NEEDED CHANGE BEGINS WITH . . . ? VOTING

‘Needed change?’

Just repeating the words lends a sense of urgency.

Something goes wrong? Something’s not right? Someone’s got a better idea?

What about that ‘better idea?’

Historically speaking, and you can check it out, there was one a man who saw his country in a poor light.

Not so much the lamp shades, but more the reputation among nations.

He didn’t like what he saw; no one liked what they saw.

No one wants to see a proud people reduced to beggars.

One man had a better idea and went to work gathering supporters and resources.

After a miscue landed him in jail, he learned his lesson: control the law enforcement.

It may not be the lesson you or I would learn, but I’ve never been in jail for anything other than a tour.

The first jail tour was my hometown. My Dad knew the police chief. He also had four kids to make an impression on.

The second jail was the Dallas County jail in Dallas, Texas. My Grannie was a jail matron with connections.

We took the Lee Harvey Oswald walk.

 

The man who saw himself as the needed change agent rose in power, then broke with those who helped his early rise.

He had a plan to make his nation great again.

From the depths of misery a myth emerged to push his agenda.

After breaking off from the civilized world, this man allowed his demented colleagues free reign to invent the worst disaster in human history.

When the walls began crumbling and defeat imminent, this man decided his nation had failed him, not the other way around, and they should be punished worse in WWII than then were in WWI.

Instead of a peace negotiation, he let the bombs fall where they may because the nation he failed deserved as much and more.

We all know this fucker’s name. He’s the one who sent his nations youth, along with his nations old men, up to the front.

 

The Change Needed

‘The measure of a civilization is based on how it treats its weakest members.’

Agree, disagree, or claim it as a Gandhi quote, how are the weakest members identified?

Economically? Educationally? Ambition?

Yes, they are.

The best idea to improve civilization, also known as your town, county, state, region, and nation, is by sparking enthusiasm, generating interest, in education.

Make learning fun and you’ll see an uplift in economic gains with plans for more.

When ambitious people have a chance to lead others out of ignorance, they should do it.

By learning more about who they are and where they come from, people gain the sort of pride they’ve been missing.

They join the family of life-long learning because, as baby boomers know, there’s always more to find out.

 

By now we’ve seen nations that have endured less than stellar leadership.

Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement-200 attempts to overthrow President Carlos Andres Perez.

The coup ends when Chavez surrenders to the government. He appears on national television to inform rebel detachments to cease fighting, and is subsequently imprisoned.

The brief speech—in which he jokes that he has only failed “for now”—establishes a connection with viewers that makes him a political star.

After his 1994 release from prison, Chavez runs for president. On the campaign trail, charismatic Chavez promises to end corruption, vanquish poverty, and scrap Venezuela’s old political system.

Among Chavez’s proposals are controversial measures to abolish presidential term limits and to allow the president to suspend media rights and hold citizens without declaring charges during a state of emergency.

(The report says) Chavez is manipulating the country’s courts and intimidating the media, labor unions, and civil society. Human Rights Watch alleges that “discrimination on political grounds” and “open disregard for the principle of separation of powers” have been defining characteristics of Chavez’s rule.

 

Thank you Venezuela.

 

 

The American Standard

If Eisenhower had been a different kind of man he would have ridden rough-shod over the world when he had a chance.

The five-star general knew everyone worth knowing, followed orders, gave orders, and kept at it.

From Supreme Allied Commander in WWII, to head of NATO, to president of Columbia University, Ike was a busy man.

He topped it all with two terms as President of the United States, and we were better off for him.

Instead of plotting his personal future, he plodded along on Army time.

He didn’t turn on his friends, embrace Joe McCarthy, try and take over the institutions of the land, or resist the peaceful transfer of power.

Imagine the feelings of the old general handing off to the next generation represented by the dashing young Jack Kennedy.

Ike was two years younger than JFK’s dad Joe.

 

The transition of power at any level is a certainty.

People age out, quit, or die.

The America we live in with the hype-machine going full blast in every direction is still functioning if the transfer of power is an agreed on deal.

It shouldn’t be a question at all.

When a new player is ready to take the reins, let go.

This future first baseman/pitcher has a few years to go before he takes over for Dad.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, and we have miles to go before we sleep.

Before nodding off, think about where you come from, and how the leaders from history would have fit in with your crowd.

I like to think the groups I’ve known would stand up to injustice.

Today, that means vote. Simple. Vote. Get up, open the mailbox, mark up your ballot, then mail it in.

But Blog Master D, how do I vote?

Consider the human scum that has risen to rule nations and vote the other way.

When a candidate says they alone are the final solution to a nation’s problems? Vote the other way.

When a candidate has been tried and convicted of multiple accusations, vote the other way.

When a candidate refuses to rise to the occasion in both the custom and tradition of language and appearance, vote the other way.

There’s an old saying in the workplace: When the boss likes to screw around, the workers see a green light to do the same.

 

“You go up to the Capitol right now and fight like hell. I’ll be right there with you.”

“Hell, yeah, brother.”

“You might get arrested and sent to prison.”

“Hell, yeah. What?”

“You might lose your job, your wife, and your house.”

“Uh.”

 

When you think of this, vote the other way.

Just vote, Voter.

Make voting great again.