No, You Cannot Come Into the Voting Booth With Me

-Installment Number Three-
I don't even really want to elaborate on the upcoming presidential election.  All I can do is shake my head.  I made myself watch the debate the other night and I can honestly say that I'm frightened for the future of this country.  I feel an impending sense of doom.  It doesn't help that we are bombarded with political ads and are unable to decipher fact from fiction.  I don't know who or what to believe, I don't know if there even is a better option.  So we have to go with the lesser of two evils?  It truly, truly frightens me to think where this country will be in the next four years.  I said to Ma while we were watching Romney repeat and contradict himself, and Obama not doing much better, "You know, if Pop had just been able to get his shit together, he could have been president.  He was a logical man when he wanted to be, and I remember some of his views being a little extreme, but the man would have cleaned this mess up."
Everything needs an overhaul, starting with the educational system.  I'm in schools every day, and what I see scares me.  Teachers are babysitting as opposed to teaching.  (That's a whole different beast, I'm a firm believer in that we are all products of our environments - home life and school life are two entirely different worlds.)  Awards for "adequate progress" are a joke.  The healthcare system, military spending, financial institutions, importing, exporting and immigration policies - it all needs a drastic makeover.  We can talk about it until we're blue in the face, but what are we going to do about it?  If I had chosen a different path in life, maybe I would have gone into politics.  But I'm not cut out for that, so that's why I want a government in office I can trust and have faith in, (ha, what a joke)  that keeps the best interests of the American people in mind rather than lining its own pockets.  I think that's what most of us want.  Okay, I'm done with this part.  I could go on and on, but if I don't have resources to back myself up, I'm going to stop.

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