{"id":926,"date":"2016-04-19T05:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T10:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=926"},"modified":"2016-04-19T05:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T10:42:23","slug":"tuesday-so-far-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, so far, so good"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yep, woke up on time, got out there and did an easy few miles with my friends<\/a>. Had a few to talk to a friend I miss dearly who seems to be troubled, I am guilty of not checking in with people enough. Had a lovely breakfast, corrected some papers, got some sun. Just had a light lunch, and am considering going to the store to buy a few consumables, kitchen sponges and toilet paper mostly. I don’t NEED those things right now, but I like having a little stockpile, because you never know! Other than that, I need a haircut and then to go to work this afternoon.
\nSo last night I went out with some adult students for some coffee and we talked about politics. I explained that if you can’t find any candidates who will work for the people, then you have to go to the party meetings, you have to find the right person to nominate and support them and get all your friends to support them. If you can’t find a person, then you have to be the person to run. Government and politics, it’s not just a once a year, or once every other year thing, it’s every day. You have to be involved, every day. These corrupt bastards in every corner of the world count on people not being involved. The count on people throwing their hands up and saying “there’s no one worth voting for.” Today is the New York State primary, if people don’t go and show up for the candidate who has spent his entire adult life fighting for the people, then they have no one to blame but themselves that there is no “choice” this year. Look, here’s why I don’t support Hillary: I am a socialist (note the small “s”, it is important). Would she be better than Drumpf or Rafael Cruz? Yes. Do I agree with her on things? Not most of the time. I hate “free trade” agreements, I think fossil fuels are way past their expiration date, I don’t appreciate some of her past comments on certain social issues, I’m not going to get into that, and I’m not going to attack her personally. I simply don’t agree with her on many things. Is Bernie perfect either, no? I understand his votes sometimes on gun legislation, I get some of his reasoning behind the votes, but I am vehemently anti-gun. He is, for my point of view on life, the best candidate though. So I will support him in my limited capacity, and keep pushing him to change his mind on some points in gun legislation.
\nBut I don’t disenfranchise myself simply because I see a lack of choice. If Bernie doesn’t get the nomination I will still vote, no matter how imperfect the choice is, maybe I’ll vote for Jill Stein. If you don’t vote, you immediately hand a victory to all the politicians who have turned you off to the process. If you want more control over the process, take it. Get all your like-minded friends and go to meetings of whatever party you think will support your ideas best. Bring along enough people, or be ready to win over enough people to your ideas. Do your research, have your ideas set clearly and concisely. Go for it. We have to do it, it’s the only way we can win. The other option is to get all your friends together and completely drop out. You can either go for 100% participation, or don’t participate at all. You can’t half-ass it like most of us do. Not participating at all also has problems. People may really come after you for that. But if you’re going that route, you have to fully not participate. That means off-grid completely. Can’t use roads, electricity, any publicly funded infrastructure. Be self-sufficient, and if you’re not, you need to be willing to pay the price for it. The point is, most people are half in, and half out, and never decide, and now we all have this mess to deal with.
\nDemocracy is a pain in the ass for sure, take a lot of work. Anything worthwhile is going to be work. Your choice, in or out, but get off the fence.
\nAnd a hearty congratulations to all my friends who did their very best up in Boston, whatever your day brought you, trials or triumph, I hope you had a great day up there!
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