What We Need
Sat around a family outing yesterday and the conversation went to the Presidential Election in November. As everyone in their right mind knows it just doesn't pay to talk politicis. People have a snippet of information here, an impression of something there, and just not enough true information to make a balanced judgement. Most people are cynical however, and invariably you'll hear the one sentence that declares a real argument dead- "They're all crooks - it doesn't matter who gets elected," usually ends any productive discussion.
Yet it breaks down to what we really need in our own lives. Secuirty - both on a national level and a local level (in these four walls), a decent chance to make an honest wage, enough left over to send the kids to college, and perhaps a little money for green fees. That's about it around here!
Why is it so complicated then? In our discussion we touched on everything from abortion-to capital punishment-to gay rights-to the hurricanes striking the coast-to I can't trust that guy his eyes are evil-to why Hilliary couldn't win-to what Clinton did with the intern-to George Bush and the overall failure of everything in the last eight years. We didn't solve a damn thing.
And that's the loneliest feeling in the world, I suppose. I have and always will believe in our system of government. The forefathers did an awesome job of trying to establish a set of rules that would allow us the guidelines to govern this land. To think of how ahead of its time those declarations were, but to also realize that perhaps we live in a world where some of them need to be ammended. Yet they didn't miss by much. We are the People. That should be it. Four simple words - We are the People who will make or break this land. Everything else should be thrown to the side. Yet the other amazing thing about this land is that we are a diversified people with different agendas. Sometimes it is difficult to mesh those agendas and satisfy everyone involved.
Yet we do have our voice. "I'm not voting," someone in our party said, "All four of the potential candidates suck."
Come on, now - don't lose faith. I agree that things seem a little rocky when there is so much work being done and it seems like the payback is getting smaller.
Yet listen to a voice of the common man. I don't need or want much - I always think of the U2 line where Bono sings "What you don't have, you don't need it now." Bono probably doesn't want for much, but there is some sense in his line - we don't need instant gratification - for generations we worked hard - real hard to get to a place where we could be comfortable. A kid shouldn't leave college and be granted a home, two cars, and in-ground pool, and a mortgage that can't ever be paid off. Work for it. Pare down what is truly needed - the common man just wants peace and security, both economically and in their hearts.
Study a bit and figure out which candidate can pay the highest dividends - and then say a prayer that who we entrust isn't just a crook.
Yet it breaks down to what we really need in our own lives. Secuirty - both on a national level and a local level (in these four walls), a decent chance to make an honest wage, enough left over to send the kids to college, and perhaps a little money for green fees. That's about it around here!
Why is it so complicated then? In our discussion we touched on everything from abortion-to capital punishment-to gay rights-to the hurricanes striking the coast-to I can't trust that guy his eyes are evil-to why Hilliary couldn't win-to what Clinton did with the intern-to George Bush and the overall failure of everything in the last eight years. We didn't solve a damn thing.
And that's the loneliest feeling in the world, I suppose. I have and always will believe in our system of government. The forefathers did an awesome job of trying to establish a set of rules that would allow us the guidelines to govern this land. To think of how ahead of its time those declarations were, but to also realize that perhaps we live in a world where some of them need to be ammended. Yet they didn't miss by much. We are the People. That should be it. Four simple words - We are the People who will make or break this land. Everything else should be thrown to the side. Yet the other amazing thing about this land is that we are a diversified people with different agendas. Sometimes it is difficult to mesh those agendas and satisfy everyone involved.
Yet we do have our voice. "I'm not voting," someone in our party said, "All four of the potential candidates suck."
Come on, now - don't lose faith. I agree that things seem a little rocky when there is so much work being done and it seems like the payback is getting smaller.
Yet listen to a voice of the common man. I don't need or want much - I always think of the U2 line where Bono sings "What you don't have, you don't need it now." Bono probably doesn't want for much, but there is some sense in his line - we don't need instant gratification - for generations we worked hard - real hard to get to a place where we could be comfortable. A kid shouldn't leave college and be granted a home, two cars, and in-ground pool, and a mortgage that can't ever be paid off. Work for it. Pare down what is truly needed - the common man just wants peace and security, both economically and in their hearts.
Study a bit and figure out which candidate can pay the highest dividends - and then say a prayer that who we entrust isn't just a crook.
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