Down The Sewer Pipe – Politically Speaking

Now that you all know the  “Sad Awful Truth” of being elected to public office, which is not dependant on smarts but the number of votes.  It seems odd that so many elected persons think that somehow they became elected on the value of their own personal brain matter.  Such is not the case because even a monkey could get elected if they had one more vote than the current office holder.

Thy will often give clues about their understanding of the job that they are running for.  Claims of being in business an amount of years so running a government ought to able simple, a real wake up call to the electorate that this one is a rube.  Others will state that since they have planning department experience they are qualified for elected office.  Watch out for that one because those of them that do that are wanting to insure that their land use and planning department decisions are carried forward.

Be wary for the loud and long incumbent screaming at the top of their lungs that what is needed is more non-partisan cross party decisions.  What they are telling you is they cannot get everything they want and they refuse to compromise.

The reason that all of this is important is because “The Sad Awful Truth” is that elected persons, in general, only represent themselves and their friends.  You would not force your neighbor to do a thing, like keep a vegetable garden, then demand that they pay your water bill.  After all you are more deserving and while you may laugh at this idea for its simplicity it is actually done by holders of elected office every day of the week.

“The Sad Awful Truth” is that almost no one understands the value of using politics in relation to governance.  What they do understand is how to use politics to enforce their own narrow minded views which enrich their friends and rob everyone else of their Constitutional rights as defined in the preamble to said constitution.  That preamble sits just above Article I in what we now call the Bill of Rights.

Sherman