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                                         this?  The answer
                                         is…  yes.      Yes,
                                         you  can.    Yes,  we
                                         could… and yes…
                                         if we are not care-
                                         ful - our children
                                         might get to.  If
                                         you  don’t  believe
                                         that,  then  you
                                         don’t know your
                                         history.  If you
                                         don’t  think  it’s
                                         possible,     you’re
         Well, it’s that time again.     fooling    yourself.
      How can you tell?  There are       History is littered
      signs popping up everywhere,       with the names of
      and already the political ads      those who, were
      on  TV seem to be endless.         they with us here
      That’s right.  We’re going to      today, could en-
                                         lighten us.  Many,
      have an election – that is
      we’re going to get to choose a     having escaped to     We can all learn a lot from those people who have risked it all in order to
                                         our shores just re-
      President.  We’re also going to                          come to this country and become citizens.
      get to choose State Represen-      cently find it hard
                                         to believe how
      tatives and Senators as well
      as members of the U. S. Con-       many of us take our freedom  cans don’t stop on the field of         attack his character.
                                         and our system of govern- battle to check the race of the
      gress.   I don’t even want to                                                                              Once again, life is about
      talk about it – but I will any-    ment for granted.                  wounded before they admin-        choices.  I could choose to
                                            It's hard to believe that so  ister care.  It’s irrelevant.  As
      way.  Stay with me.                                                                                     complain.  That is - tell every-
         Every so often we have an       many take advantage of and  Morgan Freeman says – “Just              one how corrupt the system is
      election - every four years        enjoy our system, our way of  quit talking about it!".  Those        or pick up a post driver and
      we have the ‘big one’.   Like      life and self-governance, but  who  use  race  to  divide  us        do something about it – that
                                         aren’t willing to ‘lift a hand’ or  need to be in any line of work
      that breeze out of the ’wrong                                                                           is… work to get the right per-
      direction’ that flows in right     ‘turn a tap’ to help preserve or  but governance.   In my opin-      son elected and work to send
                                         defend it.  Voting may be the  ion they are disqualified to be
      over your neighbor’s lagoon,                                                                            someone else home to anoth-
      it comes, it goes, and then we     only time they participate,  ‘dogcatcher’.                           er line of work.   That’s how
                                                                              I have a really good friend
                                         and many are not motivated
      all try to get back to life as we                                                                       it works.  Some need to be
      know it.   Talk, talk, and more    enough to do even that.  Ask  who is running for the Mis-            governing and some need to
                                         them who their state repre- souri Senate, so I helped put
      talk.  Most is  just  ‘words’ -                                                                         be sent home.  Thank God for
      rhetoric.  Much of it is nega-     sentative or senator is, and  up signs in his district – that’s      our system that allows us to
                                         you get no answer.  If you do  several counties – and I real-
      tive.    Some of it is downright                                                                        do that with ‘words’ and signs
      lies - closer  to what you get     get an answer – they give you  ly learned a lot.  Almost one         instead  of  bullets.    Stop  and
                                         their  representative  to  the  hundred percent of the people
      on your boots when you stand                                                                            think about how many places
      too close to the ‘squeeze chute’   U.S. Congress.  It’s hard for  that I met were really nice –         on this globe where people are
                                         me to criticize these people –  most were terrific!  Our coun-
      than anything else.   When it                                                                           dealing with bullets, bombs,
      comes to election season, local    I was one of them for a long  try  and  our  state  are filled       and other violence.   I mean it
                                         time.
                                                                            with some fantastic folks.
      state or federal, some folks                                                                            really isn’t that difficult to go
                                            We can all learn a lot from  Most  ‘get it’ when it comes
      are just annoyed by it all.  To    those people who have risked  to elections.  Most still have         out and put up a sign.
      hear others, they would rather                                                                             In  Venezuela, they don’t
      have a ‘root-canal’ or ‘enema’     it all in order to come to this  faith in the system and want        have to worry about doing
                                         country and become citizens.    to participate.  It’s no secret
      than go through it.   We’re all                                                                         that.
      pretty  good at  complaining,      No  one  is going  to  convince  that some have become dis-             I know that right now some
                                         them that what we have is  couraged and disconnected.
      but I wonder if we have really                                                                          are trying to use violence –
      thought much about the al-         not unique and special - they        Why would I stop what I         rocks, bricks, gasoline, and
                                         know better.  I wish more of  was doing and, in the middle
      ternative. You know - there is                                                                          worse to try to get their po-
      an alternative.                    us already here would figure  of a pandemic, spend time              litical way.  Here is how sim-
                                                                            talking to people and putting
                                         that out.
          I wonder how often we stop                                                                          ple that can be.  Responsible
                                            Veterans and their families  up signs?  Because I know
      and consider just how much         know better than anyone the  the man.  He doesn’t really             citizens need to work to send
      some have given up… just so                                                                             those who are putting up with
      we can have this system, with      sacrifice and price that has  want to be there, but he will          – even enabling or encourag-
                                         been paid for our freedom.    serve out of a sense of duty.  I
      all of its flaws.   And, if lost,                                                                       ing that kind of behavior…
      what it might  cost to get it      Although Veterans fought for  know that he’s one of the few          home to another line of work.
                                         their right to do it – it turns  who cares about the Consti-
      back.                                                                                                   They have no business gov-
         ‘Life as we know it’.   What    out that kneeling for the an- tution and will stand up for           erning anyone.
      does  an  election  have  to  do   them or disrespecting the flag  the truth when others can’t          KwC
      with that anyway?  Can’t we        is flat-out insult to their ser- be found.   Another reason I
                                         vice.   When those who saw  took the time was because his
      just cancel it?  Can’t we just
      live in a world without all        combat were on the battlefield  opponent chose to completely
                                         –  all  lives  mattered.   Ameri- misrepresent his record and
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