Musings of a Dumb Ass

Musings of a Dumb Ass.......... Had enough? Then vote Democrat!.............. That's what the sign in the yard said. No doubt the person who lived there truly believed that to move the power base to the Democrats would solve our troubles. I was on an errand in town when I went by the house with the sign by it, and it came and went in a matter of seconds. But here I am two days later still thinking about it. Those kinds of things and those kinds of thoughts have been a part of the American landscape since there was an America. We all know there is a very different world out there than there was fifty years ago when there was a true difference in the political parties that ran our country. Tragically, we've lost our way and possibly the very soul that it takes to keep and maintain a country such as ours. And that loss is basically chargeable to the Democrats and the Republicans. It's not the difference between them that caused it, on the contrary, it's been the constant move to sameness that's stolen our future. For a very long time there's been only an issue or two that really defined the parties, such as abortion rights or tax issues. That leaves everything else pretty much void of debate. Oh yes, they all swell up at the podium of concern and fairness, but when it comes down to it, they're all for sale or trade. It has taken a concentrated effort on behalf of all those in public office to bring us to today, and they walked hand in hand to the capitol to agree on the things that have eroded our individual rights to more control than Mother Russia heaped on her citizens in her darkest days. It took voices in unison in Washington D.C. to beat our economy into oblivion. It took the guidance of minds without concience to bring us to such a state of disrespect world wide. It took the combined efforts of those devoid of statesmanship to frighten their constituients to a state of submission befitting those of communist Europe in World War Two. To say I'm disgusted and sad is a monumental understatement. To presume that the belief to elect the other party will solve our problem is one of complete and irreparable ignorance, but unfortunately definitive of us and our politics. This is why we are destined for nothing good. I will do my part in salvaging hopeless odds. Will it be 'vote for the Democrats' and save our state? Puhleeze.......... If it is not possible to see the present folly in both parties then it is not possible to think on your own, and freedom and independence is not recognizable to you in any form, and you have no right to it. I will vote 3rd party because I realize the other two look just alike.......... and Yes, I've had enough!!!!.................