Abraham Lincoln once said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” It’s really just a statement of the obvious. The reality is the future is a merger of our past and present. The inevitable outcome of the decisions we’ve made or are currently making. We create the person we ultimately become. Some would argue that fate determines our future, but that is saying we have no control over what happens. We have free will. To deny that is to admit to being no more than a puppet. I am who I am, because of the choices I’ve made. I disclosed in my last post that I am a conservative. A moniker I wear without shame. I am not however a fan of Donald Trump. I do not believe he is the man who should be leading our nation for the next four years. He comes with too much baggage, and I believe electing him would further polarize our nation. I don’t hate the man, I just don’t think he should be our President. I do not think Joe Biden should be the president either, an opinion held by most Democrats. That being said, it is highly suspicious that all of these grand juries that have been formed in all these various states against Trump and others. Why hasn’t this been done over the last four years? If you are a thinking person, whatever your party, you have to question the timing. And yet, most will hold their noses and vote the party line, the lesser of two evils, that’s the rationalization most will use to justify their vote. As I have said before, I confess to being a Libertarian. We keep getting told that we will waste our votes if we vote for a third party. Perhaps THEY just don’t want to lose THEIR power or the money that seems to flow their way. THEY of course are our elected officials in Washington. Somehow the laws they pass on us we allow, even as they exempt themselves from those same laws. Perhaps it’s time we all “waste” our votes? I just know that if we keep doing the same thing as a nation and expecting to get different results, we might as well check ourselves into an asylum now, for we have officially reached the definition of crazy. Laying here in this bed 24/7 has most assuredly given me a new perspective. Long ago I came up with a radical concept for choosing our representatives. A raffle-type system where anyone who meets the minimum level of qualifications may enter. Then we choose at random from the names that are submitted those who will represent us. No politics, no millions of dollars spent, no lobbyists being catered to. One term is served, and then you go back to live amongst the people and under the laws you’ve imposed. Making a living performing a “public service “job, was never the intent of our forefathers. Some have made it a generational vocation. And we stand by and watch as these men and women spend millions for a job where they will be paid a fraction of that. Name one job you would do that for. Our system is broken. We keep sending the same people to Washington and all we get is empty promises of change. Although I suppose they have delivered on the promise of change. I know I’ve got a lot fewer dollars and a lot more change in my pockets!
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