Last minute thoughts on the 2014 mid-term election

Race-bating

Politicians keep their power by stirring up people who they think are likely to vote for them.  Most African Americans vote Democrat so some, if not many, Democrat politicians continue to spread the myth that racism still thrives in a country that elected a black president twice, and that a (sympathetic and loving) Democrat-led government is the answer to their problems.  

(Of course there are still racists here and there.  There are idiots in every crowd.  There are anti-Mormons out there too, along with anti-Christians, anti-short people, anti-vegetarians, etc., etc., and I've even encountered some "ageism" in my now senior status.  What we need is anti-stupid.)

The truth is that America has evolved into the least racist country on the planet. White-against-Black atrocities, a horror of our past, are actually rare within our borders nowadays, yet the media thrives on it....often creating it where it isn't.  Black-against-Black atrocities are rampant and deadly, yet hardly mentioned and Black-against-White crime is completely ignored, as far as the media is concerned.  The real solutions for all able-bodied individuals in our free society must come from themselves.  Asian-Americans, in general, figured this out long ago in spite of the persecution they endured.  This principle is true for Whites, Browns, Purples, Greens .....  or whatever group thinks they are victimized.

African-Americans, like everyone, must begin with their families.  They must stop producing babies sentenced to grow up without their dads.  The stats are horrible.  It's a well-known fact that fatherless boys are more likely to end in jail, and fatherless girls will likely produce more fatherless homes.  Intact families with married parents would greatly lessen poverty and crime among their ranks.   Such families lead to better education for their children and are more likely to instill old-fashioned, time-tested values like hard work, accountability, and self-respect.  As soon as some Blacks (and others) figure this out and stop blaming society, they will begin to spiral upward.  Again, this is true for all colors, sizes, shapes, or what have you.

Have we heard ONE politician say this?   Government can't fix what individual choice breaks and the politician or activist who says or implies otherwise....is wrong.   The day when people begin to fix their own problems will be the day when some lucrative careers that feed on victimization, become obsolete.  The Al Sharptons, Jesse Jacksons, and a slew of elected officials would have to go find actual jobs.  


Voter ID

This is not on a ballot but Democrat pundits love to trot it out as an example of Republican "voter suppression" and happily emphasize how it's another despicable dig at minorities (see race-bating)...along with other scary doom and gloom that a Republican Congress would bring.  

But I wonder how they get off insulting certain groups by saying they are too incompetent to get some form of ID?  It is easily attainable for legal citizens and we can't do much in this world without it.  I am a proponent of such a law, if it ever becomes a law ..... and the ONLY people whose vote would actually be suppressed would be those who have no constitutional right to vote in the first place.  If you are not a legal citizen, or you have already voted, or you are dead, or you never existed .... you really shouldn't be voting.  If you have a right to vote then be grateful, GET INFORMED, show your ID, and VOTE!  

Clear enough?


The (stupid) War on Women

More silly doom and gloom that I think (hope) people are beginning to see for what it is.  
1. Elected Republicans are not trying to take away a woman's "right to choose".   We have had several solely Republican-led governments since Roe VS Wade, and abortion is still legal.   
2. No one is snatching away our birth control.  If we want it, we can pay for it.
3. If women REALLY were not receiving "equal pay for equal work" then businesses would replace all their male employees with females to save on payroll costs.  Think about it.  

The Senate

If Republicans win it back, then good riddance to Senate leader, Harry Reid. The man has damaged his party as well as the country.  Republicans, who hold the majority in the House of Representatives, have been labeled as "the party of No" with the reputation of getting nothing done.  However, they have passed bill after bill which are then sent to the Democrat-led Senate where said bills never again see the light of day, much less make it to the president for his signature or his veto ....  thanks to Mr. Reid. 

As you may recall, during Obama's first two years, Democrats led both the House and the Senate, along with the White House.  That is how we got our **lovely** Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.  Remember Sen. Pelosi's (then Dem. House leader) infamous words ....?  

"We have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it."  

Well, Madam Speaker, we found out.  

As Mitt Romney recently said, (paraphrasing) ....with a Republican House AND Senate (meaning a Congress which will actually send bills all the way to the Oval Office) we will soon see who REALLY is the party of No.


Mr. President

He is not actually on the ballot, but he is all over it.  He is so unpopular right now that campaigning Democrats across the country, who are fighting to keep their jobs, do not want him anywhere near them.  Some even refuse to admit they voted for him.  

(Please allow me to wallow briefly in frustration ..... Why didn't voters SEE this two years ago???????)

I get upset at the unimpassioned political "talking heads" on TV who now, in all their pompous feigned-unbiased-ness, list Obama's failings yet say nothing about how THEY were all for him in '12.  There were plenty of failings to list back then and yet THEY helped get him re-elected!


So there it is.  

Bottom line:  IN MY OPINION, if you are informed, please vote.  If you have chosen to be uninformed, maybe skip the voting and organize a closet, or rotate the tires, or take a long walk .... the leaves are beautiful right now.  

That's not suppression.  It's just a friendly suggestion.