Let’s make our Democracy a Democracy

Democracy - Government of the people or their elected representatives.

Great concept except when I vote for a president, my vote doesn't count as my state will send electoral votes based upon the mix of Senate and House representative my state has. I can vote, the majority of my fellow citizens can vote and we can elect a President by a majority of our combined votes. However, as happened in the Bush/Gore election, the Electoral College can then elect whoever they want, which may not be what the majority of the people want.

In my home state of NY, we don’t hear much about what the Republican Candidate stands for, as it is a forgone conclusion NY will go Democrat in the Electoral Vote. Therefore, we are ignored by the Republican candidate.

The Declaration states “We the People” not “We the Electoral College”. Doesn’t seem right. Just Say'n

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My wife worked in Tower 2. My office is a half block away. We survived, thank God, but the memories still are painful. I think John Lennon said it best:

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace

You, you may say 
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one

JUST SAY’N.

Vinyl Records

We were at my mother-in-law’s house the other day, helping her get ready to move, when we came across a large number of vinyl record albums. A lot of people don’t even remember the old vinyl albums, but I spent many an hour listening to Elvis, Kingston Trio, and other on those albums. Then we also had the 45rpm on which you could get individual songs.

Next we went to the 8 track stereo, which was a real treat, unless it didn’t work, which was most of the time.

Then, wonder of wonders, the cassette player came out, and was an instant hit. You had to rewind the cassette to find the songs you wanted, and most of the time the tape player ate the tape, but it was fun.

Then the CD player. Next the Digital player, and now it is all on my telephone. 

Technology is wonderful, but the days of snuggling up on the couch with your girlfriend, listening to the record player play a vinyl hit by the Lettermen, was a lot more fun than listening to my telephone play music. Just Say'n