the Misplaced Vote

this year seems to me to be a crazy year for the election. i know the last one was not this bad, but i do know that the 2000 was. it seems to me that every one gets there righteous conviction that one person is correct, and the fight begins. that is how i have always seen politics, righteous conviction that the one view is the only correct one. that is how many feel about gun control, global warming, and saving the environment. all good causes in there right, but all with great reasons not to react so violently as some want to.

sometimes i think that the issues the politicians harp on are the things they want the people to see. they speak out on the issues that the people want to hear and the things they want to hear. the few select things they they agree with the majority of the public on so they can try to appeal to the most people then hide what things they want to change. for some reason the thought of Hitler comes to my mind, a political leader that was chosen by the people because of his promises. even tho he was a deplorable man he was a great politician. he promised things that would not only make many people happy, but also what would further his plans.

in the end that is more of what we have to worry about this election, not the issues but what kinds of changes this person we put into office will do. by thinking this way it makes it about the issues, but also about the person and there beliefs. how can those values and beliefs will influence our lives and our future. in the end that is not what this election will be about, it will be a popularity contest who like who the most.

in the last few elections we have become complacent on what to believe and what to say. it seems that if it was not part of law we would never get one person out of office because most people do not see the harm in keeping things as they are. but that always reminds me of an old saying that i have been told sense i was a child;

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." see

those few words carry so much meaning it is scary. in a time in which we elect our officials a statement like that applied to politics means we must always be vigilant. always looking, always watching, always going over every decision with a fine tooth comb, making sure that what this official is doing is what we believe is correct. if not then we must make a change and no longer let that official continue on.

in this time such a thing is hard to do, with all the media taking a side and skew the story telling us what they think is correct. to discover really what is going on we must study, but who has time in our busy lives, and that is the price we pay for putting our selves above the whole. in that i guess we are lost, we have reached a point where majority rule is no longer important. the minority that screams the loudest, the small group of people that have the biggest feeling of righteous justification that can yell the most that there view is all important will win.

and i guess in the end, that will be our end.