OK everyone. Get ready for a really long rant here! I swore several years ago that I would no longer discuss politics or religion with any of my friends or relatives. I"m fairly certain I have no relatives here @ TFL, but I do consider each and every one of you a friend. Maybe not close friends mind you, but friends just the same. So I guess I'm going back on my word on this discussion now. THe last few years its been really hard to keep my mouth shut on this whole political mess we are in now, with no hope of any relief. I will apologize in advance to those of you in this forum who are holding or seeking public office. I'm sure YOUR motives are honorable. Its to the rest of all the political scum that I'm greatly disalusioned with. Yes, they are all SCUM!!! The way I see it, its bad at the local, lower levels of political office and only gets much worse at the very top of federal political office holders.(See Klinton, Commander & Chief-Scum in charge!)
For example, why does anyone in their right mind spend thousands of dollars to get elected to an office that pays $3,000 a year(or less!)? I'm talking , of course about minor city or county offices here. Go on up to state and federal office and millions are spent for just the hope or chance to hold one of these powerful offices. There, I just answered my own question. POWER. Even on the smallest, local level of pollitical office, if you have power, you don't need money. Not your own money anyway!
And I'm sick of New York, California, Illinois, Florida, and Texas(sorry To the res., here of those states!) deciding on who I get to vote for in a presidential election. They've now narrowed my choices down to the two remaining Scum that I have to pick from! Its no longer possible to vote for the BEST one of the two canditates. Nor even the BEST one of the two WORST canditates. We are forced to choose between the less Scumiest of the two! What a system! We should be proud! Lets see now. I can vote for the guy who I "think" is for gun rights, but is a former(still?) hard drug user, or the guy who wants to take away all my gas engines and my B-B-Q grill and my guns! Not voting for either is like voting for both of them!
Speaking of voting. Are we all so sure fire positive that our votes even count for who we vote for? I don't know, or have talked to ANYONE who will admit to voting for that slime thats in the White House now, the 1st time. Let alone the 2nd. Are there THAT many liars out there. Or THAT many soccer moms. Just who DID put that A**H**E in there anyway? I've worked on local election boards in the past. I know for a fact that ballots get "lost", or "accidently mutilated", or "voided" for some reason. Think it doesn't happen on a national level? Even when vote/voter fraud is suspected or in some cases proven, is there anything done about it? B-1 Bob D. in Calif. comes to mind right off hand! When we pull that lever, punch that ballot, or write that X in the box, what really happens to that vote? Why is it that the talking hair-dos can tell us who won the election 5 mins. after the polls open? (I know, thats a bit of a stretch, but you get the idea.)
Its no big surprise to me why people don't vote. Why should they? It doesn't do any good. And what choices do we have? And what does it all really matter anyway? We the people aren't really represented any more anyway. Its the special interest groups that keep pouring money into so-and-so's re-election campaign that keep them in office forever!
It breaks my heart to see what this country has become. Lets face it. Its bad on us true Americans now, but what have MY grandchildren got to look forward to? Sometimes I look at my 5yr old, twin grandaughters and wonder if they only knew and could understand what they are in for......
OK. RANT mode off now. Going to go and take my heart & blood press. pills now. Or maybe instead I'll send some rounds down range. Then smoke a good cigar and kick back with some cold ones. This always seems to make me feel better anyway.
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