just wondering... it seems that people are so interested in defending their party or candidate that they don't actually look at the facts of the world around them.
okay. republican, democrat, or independent? green, donkey, or elephant? tragically flawed or perfect?
yeah - seems a bit extreme on the last question, but it's the same idea anymore. if you really look at party politics in the US, it's hard to say that they can really represent anyone who is just a citizen and isn't looking for a kickback or a loophole. i believe in business as it pushes our economy, and think that it has to be that way unless we change our entire economic structure - but i also see that a lot of businesses are awful, and a lot of republicans love to help them get awful. the funny thing is - so do the democrats. one of the reasons i've found myself voting more for republican candidates lately than democrat ones is that it seems like the republicans are generally pretty honest about how they are going to 'screw' you - not that they don't hide things and bend facts, but the democrat party really has to take the cake on that one.
let's look at a quick history overview of the democrat party. it's been around a heck of a lot longer than the republican party (republicans really didn't start making any sort of mark until shortly before the Lincoln presidency), and is just as heavily tied into 'old' money as the republican party, yet they continue to pretend they are for the working man.
what party led the south to secede from the union spawning the civil war? what party was bent on having the right to have slaves? what party? oh yeah, the democrat party - the one that while i grew up told me they were for the little guy, and the downtrodden. hmm. i don't mind being lied to by a liar, it's their nature, but there is a limit to how much crap i can eat while someone is running for office. "but wait!" you say... "what about kennedy? what about all the great things he did for civil rights?" ... kennedy didn't do crap on his own - check your history books - more appropriately, check history. all the credit should go to Martin Luther King Jr, and those that worked with him. he made several trips to the kennedy white house, and kennedy didn't or wouldn't do anything for civil rights, as he was too much the politician and didn't want to do anything controversial... well, King was a brilliant man, and eventually forced kennedy's hand by having white kids from the north who believed in the cause of equality come down and march with their black brothers and sisters hand in hand in the south.
when wealthier (read: political donations) white northern US citizens saw *their* children being beaten alongside of the black american marchers.... then and only then did things start to change and did the hand of the kennedy white house get forced by the money from above.
that's what it comes down to kids. all the bull that both parties spews at you is bull. just be careful not to take either at their word. check my facts out - i tried to keep things as straight as possible and still keep this a small post, but i think i kept everything in line.
look at the people you vote for. look at their character, and less at how glossy they can be or what kind of orator they are. look for a man or woman who will do the job with character. and i'm not just talking about the national level - this should be done at home too. don't vote for the guy who scratches your back. vote for the guy that is going to do the right thing. otherwise we may not eventually have a choice anymore as our government gradually collapses under the bloated weight of itself.
i'll try not to put my choices in here. i think that when you look at people, the choices grow a little clearer - and if they are both (or all X of them) miserable, then find a new option - or heck... "be" the new option. just remember to do the right thing, not the back scratching thing, because the kids are starting to open their eyes and grow up, and they see the waste, and the loss, and the misdirection, and the house will eventually be cleaned up. i just hope that those of us with a peaceful agenda do it first, so the violent ones can go back and rest and relax... or farm, or whatever. but for us to continue to be a strong nation in the future, we have to make sure we are making the right decisions - not ones just to get us re-election funds and eventually re-elected.
believe in what we can do as a nation. our forefathers did, and did great things for a while. the fat kids with the cream laden spoons in their mouths are now in control though, and they need to get in shape and get responsible, or we need to escort them out with our votes.
use yours. it makes a difference. just use it wisely.
.jason
(originally posted this one at http://deadpoet.blog.com ... hoping i don't get lynched by my friends for posting it here)
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