…by the race for the White House. I’ve always followed Presidential politics, but never as avidly as I have during this election. Since 9/11 our government has used fear as the means to justify attacking other countries, to spy on unsuspecting US citizens, to ignore our Constitution. Need a fact to substantiate a claim? No problem! We’ll create one! Feeling anxious? We’re from the government and we’re here to help—we’ll loosen the regulations on lending so you can get your fix of MORE.

As we’ve become overwhelmed by the “macro” complexities of our world, we’ve sought refuge in the “micro”–Red v. Blue, Black v. White, Straight v. Gay, Pro-Choice v. Pro-Life, Neo-Con v. Leftist. We’ve morphed into a nation of factions and the only thing United is each side’s ardent belief that they hold THE ANSWER. 

We’ve witnessed our country’s slide from respected to scorned: we can’t even help ourselves (Hurricane Katrina); we’ve proved that Free Market strategies have fostered greed and, more recently, severe economic instability; we have abandoned our values (Gitmo, Abu Graib, and Torture).

We are not victims! We’ve participated in most of the disasters of the past 8 years. We’ve allowed ourselves to become distracted by fear, greed, and selfishness. Today we have a chance to set a different course. Please, please, please vote! Look at the issues and the candidates. Try to sort out reality from imagery (there you go again,wink, wink!) and let your voice be heard.   http://www.voteforchange.com/