It’s the eve of a big election—or at least that’s what we’re told. Is it only me, or is it more and more difficult to know if the information we’re being fed is true or not? I find it so hard to know what to believe these days, that sometimes I wish it were the days of yore when the only information we had was what we saw with our own eyes or heard with our own ears.
But now we have polls—more and more polls that tell us it’s already too late—the decision has been made. And, having taken Stat 101 and 102 in my college days, I know that statistical knowledge tells us that a small sampling will reflect a much, much larger group. But, logically, my brain is telling me that a sampling of 642 individuals can’t really reflect the thinking of an entire state.
So, it’s all very confusing. But there is one thing I know. The political thinking and the divide between the red and blue states is all about money—especially in this economic climate. And, the messages we are receiving make us all wonder if there is anything in our world other than money?
So, I want to remind you that behind the money are the beliefs and values about what is really important in our lives. And, so the most important thing we can do when we head to the polls, is to look behind the money messages and find the values that reflect what are really important to us: not just short-term values, but long-term values for our country, our state and for our families and ourselves. Because don’t you think that’s what we really should be voting for?
No excuses—get out and vote!
2 thoughts on “Today’s Vote: Values not Money”
What are your values? “Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion–when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing–when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors–when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you–when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that is does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot. ” – Ayn Rand. See the full quote at http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/index.php?news=1826
I did vote today Jane; a privelege and a duty. We can discern the truth from the hyperbole, aggravating though it may be.
If I may, on a distant, yet related subject, I was extremely pleased to see the thousands of Jon Stewart fans in D.C. last Saturday. Some 210K??!! He, too, felt the need to speak out on this discord, the lies, the back stabbing saturating our air w!aves.
(I am a Jon Stewart fan; I want to hear what this younger generation is hearing.)
Last Saturday in Washington D.C. Jon Stewart entertained his many fans for a long, long time, but then before closing, he turned serious…..he asked them to speak kindly of one another, to do kind deeds, be courteous and …….”to leave the mall better than when we found it”. I doubt they could do that, but…. already one positive response: Keith Olberman of MSNBC is discontinuing his “worst person in the world” segment, and tipped his hat to Jon Stewart.
It is a start Jane, it is a start.