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JBH, 07/2012,
Updated 01/2016
So here we are again into the four-year (re)cycle of the
presidential election campaign. Who are you going to vote for this time? Are
you a hard-core Democrat or hard-core Republican? Will “your guy” will get your
vote do or die regardless of his/her character, political beliefs, etc? Will
you vote for “the lesser of two evils”?
Do you know that the president of
these united states
is NOT elected by your vote? (The so-called “popular vote”). Do you know that
it is the “electoral college” (or a panel of judges) that will decide whom will
be the next president?You can check the current process (minus deceptions and shenanigans) here. The current process differs from what the founding fathers originally set up in the Constitution.
The so called debates continue to be political theater to entertain the unwashed masses and gain ratings for the MSM (Main Stream Media). As the candidate “mud slinging”
and empty promises begins, I get this deja vu feeling that this has all
happened before. It has. The whole election process is to amuse and distract
the masses.
I have heard it said that
“politics is local”. If that means problems should be addressed and solved by a
local community of folks, then I agree. A group of power hungry socialists
(perhaps well meaning) a thousand miles away do not have a clue of what we need
at local villages, towns, cities or even states. The response to the recent
storms and power outage indicates to me that when times get rough, friends,
neighbors and even strangers get together to help each other and resolve
problems. It does not take a clueless elite group of people in Washington DC to
write up “resolutions” and take a vote on what to do.
That is my rant. Just one more thing. Charley Reese is one
of my favorite columnists. He wrote an article in the early 90’s entitled “The 545 People Responsible For All of U.S. Woes”. It is a short and sweet read.
It will take you about five minutes and give you some insight that you may not have had before.
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