Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Election Day
Good morning today is by all reasonable concerns Election day around the country. As usual I have been told that because I choose not to vote I do not have the right to an opinion concerning the government of the country. This ,although not the first time someone has spewed this ridiculous nonsense out of their mouths, is a sign of just how programmed and ignorant to the truth we as Americans have become.
Some people believe that it is better to vote then to waste your vote. UGH! this is ummm STUPID! yeah I said it. Think about it if you as a voter have looked at the platforms of all the candidates in your area and do not entirely agree with any of them , why would you vote? just for the sake of saying I let my voice be heard? lol that is funny because your voice has not been heard because if your voice had been heard then you would be voting for someone that you believe in whole heartedly that you believe will work in your best interest. But is this the case, in most cases NO. We tend to vote for the lesser of two Evils (as if that makes any since at all). What I guess that means is that if Hitler and Mussolini where on the Ballot people would vote for Mussolini. How ignorant is that. The way to let the government hear your voice is to stand up and say with no hesitation I am not going to vote for any of these people because I do not believe in them. Think about it.
Another reason I choose not to vote is because the System is broken. What we call Democracy is far from it. The electoral college has all the power in our election process not the people. Open your eyes haven't you learned anything over the last 6 years. The popular vote (aka peoples vote) has added up to mean nothing. You have been screwed out of two elections but yet you still think the system is about you. This in the medical world is called a placebo. You have been CONed. Open your EYES. The people in the country need to wake up and take a stand. Try not voting show your true power let these politicians know that you are tired of being left out in the cold like a yard dog.
To me it seems that you people who vote for the sake of voting are the ones wasting a vote. Think of it this way if you have a thousand dollars in your pocket and you go into a store if they do not have anything you want you are not going to waste your money buying something just because you are there so why should this be any different. WAKE UP!
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Some people believe that it is better to vote then to waste your vote. UGH! this is ummm STUPID! yeah I said it. Think about it if you as a voter have looked at the platforms of all the candidates in your area and do not entirely agree with any of them , why would you vote? just for the sake of saying I let my voice be heard? lol that is funny because your voice has not been heard because if your voice had been heard then you would be voting for someone that you believe in whole heartedly that you believe will work in your best interest. But is this the case, in most cases NO. We tend to vote for the lesser of two Evils (as if that makes any since at all). What I guess that means is that if Hitler and Mussolini where on the Ballot people would vote for Mussolini. How ignorant is that. The way to let the government hear your voice is to stand up and say with no hesitation I am not going to vote for any of these people because I do not believe in them. Think about it.
Another reason I choose not to vote is because the System is broken. What we call Democracy is far from it. The electoral college has all the power in our election process not the people. Open your eyes haven't you learned anything over the last 6 years. The popular vote (aka peoples vote) has added up to mean nothing. You have been screwed out of two elections but yet you still think the system is about you. This in the medical world is called a placebo. You have been CONed. Open your EYES. The people in the country need to wake up and take a stand. Try not voting show your true power let these politicians know that you are tired of being left out in the cold like a yard dog.
To me it seems that you people who vote for the sake of voting are the ones wasting a vote. Think of it this way if you have a thousand dollars in your pocket and you go into a store if they do not have anything you want you are not going to waste your money buying something just because you are there so why should this be any different. WAKE UP!
Stand up Straight or don't Stand at all. -- Talib Kweli
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Monday, November 06, 2006
Pride
I now know what it means to be a Proud Parent, Not that I am a new parent but I have been lost to a lot of feelings during my life. I have not always felt the things that others in similar situations felt. But now that I look back through those times I can recall two moments in my life where I felt like a proud parent.
The first came about 13 years ago while at my mothers house. I was sitting at the dining room table and my mother was talking to my son in the background. She was asking him about Santa Clause and he replied Santa is black. She then asked him about the Easter Bunny and he replied once again he is Black, this went on for a while as she asked him about the mythological entities that we have created for children. But then the moment came that made my chest swell and a smile swept over my face uncontrollably. My then 5 year old son looked at his grandmother in all innocence and told her that I ain't giving no love to the White devils or the Black devils either. This was the first time I felt that sense of pride in my child. Many years past and I lost that feeling however I still loved my son like no other. Over the years I have felt as though I lost my son to the teachings of equality and assimilation, but recently while attending my sons boot camp graduation I once again felt that swelling in my chest. It dawned on me as I sat there on the crowded bleachers that I was watching myself once again. I finally saw that although all of these years have past and no matter how people have tried to turn my son he was in fact either consciously or unconsciously following in my foot steps.
I now wonder when I walked my path was I following in my fathers foot steps? Although I have never met him face to face that I can remember, I have been told that I act like him. Just as my son acts like me. This bond is more powerful than any other that I have ever witnessed and Now I know what Pride is. No matter how twisted and difficult the path may have been my Son is just that my Son, and extension of me.
The first came about 13 years ago while at my mothers house. I was sitting at the dining room table and my mother was talking to my son in the background. She was asking him about Santa Clause and he replied Santa is black. She then asked him about the Easter Bunny and he replied once again he is Black, this went on for a while as she asked him about the mythological entities that we have created for children. But then the moment came that made my chest swell and a smile swept over my face uncontrollably. My then 5 year old son looked at his grandmother in all innocence and told her that I ain't giving no love to the White devils or the Black devils either. This was the first time I felt that sense of pride in my child. Many years past and I lost that feeling however I still loved my son like no other. Over the years I have felt as though I lost my son to the teachings of equality and assimilation, but recently while attending my sons boot camp graduation I once again felt that swelling in my chest. It dawned on me as I sat there on the crowded bleachers that I was watching myself once again. I finally saw that although all of these years have past and no matter how people have tried to turn my son he was in fact either consciously or unconsciously following in my foot steps.
I now wonder when I walked my path was I following in my fathers foot steps? Although I have never met him face to face that I can remember, I have been told that I act like him. Just as my son acts like me. This bond is more powerful than any other that I have ever witnessed and Now I know what Pride is. No matter how twisted and difficult the path may have been my Son is just that my Son, and extension of me.
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