So, yesterday was election day. I wish I had more time to give this post the attention it deserves, but it is either a quick post or no post at all.
Our neighbor has a “Vote Pro-Life” sign. I hate it. I hate signs in the yard in general. I also hate bumper stickers. Not the funny ones, but any bumper sticker that tells me any information about you. I don’t care about you, and I especially don’t care how smart your kid is or who you plan on voting for, but I digress. The reason I bring up the sign is because I think voting for anyone because of ONE issue is asinine. I will NEVER vote for a person because of their stance on abortion, but people do, and I don’t get this. First of all, no one, neither Republican nor Democrat has touched Roe v. Wade, but most of all, how can an entire politician be summed up by one political stance? I also find it fascinating that many that are pro-life are also pro-death penalty. People say, “I’m pro-life because murder is wrong and I am pro death penalty because murder is wrong.” WHAT !?!? This kind of hypocrisy sickens me.
The other issue I hate are people who vote their party. How does this make sense? Are you telling me that ALL Republicans are right and ALL Democrats are wrong, or vice versa? This is stupid. If I told you I was Democrat and pro-life (a stupid phrase by the way) would your head explode? Think about it, who isn’t pro-life? We are all pro-life, unless we are psycho, just differ on the role of government in the woman’s womb. Huh? I wonder if we can call pro-choice people Tea Partyist, because they want to reduce government in the womb?
My whole point is that the system is broken, people are crazy and stupid, and no one truly knows what is going on. This makes me sad, because at the end of the day, people are either voting with little information about the candidates, voting blindly for their party, voting based on who Fox News tells them to vote for, or are not voting at all. And one wonders why things get so screwed up in this country.
And why does running for election require so much money? Are you telling me that with the “free” technology of the internet, one could not get their message across to millions of people without spending millions of dollars? Here is a simple campaign reform: No one is allowed to spend more than $50,000. Third party commercials/advertising is illegal. Major parties can still hold conventions to select a candidate. Anyone found to accept money from outside sources will be disqualified. Debates are paid for by a government fund and each candidate gets to run ONE 20-second commercial also paid for by a government fund. Simple. How would this NOT work? Eliminate money, and maybe, just maybe, we will get politicians that will do what is right and not try to placate their money sources.
I’m sick, just sick with our current system, and no I am NOT a communist, I just think we are smart enough, we have the technology, and have evolved to do better. Just my opinion.
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Do you read the Harry Potter books? Remember when there was a new Minister of Magic (or something like that) and when he got in office there was this talking painting that told him all the secrets of the previous Ministers? His response was like, “Why wasn’t I told about this before I took office?” And the talking painting asked him “Are you going to tell the next guy all this?” I think there is a talking painting of George Washington in the Oval Office that tells each President secrets. Remember when Obama said he would make government transparent. I think painting George has told him some crazy stuff, and Obama’s reactions was, “Shoot, I can’t tell people this.” What other explanation is there for EVERY president NOT doing what they said they would. There is a talking painting in there, I know it! What other explanation can there be? I’m just sayin …
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