What happened to the primary? I thought I was supposed to go to the poll over at South Mesa where I always go and cast my vote for my chosen person for the big election in November? Apparently not. It now appears if I want a say in who is the Democratic nominee for President I have to go to County High and attend a caucus. When I register out there and they see I am really a registered Democrat then I will get a black X on my hand. Then apparently both sides will tell me who I should vote for. Now, sorry, but this insults my intelligence. Does it appear that I have been living in a bubble all this time that Hillary and Bernie have been slugging it out with the debates an all? I would have to be pretty brain dead not to have made a decision by now.
It was certainly a lot easier when I had all day long to run by the school and show them my identification, step in the booth, and vote. Then I could see my friends and I always ran into some one I knew. When I was done I always got a little round circle that said "I voted" in the center. Wonder if I will get one of them tonight?
And speaking of tonight, do you think I will actually make it out there? I have to be there at 5:30 and I also have chores that need done at 5:30. That means the geese will have to be locked up early. They do not like that. It also means my dogs will be alone and I will miss Jeopardy. I do realize it is my civic duty to vote and like President Obama said "If everyone votes, it will not matter what the 1% want." It was just so much easier when I had the whole day to take care of a 3 minute job.
This is what confuses me... I now receive a ballot in the mail. No more going over to the school and doing that either. I then have that mess to figure out and be sure I sign it and put proper postage on it, or load up and drive into town to one of the convenient drop off locations which I have yet to find one bit convenient and have had to park and go up to the second floor where I am once more questioned about whether I am a legal voter. That in itself is amazing because had I put it in the mail they would not be able to confront me and make me feel like the criminal for exercising due diligence in voting. Course when I mail it in I have to go to the postoffice and buy the stamps required.
So my question here is this, who decided to change the whole system? Seemed like it was working pretty well before they fixed it. And on what level of government was this decided? Is the whole state this way? Will we ever get back to being a civilized society, or is this the best I can hope for in my remaining time here on this little blue and green ball? And how much longer is this little ball going to be spinning? I love the advertisement where goat girl says "We have been fracking saftely for 65 years." No we have not! I remember an unexplained explosion near where I worked in Hutchinson 40 years ago. I also remember the furniture store going skyward "for no apparent reason." I remember sink holes opeing up in the streets. That one may have had more to do with the salt mines that run under the city, but come on people!
Once more I have digressed, but old age does that to you or at least to me. Makes me long for the good old days when a man's word was his bond. When credit was extended at the grocery store on the corner because the owner knew who you were and knew you worked hard. When mother stayed up late ironing clothes for the rich people in town and dad made a hot toddy because he did not want to get a cold. And when President Roosevelt talked to us on the radio and all of us kids listened, because he was the President. Then Harry Truman came and he said "damn!" and we were all amazed that he was elected when he used "dirty words." And the words that I lived by then were words that I live by today.
And the world keeps turning and people keep killing each other, drugs are rampant, and the news is filled with what some movie star wore to some big deal in Hollywood. And I really do not give a shit!
It was certainly a lot easier when I had all day long to run by the school and show them my identification, step in the booth, and vote. Then I could see my friends and I always ran into some one I knew. When I was done I always got a little round circle that said "I voted" in the center. Wonder if I will get one of them tonight?
And speaking of tonight, do you think I will actually make it out there? I have to be there at 5:30 and I also have chores that need done at 5:30. That means the geese will have to be locked up early. They do not like that. It also means my dogs will be alone and I will miss Jeopardy. I do realize it is my civic duty to vote and like President Obama said "If everyone votes, it will not matter what the 1% want." It was just so much easier when I had the whole day to take care of a 3 minute job.
This is what confuses me... I now receive a ballot in the mail. No more going over to the school and doing that either. I then have that mess to figure out and be sure I sign it and put proper postage on it, or load up and drive into town to one of the convenient drop off locations which I have yet to find one bit convenient and have had to park and go up to the second floor where I am once more questioned about whether I am a legal voter. That in itself is amazing because had I put it in the mail they would not be able to confront me and make me feel like the criminal for exercising due diligence in voting. Course when I mail it in I have to go to the postoffice and buy the stamps required.
So my question here is this, who decided to change the whole system? Seemed like it was working pretty well before they fixed it. And on what level of government was this decided? Is the whole state this way? Will we ever get back to being a civilized society, or is this the best I can hope for in my remaining time here on this little blue and green ball? And how much longer is this little ball going to be spinning? I love the advertisement where goat girl says "We have been fracking saftely for 65 years." No we have not! I remember an unexplained explosion near where I worked in Hutchinson 40 years ago. I also remember the furniture store going skyward "for no apparent reason." I remember sink holes opeing up in the streets. That one may have had more to do with the salt mines that run under the city, but come on people!
Once more I have digressed, but old age does that to you or at least to me. Makes me long for the good old days when a man's word was his bond. When credit was extended at the grocery store on the corner because the owner knew who you were and knew you worked hard. When mother stayed up late ironing clothes for the rich people in town and dad made a hot toddy because he did not want to get a cold. And when President Roosevelt talked to us on the radio and all of us kids listened, because he was the President. Then Harry Truman came and he said "damn!" and we were all amazed that he was elected when he used "dirty words." And the words that I lived by then were words that I live by today.
And the world keeps turning and people keep killing each other, drugs are rampant, and the news is filled with what some movie star wore to some big deal in Hollywood. And I really do not give a shit!
