“My vote doesn’t really count.” How many times have you heard that? About a million times? The idea that each of us has ONE vote is completely misleading. The truth is, we as citizens really do hold the most power of anyone. The power of our vote is immense,…
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Politics? Really?
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Is Democracy becoming too expensive? The tangled web of money in electing our representatives.
If you have ever given to a political organization, you know all too well that it turns into an avalanche of emails and texts with the sole purpose of asking for money. Why? Because voters are mostly influenced by what they see, read, or hear on mass media of some…
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Freedom and the Future: What should it ‘feel like’?
In the spring of 2017, my brother and I visited our Grandmother in Alaska. It was the first time I had been to Alaska since 1970. I wasn’t sure what I’d find or how I would feel about it, but I was really happy to go and spend time with…
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Rising Tide: The New Vision for America to Outshine the Darkness
Disclaimer: My posts are “Thought experiments to explore new ideas and question what is going on in the world. Nothing I write is meant to be considered my conviction to anything. It is just a place to think out loud and to record my state of mind on a certain…
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Why don’t the people stop them?
Why don’t the people stop them? How many times throughout history has this question been asked? History is full of leaders who came to power and created a power structure that eliminated opposition to their regime. The supreme leader was then able to do as they pleased to send their…
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There’s Got to be a Morning After: Throughout history there have been times of great turmoil and destruction…ultimately, after all of damage has been done and lives ruined there is a dawning of a new day where people have to begin building a new and more hopeful future.
“The Morning After” was a popular song recorded by Maureen McGovern for the 1972 Motion Picture “The Poseidon Adventure” written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. There’s got to be a morning afterIf we can hold on through the nightWe have a chance to find the sunshineLet’s keep on looking…
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To vote or not to vote?
To Vote or Not to Vote and the causes and effects of voter apathy in America. There is a saying attributed to Mark Twain,”The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” One could modify that statement with “The person who doesn’t vote has…