Off Topic: PLEASE VOTE NOVEMBER 7th

Yeah, everyone VOTE it is so important and while I could throw in some random facts about the election to tip the scales the correct way I would just urge a vote.

you forgot "republican"...

GMHP was hea!

(didnt mean to offend anyone...just trying to keep humor about politics and the general direction our govt. is taking us now a days..)

Almost every political ad lately involves character assasinations of the opponent(s). All we see are the alleged undesireable things about the opposition.
But we seldom see what a candidate is really "for", and we see even less on what a candidate actually plans to do to help their constituency.

There has been one ad where a guy running for an office says he plans to introduce legislation requiring visa expiration dates on drivers licenses issued to non-citizens. At least that ad outlines an action the candidate plans to take.

Politicians fall very short in their advertising on letting us know what specific actions they plan to pursue on various issues if elected.

The way it seems now is my choice will be to vote for the candidate with the least character flaws between the two or three "politicians" (and that's a negative term to me) running for whatever office. What a candidate plans to do once elected to help my community/district/county/state/nation has become anyone's guess.

I'd like to see ads containing reasons to vote "for" a candidate instead of reasons to vote "against" the opponent.
I suppose that's more difficult for a politician to do.

The best way to change a thing is to take a role in it. An active role. Becoming a "different" kind of candidate would be a way of gaining a unique identifier among the many things we claim to not like about the way things are.

Society has become (in almost all aspects of our lives) about: 1. What's in it for ME? and 2. ME winning at any cost. This comes as the result of a loss of moral grounding and compass.

I'd also assert that things have changed little over time. Those of us who used to advocate for change in less than pure and selfless areas are now seeing the results of that change as it has played out. I'm curious about what the next generation is going to find "offensive" and "bizarre". The things we accept as the "norm" weren't even in the realm of the imagination of our grandparents. That's not to say things are worse, they're just as bad as they've always been. It's just that we are looking at it through our own set of "shades" which are of a different hue and color than our grandparents wore.

Want to change things? Change self. Get involved. Stand up for what you believe.

'nuf preachin'...

NoSb

SOV because you can, HOV because you care!

Only vote if you care about the issues. There's no value in casting your vote if you don't.