Recently on one of the walks we took through the Mall, we noticed three windows worth mentioning.
One depicted a desert scene complete with cacti almost six feet tall, dessert shrubbery and potted plants, all made out of canvas stretched over plaster board.
Another depicted a rocket on its way to the planet Mars .
The third displayed real railroad train tracks with a plaster board image of an old steam engine, coming at us with its head light bouncing off the display window.
My friend mentioned how far automation and technology has brought us today and suggested I take a look at The Amazing Railway Track Laying Construction Machine on YouTube.com
So what does all this mean to me as a voter in terms of the 2016 elections?
It means that somehow I need to get my head around the fact that things like building railroads
and maintaining our infrastructure, or exploring unfathomable distances between planets are no longer a matter of ideological, or environmental discussion but a scientific fact.
I need along with my fellow voters to begin to acknowledge where we are in terms of the education science and training we need to have to move forward toward the future.
This is not the time to be cursing the weather but to learn more about it.
This not the time to be talking about ideas that belong to the past but to recognize who we are now.
This is not the time to be advocating walls to hold back tides or people It is a time to recognize how much we have achieved economically, scientifically and educationally.
It is a time to provide the opportunity for others to do well also when we vote in November.
SEE YOU AT THE POLLS.
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Monday, September 26, 2016
Monday, September 12, 2016
UNLOCKING THE GATE OF FEAR!
Recently we took a scenic route to view the great Mississippi River. As we came to a clearing overlooking the river we found a huge black iron gate.
Foliage framed the gate but we still could have gone around had we wanted to be closer to the river
but we were unsure of our footing and did not go further.
A number of small locks bearing initials were on one side of the gate. Whether placed
by individuals as part of a romantic tradition or simply to help strengthen the gate we were not sure.
I thought of that gate recently as I pondered the dilemma we are in with our political campaigns.
In some instances it is as if we are standing before a river bringing a surge of questions. We need to make choices for political candidates we don't like. Nor do we understand why others support the other side.
So where do we go and what do we do?
The leadership of political parties is confusing. Conservative doctrine seems voiceless in the face of bombastic promises.
Liberal voices are silenced by failure to recognize the very real concerns people have no matter where they are in terms of income, education,or different cultures or life style.
Personal insults and cartoons aimed at all political candidates seem to have become particularly vicious. Fact finding has become a game of "gottcha."
Voters in many instances are focused on single issues as we and those who represent us, and those who would represent us are polarized in state capitals, Congress and in the White House.
Yet as individuals we have been able to overcome enormous disasters and life threatening changes not from fear but by working with others. We worked to build a better future.
Sometimes that future wasn't fair to others but we resolved our differences through compromises we made together under laws that encouraged and provided opportunities for others to be heard.
If the iron gate, like the one near the Mississippi is holding back our enthusiasm for the 2016 political elections because of our fear for the future, we need to unlock it,
We need to cast our votes for candidates who will respect the need for fairness as we work together to meet future challenges as we have done so often in the past.
As difficult as it may be, we are called upon now to vote in November.
SEE YOU AT THE POLLS!
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Foliage framed the gate but we still could have gone around had we wanted to be closer to the river
but we were unsure of our footing and did not go further.
A number of small locks bearing initials were on one side of the gate. Whether placed
by individuals as part of a romantic tradition or simply to help strengthen the gate we were not sure.
I thought of that gate recently as I pondered the dilemma we are in with our political campaigns.
In some instances it is as if we are standing before a river bringing a surge of questions. We need to make choices for political candidates we don't like. Nor do we understand why others support the other side.
So where do we go and what do we do?
The leadership of political parties is confusing. Conservative doctrine seems voiceless in the face of bombastic promises.
Liberal voices are silenced by failure to recognize the very real concerns people have no matter where they are in terms of income, education,or different cultures or life style.
Personal insults and cartoons aimed at all political candidates seem to have become particularly vicious. Fact finding has become a game of "gottcha."
Voters in many instances are focused on single issues as we and those who represent us, and those who would represent us are polarized in state capitals, Congress and in the White House.
Yet as individuals we have been able to overcome enormous disasters and life threatening changes not from fear but by working with others. We worked to build a better future.
Sometimes that future wasn't fair to others but we resolved our differences through compromises we made together under laws that encouraged and provided opportunities for others to be heard.
If the iron gate, like the one near the Mississippi is holding back our enthusiasm for the 2016 political elections because of our fear for the future, we need to unlock it,
We need to cast our votes for candidates who will respect the need for fairness as we work together to meet future challenges as we have done so often in the past.
As difficult as it may be, we are called upon now to vote in November.
SEE YOU AT THE POLLS!
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