I go to factchecker.com when it comes to political spin and varied opinions on political snippets and rumors.
As far as the election and doomsday visionaries, I have to admit. I am not as old as many who have been through the depression, but had tales of woe passed down from family that got through it all. Sadly many men in my family were sent off to wars in WW I, WW II, Korea, Vietnam/Cambodia, The Gulf, Afghanistan (round 1), as well as served all over the world in skirmishes and feel it is the political might and greed of power that we as Americans should truly take a closer look at.
Why are we neglecting our own soil and citizens in their needs to overcome poverty, inflation, joblessness, immigration, pollution, corporate corruption, health care, insurance (scams), prescription drugs, animal cruelty and crimes against life and humanity, Supreme Court rulings and other legalese issues such as Gay/Lesbian Marriage, Roe vs. Wade and Planned Parenthood options as well as pedophiles, Domestic Violence, runaways, teen pregnancies… oh the list can go on and on but I think you get the point.
We need a change of focus on domestic issues so that we can be an example to the world that we can turn things around for the greater good of all. Take care of what’s in our own back yard before we invade the sands overseas and lose so many lives as well as create more dissidence on foreign soil and making more enemies and spreading fear and hatred in places we truly do not understand the culture and history.
Just think of the possibilities instead of doom and gloom, that of innovation for clean energy, no more oil dependence, ending starvation, clean water and ridding the world from diseases that kill not only U.S. citizens, but people all over – human beings doing something humane! Oh the hope that stirs if only all leaders of all nations could comprehend and grasp such ideological concepts, this planet would surely be a better place to live.
Unfortunately, so many live in fear, compounded by the news, lies/deceit, incomplete and full of holes all for the sake of the almighty dollar (euro, rupee, yen etc.) that our past politicians and their money hungry, war-mongering, elitist power trips continue to take the innocent lives of constituents who are sheeple and need someone to protect them from themselves. Our government has become “Big Them, Little Me” and I for one know that in order for things to works smoothly, we have to take individual control and responsibility for our own actions each and every day where we live, work and play – locally… not across the oceans in the sands of a land we are not familiar with in any way, shape or form. We are a nation of proud Americans and this top down trickle effect is a complete opposite of what this nation was founded upon. Principles of a bottom up government, starting with We The People!
My son who just turned 26 is spending his 3rd tour of active duty in Afghanistan looking for "Taliban forces" in a country he only has information supplied from by his superior officers in maps and little detail. I too served my country and was USAR for 2 years with the 101st Engineers until being a mother made me bow out of service so I have complete respect, honor and understanding of the need of our Armed forces and what it takes to make or break them. I want all our brave men and women to come home and take care of what matters most – family, community, Nation, LIFE!
I know politics is a subject that can make or break a friendship, but I will support and revel in the freedom we have to choose… even if it’s the lesser of two evils.
I have no choice, as a woman and independent thinker but to eventually vote for Obama (since my original candidate of choice is no longer a viable choice) in November, even with his lack of military might and prowess. There are too many domestic issues up for grabs and liberties and freedoms my ancestors fought, bled, sweat and died for to have our Constitutional Rights taken back and considered null and void with poor appointees to the Supreme Court, illegal wiretapping, amnesty for political leaders breaking our own laws, religious rights zealots banning the freedom to love who we do, regardless of race, creed or gender, and the right to life or choices of going back to wire hangers in back alleys.
I choose hope over fear, and pray to the God/dess that things get better, or else we will all wind up like the former Soviet Union and Big Brother will make this great nation a place I no longer wish to live.
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
