Wasting time with Jet

It's our right. There was a time when people of our color couldn't...and women themselves seemed the last "Minority" to finally be allowed. People have died so it can be done in this modern time...

But despite all this, I have NEVER participated.

I have yet to vote in a local city, state or national election.

Shocking I know, I SHOULD be ashamed...BUT I'm not, and I'll tell you why.

THIS is America.

The white man basically came over here, alienated the Native American Indian to remote corners of the country and took over their land. Nothing was done about this, it just happened and nothing that can be said or done can reverse what has been done.

With that one act they establish the one and only rule that defines this nation.

"A White Man is, and will always shall be...In Charge."

Now, WE have made progress as a melting pot of a nation. Plenty of races have come here and succeeded in businesses, public office, the courts, and congress. There have been Mayors, Senators, Governors of all races, and even women have excelled to one of the highest ranks of the country, BUT behind every Black Mayor, every Hispanic Senator, every Asian congressman or woman...a White person has been behind the scenes REALLY making the decisions.

That is my mentality of how I see the nation today. He may mean changes and advances for us, but no one, not even William Jefferson Clinton himself can say he know what it's like to be in our shoes. In 1992, I was only 16-going on 17 and couldn't vote. Part of me thinks I WOULD have voted for Clinton if the opportunity presented itself. The same with David Dinkins, he did a lot for the libraries when he was Mayor of New York.

In the 13 years I've been legal to vote no representative in ANY election has put any faith in me that things will seriously improve once they take office. The politicians are just Seat Fullers who pick up where the last Administration left off and continue to steer the course further and further to oblivion.

People believe elections are determined by a single vote. Whether true or not, the outcome is still the same. We are to be judged by our ineptitude to pick a reasonable representative, and this will never change.

So why vote?

My point exactly.

Now, despite not voting, I'm not stupid enough to BITCH about the administration since I did nothing to change it...I JUST DEAL with it, that's all. I'm a REALIST always have been. When people ask me if the glass if half full or half empty, I tell them "It's a glass with water in it." I state the obvious, and that being...

A White Man will Always be In Charge.

Even if there's a Black President, even if there's a Woman President...someone else will be pulling the strings.

HOWEVER, I am NOT without hope.

There IS one representative that has captured my eye...one I believe he can succeed where Jessie and Sharpton have failed miserably....

He's This Guy...



His name is Barack Obama.

He's sorta like Tiger Woods, only his mom's Hawaiian not Thai. I heard this guy SPEAK before finding out what he looked like and thought, "Okay, we have something we can work with here..."

He did a nice speech at the Democrat Convention couple years back and I've been watching him ever since.

Right now he's a Senator from Illinois but people are starting to think he's the one to beat for the Democrat Nomination in 2008. If and ONLY IF he runs for president (and not Vice President) I'll actually register in time to vote for him...it may be a lost cause, but hey, at least I tried.