Recently,
a classmate from my school days in Williams Lake said to me:
“Facebook is supposed to be a pleasant social
networking site to share your daily life, keep track of old friends and family.
It is not a political forum to share all of your beliefs with the world. I'm
sure you have a nice life besides politics but no one would ever know that”
I
thought about that for a while, and then responded by saying,
I appreciate your comments. There is a lot that makes up my social life
... music I love ... family ... daily things like the paint job currently
underway ... getting out on my bike … and ... politics which is bred into me
cause it goes back 3 or 4 generations. Politics is a big part of what I talk
about ... but it is important to me and that's why I talk about it. Until a
year ago I had become part of the 50% that had pretty much given up --- BUT
when we end up with those kind of numbers that keep growing, eventually we will
end up with anarchy or a government we are surprised to have and that dictates
everything we can or cannot do. I hope you can humour me in my passion ... good
government is important to us all ... especially for the future of our own kids
and grandkids
:)
I
have been thinking about this brief conversation since then, and I know
why. When it comes to having a social conscience,
a lot of what this government is doing is wrong, and I believe it is important
that people know about it.
And
it’s not just me thinking and saying that what they are doing is wrong; the
following are just a few of the voices that are trying to get that news out to
each of us. I hope you’ll take a few
minutes to read on …
