Ok, the election is over, so why all the whining? I hear Jessie Jackson is now convening a public meeting of ministers in Columbus, Ohio to call for an investigation into election improprieties. Not the recent elections in Ukraine, or Afghanistan, but here. Excuse me? Reverend Jackson, this is not some third world country, struggling to grasp the workings of a democracy. This is the United States. We hold elections, someone wins, someone loses, and life goes on. But, if you ask Mr. Jackson and his like, they will tell you we live in a divided country.
Well, I don't see this. I'm sure there are some people who do, and some who want to perpetuate the myth for political reasons, but it just isn't true. Politicians may squabble and pundits may bicker, but nobody I have met, whether right, left, middle or indifferent, feels this way. No Democrats I know wanted to leave just because George Bush won. And neither I, nor any Republicans I know, would have left had John Kerry won. Why? Because rational people don't think this way. There are 545 primary members of our government...not just one. Thankfully, most people know this.
Our nation works for many reasons. We place our faith in the system and it's ability to self-right itself. We believe in the offices of government more than the individuals who hold them. But the one reason I believe to be most important is that the government isn't more important than the people or than real life.
So, to all those Democrats who really want to leave, please do. To all those Republicans who feel the same way had Kerry won, please join them. If I could afford to pay all your passages, I would. America doesn't need fair-weather citizens. So, don't stay on our account. The sooner you go, the sooner the rest of us can get back to work...together.
What I find distasteful is the lack of objective consideration of an idea and a true lack of understanding. Everything becomes personal and you are an idiot if you don't agree with someone else's view. Let's take the economy for example, outsourcing and the decrease in jobs isn't something the government could have stopped - we are living at a time when the composition of jobs is changing. Automation is replacing anyone who doesn't add value through creative thought on the job. Toll takers on the highway, bank tellers, postal workers (due to people paying bills online), travel agents, customer service representatives; all of these jobs are being replaced in this country. And the competiton for the remaining noncreative jobs will be global, as the internet has made it possible to "work from home" regardless of where home is. And this is a good thing! Remember the fall of Rome? Barbarians at the gate? There will be no barbarians if the entire world moves forward together.
ReplyDeleteWell said "anonymous." It must be something in the water, because people's skins today are thinning faster than Condor's eggs from a generation ago. It's never just an opinion anymore. Instead, it's an insult, a slander or a conspiracy. It's all gotten very tiresome, really.
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