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Pastor Bob told me that, yes, it’s rainy and gloomy out, but I had to do it for all of people who have fought and died for this country. I told Pastor Bob that I would think about it.
So I asked myself, do I need to vote for the men and women that lost their lives fighting for this country? God forbid, I don’t want that on my conscience. Maybe in a vague abstract way this may have some truth to it. The fact of the matter is I don’t understand or know why we have so many dead soldiers because of Iraq right now. I think it might have something to do with insanity, power, and greed though. I don’t see the linkage, in this instance, between the death of American soldiers in Iraq and being able to vote. I have to keep it real.
And another thing about Pastor Bob’s argument that bothered me. Does this kind of blind patriotism lead to a 90 + percentage (at the time) approval rating of a pResident that took us into a mindless war over false hoods, because that’s the way it was. In my mind at least, blind patriotism does lead to this type of insanity. I also know in my heart of hearts, god don’t play favorites.
Of course, I had planned on voting, until Edward’s dropped out. He was the one that made be believe again that things in this country could be different. Then my hope was smashed.
So I looked out at the gray and gloomy sky, that matched my gray and gloomy attitude, and said, ‘What the hell, thanks Pastor Bob’. So I went and cast my vote for Edwards. Who knows? I have heard it said that a butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world can cause a Tsunami in another part of the world.
Regardless, sometimes you just have to dream without hope.
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