OUR FOREFATHERS DIED FOR AMERICA'S FREEDOM! POST 211

Hi,

The vote is an important and often little rated part of our freedom and responsibility to that freedom.

Since the voting months are looming ahead, it's time to establish why VOTING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ANY CITIZEN'S AGENDA.

IS IT ON THE TOP OF YOUR LIST ?????????????? I'D BE WILLING TO LAY ODDS ON THAT NOT BEING THE CASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOO MANY OTHER MORE ????????? IMPORTANT ITEMS LIKE YOUR FAMILY, YOUR HOME, YOUR HOME NEEDS, YOU JOB, YOUR PHYSICAL AT THE DOCTOR ETC. ETC. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ETC. ETC.

WHOOPS WHAT HAPPENED TO VOTING ????????????? OH, WE JUST DO THAT WHEN THE DAY ROLLS AROUND. NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT. PREPARE ????????????????? PREPARE FOR WHAT ????????????????? WE JUST VOTE FOR THE BEST CANDIDATE AND HE GETS IN OFFICE HOPEFULLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO PROBLEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 THAT "NO PROBLEM" REMARK MEANS THERE'S A 'real big PROBLEM' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THERE IS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!VOTING MUST MAINTAIN ALL THOSE MORE IMPORTANT ITEMS ON THE LIST.

NOT DOING MUCH PREPARATION FOR VOTING IS LIKE WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AND YOU DIDN'T DO MUCH PREPARATION FOR THE EXAM YOU HAD TO TAKE ON A PARTICULAR DAY ??????????? WHAT WAS THE GRADE YOU GOT WHEN YOU WINGED IT  ??????????? A HIGH 'D' OR AN 'F' ?????????? YEAH, WELL THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER TEST, ISN'T THERE ????????????

THE PROBLEM WITH VOTING IS SIMPLE. YOU GET ONE SHOT TO GET IT RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNLESS YOU'RE LUCKY AND THERE'S A RUN-OFF ALTHOUGH YOUR CHOICE MAY NOT BE IN IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH WELL. YOU GAVE IT A TRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT ENOUGH!

HEY, IF YOU HAD ONE SHOT AT LIFE OR DEATH, WOULD YOU BE SO CASUAL ???????? OF COURSE NOT, YOU'RE NOT A FOOL ???????????? BUT HAVE YOU THOUGHT THAT WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT DOES FOR YOU, TO YOU, OR ABOUT YOU MAY BE A ............CASE OF LIFE OR DEATH ????????????????? OH NO, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. THAT'S OVER- KILL ON VOTING !!!!!!!!!! IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS. ...... OR IS IT ?????????????

                     WHAT IF YOUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DECLARES  WAR ??????????
                                               LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION ?????????
                    WHAT IF YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT DECLARES THAT THE STATE WILL PROSECUTE ALL MEMBERS OF A CERTAIN PARTY AS TRAITORS WHO FACE THE DEATH PENALTY FOR TREASON?????????????????????.
                                              LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION ??????
                      WHAT IF YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECLARES THAT YOUR PROPERTY TAX IS WAY TOO LOW AND PASSES A 75% TAX AND ABUSERS OF THE LAW FACE THE DEATH PENALTY FOR NON PAYMENT ???????????????
                                             LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION??????

COULDN'T HAPPEN ??????????????? WHY NOT ???????????? WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE WHO DESIRE POWER FROM GOING TO RIDICULOUS EXTREMES AGAINST CITIZENS.

                          THE POWER OF THE VOTERS, VOTING THEIR CONVICTIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!

DID YOU REALIZE THAT THE GERMANS HAD THE VOTE BEFORE WORLD WAR II ?????????????????? AND THEIR LACKADAISICAL VOTING SUITED ADOLPH HITLER TO A  PERFECT 'T'  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE GOT ELECTED, PUT YOUNG MEN OF 12 AND UP INTO UNIFORM, DECLARED WAR ON THE WORLD AND HIS BOOTS CRUSHED A LARGE PART OF IT BEFORE BEING STOPPED. HE'S NOT THE FIRST TO BECOME A DICTATOR WHEN POWER IS UNCONTROLLED BY SLOPPY VOTERS AND HE WON'T BE THE LAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION ????????????????

