ShopDreamUp AI ArtDreamUp
Deviation Actions
Americans are being bombarded once more with Presidential candidates from the two main political parties. Sometime early next year they will select a candidate which they will claim can lead the nation to greatness and solve all our ills. The other side will claim the same for their candidate.
The American people, given two bad choices, will be forced to choose the lesser of two evils.
Given the role of big money in political campaigns, the constant barrage of negative ads attacking this or that candidates race, religion, sex, orientation, issues and airing any and all dirty laundry by twisting words, it's a wonder the country even stands.
Every American of age has the right to vote. They do not have the right to sit on their hands and mope about how horrible it is that they have no candidate to vote for. We have surrendered our participation to two parties and you have to be either a (R) or a (D) to have an opinion. I call BS. I call for an awakening. Register to vote. Educate yourself on who is running and make an informed opinion after reviewing the evidence FOR YOURSELF. Do not expect your neighbor, the woman down the street, the man across town, to have YOUR best interest at heart. If you do not vote, you have failed not only yourself, but your family, the man in uniform who died in the Pacific Jungles or the beaches of Normandy. You have failed both the blue and the grey and you have surrendered the hard fought independence won by the forefathers of this country who believed in a Creator, not one religion's God.
You can sit on your hands and do nothing. Or you can step up to the responsibilities of a citizen of the United States of America, a Republic founded on Democracy, 1 person, 1 vote. Women fought for the right to be able to vote. Minorities had their own battle to gain the right to vote. Those forerunners of our Great Nation understood what it was to be marginalized by others, yet today, we have americans who marginalize themselves.
It is time to awaken. It is time to pull ourselves from the media circus, our social networks, or airconditioned/centrally heated homes and step outdoors. It is past time to stop letting the parties decide our fate with candidates unsuited to the offices they are seeking. It is past time to end the gravy train of legislative largess and put citizen-legislators back into power, working to make the country whole without regard to lobbyists and corporations.
This is a call to VOTE, not to arms. This is a call to get involved, not languish on the sidelines. If you can still feel the stirring in your breast when the national anthem plays, or get a chill seeing the flag waving in the bright sunlight, you know what I speak of. We have run out of time, the sands are almost gone and unless we do our part, no one will turn the hourglass to restart things unless it is our hand that does so.
The American people, given two bad choices, will be forced to choose the lesser of two evils.
Given the role of big money in political campaigns, the constant barrage of negative ads attacking this or that candidates race, religion, sex, orientation, issues and airing any and all dirty laundry by twisting words, it's a wonder the country even stands.
Every American of age has the right to vote. They do not have the right to sit on their hands and mope about how horrible it is that they have no candidate to vote for. We have surrendered our participation to two parties and you have to be either a (R) or a (D) to have an opinion. I call BS. I call for an awakening. Register to vote. Educate yourself on who is running and make an informed opinion after reviewing the evidence FOR YOURSELF. Do not expect your neighbor, the woman down the street, the man across town, to have YOUR best interest at heart. If you do not vote, you have failed not only yourself, but your family, the man in uniform who died in the Pacific Jungles or the beaches of Normandy. You have failed both the blue and the grey and you have surrendered the hard fought independence won by the forefathers of this country who believed in a Creator, not one religion's God.
You can sit on your hands and do nothing. Or you can step up to the responsibilities of a citizen of the United States of America, a Republic founded on Democracy, 1 person, 1 vote. Women fought for the right to be able to vote. Minorities had their own battle to gain the right to vote. Those forerunners of our Great Nation understood what it was to be marginalized by others, yet today, we have americans who marginalize themselves.
It is time to awaken. It is time to pull ourselves from the media circus, our social networks, or airconditioned/centrally heated homes and step outdoors. It is past time to stop letting the parties decide our fate with candidates unsuited to the offices they are seeking. It is past time to end the gravy train of legislative largess and put citizen-legislators back into power, working to make the country whole without regard to lobbyists and corporations.
This is a call to VOTE, not to arms. This is a call to get involved, not languish on the sidelines. If you can still feel the stirring in your breast when the national anthem plays, or get a chill seeing the flag waving in the bright sunlight, you know what I speak of. We have run out of time, the sands are almost gone and unless we do our part, no one will turn the hourglass to restart things unless it is our hand that does so.
July 2014
Some have said that extremism is not a problem, when applied to whatever agenda, idea or event they are supporting, it's only bad when applied against them.
This is perhaps the crux of the problem when it comes to religion. Religion is what the user makes of it. They can choose it to be a force for good, peace, love, kindness and happiness, or they can use it to impose their will, justify their depravations and claim that it is all ordained by some GOD to whom they have a direct line and understanding.
Religious texts are also easy to misconstrue, picking and choosing which bits and pieces to concentrate on, while ignoring those confli
State of the World, June 2014
Seems to me that the American Dream no longer exists. Most American's are hard pressed to see how their kids are going to do better than they did, and many feel that they haven't done as well as their parents. While there is plenty of blame to go around, we must look in the mirror and acknowledge our own shortcomings as well as those imposed upon us by our world.
Our parents were part of the working generation, they knew hardships of the 30's and 40's, the heady days of the 50's and 60's and survived the changing of the guard in the 70;s and 80's. They lived the YK and succumbed to the rigors of old age, knowing that they had
Memorial Day
It's a day to remember that the freedom I have to write things that are off the wall, not following the government script, not approved by any religious authority, came at a dear price. Americans of all beliefs, opinions, races and sexes have shed blood to preserve that freedom. Some were luckier than others and merely served, although with no less distinction, for anytime you agree to lay your life on the line for uncounted others, you are pledging body and soul to a higher idea. You are depositing time, sweat, tears and potentially blood and life so that others can live and breathe free. We may not be the utopia that the minutem
Mid May 2014
Okay, I've been adding things for about a week now and there is suddenly a rap on the door. It's 5 am, the cat doesn't knock and the other cat and the rest of the family are still asleep. Making my way to the door, I look out and can't see anyone. I look down and just see the top of a mess of hair that looks like it hasn't been combed in months.
Yep, they found me.
Opening the door, knowing full well the futility of not opening the door, I found myself thigh to face with Tick. "Time to pay the piper paper boy." With that, he turned around, jumped down the steps and vanished into the darkness. Shoulders slumping I knew what he
© 2015 - 2024 EarnUlf
Comments0
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In