Recently, I returned from our hopefully, annual trip to Northern Michigan. We were at my wife’s parents 50th Wedding Anniversary. Quite the feat by today’s standards. Our family trip consisted of a 12 hour days drive to West Bloomfield and a quickie 4 hour tilt up to Torch Lake. I have had the opportunity to visit Torch Lake on a few occasions and to be frank, it’s one of the top fresh water lakes on the planet. Pristine sands and aqua marine colored water makes you beleive your in the Bahamas.

Not to be lost amongst our journey was my 5pm visit to the news to catch up on the daily rantings and more specifically the inability of our congressional leaders to come to a deal on the raising of the debt ceiling. I’ll admit to being a moderate however, I have never seen such a power struggle between parties.

I risk the wrath of stout Democrats & Republicans alike. My opinion of this whole mess is were caught in an election cycle, and the simple lack of moral responsibility amongst our leaders. Each side is posturing for position as the Primaries loom in early 2012.

This simply is ridiculous. I beg for for any congressional leader or senate member to put his seat on the line and tell us the truth & nothing but. Should we sacrifice the Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction, trim Social Security benefits to maintain long-term solvency, raise income taxes, all without creating class warfare?

I ‘m certainly not a politician nor would I like to be, however I wish the members of the senate & congress realize they are the few and they represent over 300 million Americans and at least put on the table and play it straight.

Ahhhh…..next year’s family holiday Torch Lake and no television.