Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

We have a new candidate on the ticket, or at least that is how it looks, the nomination has not happened yet. That being said and with good fortune it is likely that the popular vote will go with this candidate. What do we do with the electoral college? This is a band of bought and paid for individuals that tend to elect rich white men.

    This is not the year for them to make the choice for the rest of us. That could mean another 4 years or longer of an inept individual that has no business being President. It in turn would mean Project 2025 would be implemented and we do not need that. 

   The very thought of having this group that is selected out of gerrymandered districts that vote only one way is unacceptable. A request should be made to the President that the electoral college be disbanded immediately. The purpose in the beginning was to offset the lack of education of those allowed to vote in favor of the rich white property owners who obviously knew best what was good for the country. Does that sound biased?

    Granted the republican party with their book banning and burning and the censure on what can or cannot be taught. They may again bring our nation to the point of illiteracy that was common in 1790 but for the present it has not. 

   The populations of the world have for far too long been at the mercy of a few that claim to know what is best for all. It happens with wealth and it happens with religion. The idea that all the answers are in the rich man’s spreadsheet or the book of stories that should not be viewed as more than stories. The stories were written by men as they tend to elevate men and suppress women. They are also very harsh in the treatment of those that are considered not to be of equal status. Another example of men being the authors is the use of defamatory language to describe others. If you were God would you call your daughter a whore?

    Others are concerned with this outdated process and have started a campaign to get rid of it. We are at a point in our history where it is important that all of us take an interest in our collective future. The idea that someone else is going to do it just does not work. Believing that someone will clean it up does not pick up the trash along our highways nor does it clean up the mess that misguided or corrupt public officials create. 

    Our nation’s capital is a very grand looking place, it also reminds one of a place that can hide a lot of stuff from view. The new German parliament buildings are built with lots of glass and places for the public to watch and listen to what is going on in the chamber. We need more open relations with our government and we need to be able to interrupt them when they get off the course of what they have been elected to do, which is not to find fault with the other party. They are supposed to be there to resolve differences, not make mountains out of mole hills.

   The other issue of greater concern is that more youth need to take part in the process as they are the ones that will ultimately have to pay the bills of tomorrow so they should have a say in what is being spent today. We can only guess at what those changes will ultimately look like but with planning and compassion for our fellow humans it is possible to make everyone comfortable. As we age most of us realize that great wealth and fame are not to be ours. So like the song from My Fair Lady, “All I want is a room somewhere far away from the cold night”. Everyone should have at least that much not to die in a tent under an overpass or worse. 

   The point is that Trump and Project 2025 is almost a guarantee of many being under the overpass while a very select few will enjoy the warmth of lavish accommodations at the expense of the majority of society.