It's Time for the nattering naybobs of negativism to shut up.

While surfing the evening news I once again found myself assaulted by what appears to be a growing number of naysayers who can’t wait to slam the President’s economic recovery act (aka – The Stim).

To say the US is in an economic tailspin is an understatement. The President, as he is supposed to do, is trying to keep an economic meltdown from happening. No one, even the President, has said the plan is foolproof. There will be loopholes big enough for any Wall Streeter to drive his Mercedes through. Those can be closed. There will be non specific verbiage in the package that will allow some local pol the ability to get recovery money to fix a city golf course or some other obviously pork project. The President has said time and again he will go after those stupid enough to misuse the Stim money.

I hope he goes after the bankers who used initial stimulus cash for things like retreats, trash cans and other baubles they somehow feel entitles to have courtesy of the US taxpayer. Taxpayers deserve to see those who misuse The Stim punished.

Flipping on the radio, the assault became more virulent as the Rush Limbaugh’s of the world don’t just talk about the flaws in the plan; they actively campaign for it to fail. Not only that, they openly lie about the provisions of The Stim so they can get their base angry and afraid.

That, of course, is the politics of the day – make your base afraid and fearful of anything the other side does.

And, they don’t offer a better plan. In fact, they offer no plan, only criticism.

Why are so many so bent on making sure this economic package fails? Has the ideological war become so virulent, so hate filled, so intent on destroying the other side that we can’t work together long enough to solve the problem.

What the hell is wrong with us?

This is a national problem. It transcends political, cultural and societal status. This economic crisis can make or break our country and our way of life. It’s already started to crush the American Dream. Jobs are being lost, pensions and retirement plans decimated, homes foreclosed and families ripped apart.

It’s time for Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and every other political group to throw down their pens and microphones and start doing something positive to help the country.

Roosevelt said it best; “All we have to fear, is fear itself” There’s enough to fear right now without the pompous talking heads of TV Land, the microphone mavens of talk radio and the “my way or the highway” zealots of all political parties to start using their bully pulpit for good.

In this age of so much uncertainty, it’s time for our leaders to do what the American people have asked them to do, lead.