Since there is not much caving post here today, I thought I would post a general post about the political mess our country is in and how cavers feel about it all.
Hit the delete button now, please. I hope this does not make anyone angry or open up a can of worms. So please be cordial if you respond. The main purpose here in this post is to see if cavers in general have a different perspective than the majority of voters or the media. The election for POTUS is about 96 days away. I have been told that at least 51% of active cavers are Democrats. Is that true ? Are there any political issues affecting cavers ? Like gov't sanctioned drilling and mining in karst areas ? Would you still vote for Hillary if she were to be indicted ? Do you feel her husband is helping or hurting her campaign ? Do you think Bernie should be POTUS ? Do you think the federal gov't should beef up southern border security ? Meaning we should spend lots more tax-dollars along the southern border ? Looking back in history, WaterGate sure seems to be insignificant compared to the Republican attacks on Hillary. It seems obvious, she had no choice but to hide all her files and have a private server, as there was nobody in our gov't she could trust. I bet hundreds of gov't employees at high levels have had to do such things to protect themselves. I also feel strongly, that Hillary probably has little use of email, and the 30,000 emails is just a smokescreen, most of it all is just her staff ordering pizza. I do not think we should let the terrorist actions affect our election or our decision making. However, someone has to battle them. I strongly feel they need to be terminated. It seems clear to me that H*llary wants to first give them some money and try to work with them. We have tried that numerous times and that is how we ended up with Osama Bin Laden, and Noriega, and Chavez, and the Shah of Iran, and the list goes on. Personally, I am very tired and annoyed by it all, and think we have tolerated it for 70 years and that is long enough. It is time now, to get down at their level and be meaner than them. Only one candidate has expressed similar thoughts. My real concerns though are more at the local level in my own neighborhood. Crime has become out of control and we have a revolving door system that has become a profitable industry. In fact, I make all my money off of it. I would be a huge hypocrit to say that the system needs to tweaked. I feel we need to keep the bad people in some kind of facility. But that cost money, and I do not trust the gov't to efficiently spend my hard-earned money. I see that money go to waste every day - like outdoor lighting on public buildings is on 24/7 all year long, or lawn sprinklers going off during a flood event. Or gov't employees sitting in the cars idling for hours to keep the AC running. That is not good for the engine, by the way. David Locklear amateur political analyst _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
