Okay so not:
What is truth? Or What is the meaning of life? Or Who is
God? Or Is there a higher purpose?
Or the many questions dealing with why are we here?
But open your blue books and you have fifty minutes to
answer the question. Leave them on the desk as you leave the classroom.
I am not going to try and answer the question. I did the
hard part and wrote it. Yet, we seem to create our own problems. We, as humans,
are quite the mess sometimes, maybe most of the time. There are solutions to
the problems we create. Most of them are probably best answered by a third
grader. They still see things practically and without prejudices or
preconceived notions. By the time you become an adult, you are pretty much
screwed.
And speaking of preconceived notions, I didn’t watch the
Democrat debates, yet I know exactly what happened. The Democrats are clueless.
I do ask those of you that watched it, do you have faith in
anyone of them to be the standard bearer of the party in 2020? Do you know
which one will be able to take the Democrats up a notch? We know Trump took the
Republican party down a couple of notches, but some seemed to want to head in
that direction. Yet, the Democrats are going to have a hard time finding someone
to trounce him significantly.
If they go too far left, they lose well over half the
country. If they try to be moderate, they aren’t strong enough to beat Trump.
Trump may not receive half the country’s votes, but he will receive half the
votes of people who vote if the Democrats head down the path they are
now.
Bill Clinton was a politician with a personality that knew
how to game the system. Obama was an anomaly politically who was very
charismatic and a very good speaker. Does any of the 20 or so candidates
give you any inclination they can command a room? Does any of them make you
want to stop what you are doing to listen to them? If you answered yes to
either question, you already have a stake in that person. The general
population will not be able to answer that question. Don’t believe me, get away
from the Democrat stalwarts and ask people those questions. You are going to be
shocked. Luckily for the Democrats there is still a year to become someone
before the convention because even if you win the primaries, if you do not have
“it” by May of 2020 Trump is going to trounce you.
“And bye bye Miss American Pie, I drove my Chevy to the
levy, but the levy was dry. Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
singing this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I
die.” which is fast becoming the theme song for our Constitution.. (special thanks to Don McLean, always loved
that song except for the first time I heard it, weird but true)
We need new parties. Think about the ole phrase the
definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
different results. We have been electing Dems and Reps for decades and yet the
middle class has been slowly whittled away, the wealth divide grows, wages
compared to inflation are falling, healthcare and higher education costs are
destroying families budgets or what is left of a budget, values have flown the
coup in Washington DC, and values are under attack all throughout the country,
public education is deteriorating, compare us to many other first world nations
and we are failing in most categories, yet we work the most and spend the most
money, campaign finance reform is a myth yet we need to make major changes in
money in politics and we continue to believe the hyperbole of both parties
telling us they are the good guys and it is the other guys not helping us. And
this happens election after election after election. We are one insane country.
Change is not a four letter word. It takes commitment and
work, but it is needed. We need new parties and new leadership. No one wants to
hear it, but if you love our country, better believe this is what is needed.
The current version of politics in America is a human
turmoil that should be conquered for the benefit of all.
Cheers
On a side note, the original question had nothing to do with
the political discussion. I just added the half baked tie in at the end because
I did.
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