If you don't pay much attention to politics, then you may not be aware, but the mid-term elections are coming up soon, and it's on the mind of every newsman around.
It is about this time in America that we see that political split between people. Right v. Left, Red v. Blue, Rich v. Poor, and the Powerful v. the Powerless.
However, as Jim Hightower said, politics is not truly about right against left. It is inevitably always about the top versus the bottom. Money is the root of all politics, politics is the root of all evil.
The fact is that the people who are running the country aren't really the ones who represent you, and your neighbor, and your parents. You are the one who represents you, and we must never forget that.
We elect all these "representatives", but we cannot ever forget that we as a society represent ourselves and each other individually. If we want to express our views, we can't sit back and rely on our congressmen and women to express our views for us. We have to take action and be the citizens who fight.
If we don't, then we are no better than any other country on this planet, and need to quit declaring ourselves as such.
With that said, the mid-terms are still upon us, and we still need to talk about them collectively. As of now, the Republican Party is estimated to take over the Senate.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party is trying to catch up and take both Houses for their own, as is the usual race.
The odds are, that many of the same representatives will get re-elected for their 119th term in Congress. It has become an unfortunate occurrence that people blindly vote to re-elect their past representatives in fear of change.
Personally, I don't love the idea of the Republican Party controlling the Houses, however, I also do not love the idea of the Democratic Party controlling the Houses.
What has ended up happening to our great system is that we have the Republicans, who favor the rich. There is the Democrats, who speak to the Middle Class. However, no one speaks for the poor. No one pleas to them for support and fights for their necessities, yet we are still surprised as a nation when the lower class moves to desperate measures like crime and violence to survive.
So what I ask is that although the mid-terms are coming, and although there are many pressing issues that we as a country and a people must attend to, don't forget that your Civil Disobedience is the only true power that runs this nation.
Thomas Jefferson once said that every generation needs a new revolution, and he wasn't speaking softly for some back water journalist quote.
He believed that for us to succeed and prove our strength, we would have to be defiant and disobey, and yes it is easier not to. Yes, people get hurt and it is a dangerous life. However, if you are looking for safety, you can go to prison. There's three meals a day, constant guard protection, and a guaranteed daily routine. However, there is one thing missing, and that is freedom.
That's all I have for today, I'll be back again tomorrow!
"But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most." -Mark Twain
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