illegal immigrants as well as crackdowns on employers who deliberately hire undocumented workers. We the People want the First Amendment to be enforced first, ahead of the Second Amendment. We the People want people of all faiths (or none) to feel welcome here. Despite the fact that We the People are employing the Party of No, its members want to privatize Social Security, repeal Constitutional Amendments, turn the other way when justice is handed out unevenly, and accuse an entire faith of terrorism. Oh, yeah, and use "Second Amendment remedies" if they don't get what they want. Sounds like a threat to me.

So, my sisters and brothers, as employers of these lazy syncophants of billionaires, these schoolyard bullies, what do we need to do in November?

FIRE THE PARTY OF NO!

FIRE THE PARTY OF NO!

FIRE THE PARTY OF NO!

Let us be the employers we need to be to see this NATION succeed.