Saturday - October 16, 2004

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Choices .. Clues For Sale: by BMEWS Member - Steel Turman Is it just me or are people just getting more stupid? We are faced with a choice. An ‘election’ ... or at worst ...a ‘determination.’ A court ruling.  NOTHING like a plebiscite. Not even close. Perish that thought, the ‘plebes’ are either not smart enough or capable of deciding their own future. I am smart enough to decide. Most folks I know are too. Why then do some folks insist on telling me how I should choose?

I guess they get paid for it. And they’ve been earning their freight of late.

One side says that the other guy is going to bring on Armageddon. The other side says that guy will end life as we know it. Hmmm, seems kind of like the same to me.

Here is the choice. It’s simple. Has to be for us stupid folks.

There’s a guy wanting to be our leader who actually, I know THIS is going to be hard, leads. He has plenty of caveats and is a religious man. I say that in a derogatory sense. Not the brightest bulb in the lamp and not what we would prefer as the leader of the world. But when he says something ... we know he means it. I like that.

And there’s another guy who wants to be our leader. He’s real smart and has lots of education. He’s been in public service most of his life. Doing what he thinks is the ‘people’s business.’ A man of thoughtfulness. Considers all the angles and nuances and comes to a conclusion. Seems to me that what he concludes is he will tell us whatever we need to hear. I don’t like that.

I find that to be the paramount issue. One guy speaks his heart and one guy speaks his perceptions. I can deal with that.

Now correct me if I’m wrong, but we DO have a war going on. Not like WWl or WWll but still a war. The enemy said it is war. They brought that to us on 9/11. BOOM. War. I know there are folks out there that think it’s not up to their standard of war, but that don’t make anybody less dead.

It IS a WAR.

That makes my choice pretty easy. I’ll go with the guy who leads and speaks true.

Going with the other guy ... well he doesn’t sound like a guy I’d put in charge of my landscaping, much less put in charge of my world.

Now there will be some naysayers out there. ‘Oh, that war mongering bastard’ and such. And some will say that an even and quiet discourse will resolve any conflict.

Me, being from Earth and all, would reply ... get a fucking clue. I’ll sell you one, or as many as you require. But do clue up. Or be stupid.

Steel Turman
Reno NV

Posted by The Skipper     on 10/16/2004 at 10:16 AM   
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