Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

The current political situation with the campaign is consuming and has a very ugly feeling about it. One party is very upbeat and focused on the future and bringing back common sense and dignity to our society. The other is advocating the destruction of everything we have ever established as good and necessary.
How is it possible to destroy our public schools and advance our society? Charter schools may have an advantage as they are less likely to have to put up with politicians telling them that they have to do certain things. Will closing the EPA improve our lot? It will make it easier to pollute our waterways and put chemicals into the air, oh yeah, and line the pockets of those in the mineral exploitation business. Take away the CDC and this will improve our health. Take away the FDA and that will make our food safer. Take away public health and we shall all live to be 100. If all that sounds like a lot of bull shit it is because that is all that it is.
Our future will have challenges that will need to be met with study and common sense solutions. Global warming is not just a theory, it is happening and if we can delay or mitigate it we are going to need the condition to be monitored, studied and worked on so that it does not make us distincant. By working on these problems here we are helping not only ourselves but the rest of the world. This world is the only home we have and it requires our care and attention.
The message that is being sent by Harris and Walz is refreshing and hopeful. The inclusiveness of taking care of all our neighbors, not just worrying about the ones that profess to be our brothers because of skin color and church attendance. Our Constitution does not address a concept of following a specific religion, nor speaking a particular language or exalting a certain skin color, so why would we listen to a party that wants to separate us based on any of those values.
Yes, ideally our government should have our back, but that does not mean they legislatively have the right to enter our homes or doctors offices to find out what illness we have or when and if we have sex or anything like that. The job of government is to help provide for all our needs and prevent the attitude of one group from overpowering another. This is not about whether a procedure is right for you or not it is about the right to be able to acquire that procedure if desired without interference.