The emperor has no clothes

The majority of the interactions you have with government are not at the federal level. If you are dissatisfied with he direction of government as you see it the best thing you can is get involved in city, township, or county politics.

Most people that have a higher rating of the direction of the country are more engaged in their community and have a stronger sense of civic duty.

Be a builder, not a blocker.

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"Ideas" Primary survey

I just checked the mail and behold I just got a survey from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. They really want my input on the survey to help guide policy in the coming election season. The trouble is that when it comes to politics every word in a statement needs to be given scrutiny five times over to make sure you know the meaning before you agree to it. As such this "survey" is mostly a questionnaire on "How much do you agree with the policy positions we have already decided on?" Noticeably absent from the survey is any mention of a Green New Deal, reforms to student loan programs and higher education to make it all more affordable, or even the medicare for all program that Bernie Sanders championed and some of the other prospective candidates for the 2020 Presidential election have supported. This survey is more of a confirmation letter that the Democratic Party still isn't listening. I can appreciate that the Trump administration has ...

American Pride: The memoir of a future President, Part 3 The trouble with tribal

"I haven't decided if I want to be a brain surgeon or a short order fry cook." I use to hear this growing up from my grandparents, it was from the show The Beverly Hillbillies, but it was accurate to my teenage years. I learned and played the Trombone, loved the Trombone, kept playing it in college for any group that thought I was good enough to join. I also loved engineering. There was something about taking the abstract concepts of science and math and finding practical application. I loved solving problems too. By the time I was in high school and people start asking what I wanted to do with my life, I very seriously said I wasn't sure if I want to be a Professional Engineer or a Jazz Trombonist. I did both for as long as I could but only one of those was a tried and true career path. It didn't stop me from minoring in jazz arrangement. I even wrote a disco song for jazz ensemble that I called "We're Fabulous". When your in the your late te...

American Pride, The Memoir of a Future President, Part 2 Go Planet!

It's no surprise that I came to the book "50 Things Kids Can Do To Save The World". The world decided for me that I was going to be an environmentalist. Some of my first and most indelible memories are images of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. The dead birds, fish, ect... covered in oil all from ONE accident. Like many young Michiganders I grew up spending many a hot summer day on the beaches of Lake Michigan. Too see an area similar to one of my happy places turned to ruin in days... leaves a mark on your brain similar to the first time your family pet dies. I love this and something terrible has happened to it. You have to treasure the good things in your life while you have them, and that includes the natural beauty around you. That was something I learned early. It is also true that kids latch on to things and don't let them go. I got in to recycling, big time. The local community waste transfer center started...

Tales of low level management and a frustrated engineer

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