Forget about the Bill of Rights - we the People have been sold a Bill of Goods!
The government and the media have been trying to scare us out of our wits for years – and guess what? It's working! We're duct-taping our windows, running off to war, assuming that fear and violence is the de facto state of the world. But it doesn't have to be that way.
I swear, if I have to listen to another politician say that our country's greatest natural resource is our children, I'm going to PUKE. 'Leave no child behind'? Has anyone taken that lame political jingle and compared it to the statistics on education, child poverty, and gun violence? Hel-lo?
If you listen to politicians' words, kids are important; if you pay attention to their(ACTIONS, we) 're not. Why can't they just admit the only resource they're concerned with is the amount of money our corporations rake in or our never-ending quest for world domination? I wish they'd just SAY it so we can finally stop hoping they're going to DO something about it.
Better yet – what are YOU, yeah YOU - doing about it? Are you going to peace marches? Calling your Congressperson and Senator? Are you working for campaign finance reform so we can stop this nonsense from the ground up?
You want things to be different – YOU make them different.
You want things to be better – YOU make them better.
I certainly don't have all the answers but here are some things I'd do if I could get elected:
• Not one soldier goes to war unless every Senator and Congressperson sends a family member to the front lines first.
• For every sky-is-falling, world-is-going-to-end story on the news, the next story must be life-affirming and positive. Balance reporting to keep us balanced.
• For every dollar spent on punishing criminals, another dollar will be spent on preventing crime with youth programs, education, and training.
Vote for me, vote for somebody else, but just vote!