I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT. GOOD VOTING IS BASED NOT ONLY ON GOING TO THE POLLS AND DOING YOUR CITIZEN'S DUTY BUT PREPARING TO VOTE FOR THE BEST CANDIDATE. NOT GOING TO THE POLLS COULD EASILY BE AND IN SOME COUNTRIES IS A STATE CRIME. GOING TO THE POLLS TO VOTE WITHOUT EVEN AN EVENING SPENT ON PREPARING FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT TESTS YOU WILL EVER TAKE IS A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE IN A LAND THAT PROVIDES SO MUCH INCLUDING FREEDOM OF CHOICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

REMEMBER WE HAVE A CHOICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MUCH OF THE WORLD DOES NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!AND SOME WHO CLAIM THEY DO ARE JUST FOOLING THE VOTERS THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN  SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM AND THE VOTERS ARE TOO INDOCTRINATED, TOO AFRAID, OR JUST TOO LAZY TO CHALLENGE THE RHETORIC.

THAT'S WHAT OUR CONSTITUTION IS ABOUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S ABOUT A LAND THAT ALLOWS ITS CITIZENS IN WHOM IT HAS FAITH TO CHOOSE THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS WITHOUT INTERFERENCE OR MAYHEM. WITHOUT THE THREAT OF DEATH WHEN THAT CITIZEN DISSENTS FROM THE POPULAR CAUSE OR THE  RULING POWER STRUCTURE. IT PROTECTS US AND OFFERS THIS CHOICE:
                                               LIBERTY OR DEATH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOT A PROTECTION OF YOUR LIFE BUT A CHANCE TO GIVE UP YOUR LIFE TO BE FREE--THAT'S LIBERTY AND ITS RESPONSIBILITY.

DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THAT ANYMORE. THEY DIDN'T OFFER US GUARANTEES BUT A CHALLENGE TO SEE IF WE WERE UP TO RETAINING ...........OUR LIBERTY.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHICH AMOUNTS TO  ................FRIEND AND CITIZEN.........................

                                                           LIFE OR DEATH

THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF AILMENTS AND DEATH  THAT  CAN COME FROM POOR VOTING AND  BECOMING A SLAVE TO THE POWER THAT EXISTS.  BECOMING A ROBOTIC PERSONALITY WHO SEEKS ONLY TO BE FED, HAVE A BED, AND BE CARED FOR BY "THE SYSTEM" WITH NO WILL TO SEEK ANYTHING ELSE--BOREDOM IS A KIND OF DEATH AND SURPRISINGLY OFTEN LEADS TO EARLY DEMISE. LOSING ONE'S FREEDOM CAN CREATE CHAINS THAT ARE INVISIBLE BUT STYMIE MOVEMENT OUTSIDE ONE'S ONLY FOOTPATH.???????????????? THAT'S TRUE IN MANY PLACES!!

WE ARE RICHLY ENDOWED WITH FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY AND HAVE BEEN FOR OVER 200 YEARS BECAUSE OUR FOREFATHERS FOUND BEING WITHOUT FREEDOM UNBEARABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY WERE BEING OVERRUN BY ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SPAIN, WHO WERE WILLING TO ENSLAVE OUR COUNTRY FOR THEIR GAIN. WE FORGET SOMETIMES IN THE GLOW OF MODERNITY THAT OUR CURRENT FRIENDS WERE ONCE OUR WORST ENEMIES AND FOUGHT A REVOLUTION WITH OUR FIRST AMERICANS TO CURTAIL THE FREEDOM WE LUSTED AFTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAILING OUR RECENT HEROES OF WAR AND PEACE MAKING IS IMPORTANT BUT FORGETTING THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN PROTECTING AMERICA'S FREEDOMS IN THE BEGINNING IS JUST AS DASTARDLY AS NOT REMEMBERING RECENT HEROES. THEY GAVE THEIR ALL FOR A CAUSE THEY NEVER SAW COMPLETED BUT BELIEVED THOSE WHO FOLLOWED WOULD PROTECT WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED.

WILL WE ALL DO THAT ?????????????????? WILL WE PLACE REASONED AND STUDIED VOTES--GO TO THE POLLS AND EXPRESS OUR LOVE FOR OUR FREEDOM AND TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE WISE ENOUGH TO FIGHT FOR THAT FREEDOM AND BE WILLING TO DIE FOR IT SO AS TO PASS IT TO US TO PROTECT ???????????????????? WILL WE PASS THAT GREAT GIFT TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW US ????????????

KEEP THE FAITH.

CHEERS, CONNIE