New Slaves for the New Global Economy Part 11: LET VOTER TRANSPARENCY REIGN

 

New Slaves for the New Global Economy Part 11: LET VOTER TRANSPARENCY REIGN

Malcolm X said, “If you don't stand for something (within your own principles), you will fall for anything!” It doesn’t matter who’s won the election. What should matter is the shady process being utilized. There seems to be a few inherent things that should be brought into question before the next election. Presently, it seems like the political party is being allowed to choose its voters rather than the voters choosing their representatives. To that, the philosopher Voltaire cautions: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Consider Trump! To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. Thomas Paine (Common Sense)

Consider yourself and note Voltaire: Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. Many say there is no point in voting anymore. But having not voted at all, for whatever reason, though it plays well in the present political machinery, is not smart. Voting is not only an important rightful privilege – it’s an obligated civic responsibility! Like jury duty, it should be MANDATORY! That doesn’t mean citizens have to vote for either or the lesser of two evils. It means there should be an option where citizens can say neither. And there is! It’s always been there! It’s called the “write in” option at the bottom of the candidate list. There, you can even write in your own name. The problem is that it’s presently not counted. But how many votes get erased under the present use of the electoral vote. Under it, a person can win the people’s popular vote and still lose the election. Why? How?

Take for example: with a population of 3+ million, Connecticut has 7 of the 538 electoral votes; with 19+, New York has 28; with 9+, New Jersey has 14. Note, it only takes 270 votes to win. What happened to the millions of popular voters? They get lumped into the winner within each state. There seems to be something wrong with that! So why not use the “write in” option at the bottom of the candidate list to enter “Abstain” and compare “the total popular vote” with the current census to see if we indeed have a people’s election. Let’s get transparent and see how many votes are actually missing: Especially among those enjoying government benefits (e.g. Public Assistance, Disability, Social Security, etc.)!  And let’s be honest; while “some people can be reasoned into sense” and action, for the sake of true transparency, others must be shocked into it. Thus, dare make the vote mandatory. And for the sake of avoiding coercion, for those that don’t like any of the listed candidates, let the write in option be used to vote abstain.

Point! It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error. (Paine). If the abstain vote outnumbers the count each listed candidate has been able to achieve, just like a recount is allowed to detain the outcome of an election, common sense says either the right candidate has not been found or the public has not been provided sufficient information and understanding to make their decision – TRANSPARENCY CAN BE ACHIEVED!

Don’t Belong

 

I don’t belong! I don’t want to belong

I don’t want! To here – to this – adjust – its’ wrong

This here now place without right or reason

except in chambers scattered here and there to simulate and tease

 

I can’t find space or place to ease my mind from the constant noise

The constant flow of cars, trucks and buses that never cease to pass

The constant flow of people rushing, screaming & fighting, a people dis-eased

Force fed and congested deep within a people in discord

 

I’m void! Quiet mornings and peaceful nights

Can’t hear the wind flowing through the trees or the chirping birds therein

There’s no escape, there’s no appease, there’s not even a please

But please! I need to ease or cease

 

I’m haunted onto disgust

By memories I can’t seem to shake

While snippers and clansmen still lurking in the shadows

Covert maneuvers still rising both abroad and at home

 

Cops I rarely saw – firemen I rarely heard

Churches that never begged – Unions that new their place

Homes and Communities replaced by Condos and Transients

Space! Where for everything its own special place … all near Gone!

 

Now nothing but crowds – in, out and all around

Surrounding, threatening and bargaining

Paying to have me – Paying to get rid of me

Me! Another piece of merchandise online – I must decide

 

To live or die – and – on what side

While to the outside – a coverup lie

No time to sob or regret – no time to forget

Me online – to live or die – must decide cause I feel I don’t belong

Live or Die – Must Decide

 

By Jose M Yrizarry