Election EVE

 

Today represents the FOURTH DAY of my 77th year here on earth.  Knock on wood that I have lived this long.  My health is not the greatest nor is it worse than other people my age...  it is what it is and I must learn to make the most of it.

How much longer will I live?

Not sure.

I hope it is to age 96 as my mother died just shy of her 96th birthday.

I have lived through the following Presidents:

1. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
3. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
4. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
5. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
6. Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
7. James Carter (1977 to 1981)
8. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
9. George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)
10. William J. Clinton (1993-2001)
11. George W. Bush (2001-2009)
12. Barack Obama (2009-2017)
13. Donald J. Trump (2017-2021)
14. Joe Biden (2021-present)

I was aware of all of them except for Truman.  Odds are that I will live through 2-5 more of them, although nothing is for certain anymore.

During these 14 presidents I went from being associated with the DEMOCRATIC party to being associated with the REPUBLICAN party.  My reasons are my own.

SUFFICE IT TO SAY....   it did not make a rat's ass to me or those who worked and/or lived around me, which party (along with both houses of Congress) managed the country.

• I worked where I wanted to work
• I spent what I wanted/needed to spend
• I always owned my own home
• I was never impacted by RACISM
• I was never impacted by REVERSE RACISM
• I vacationed wherever I wanted
• I managed to pay down all my debt
• I enjoyed (relatively speaking) what I was doing
• I was never wealthy nor was I poor
• My friends were few and far between
• I always honored and supported my country
• I never wanted to be a communist
• I enjoyed the socialistic programs provided by my country
• I always paid my taxes
• I willingly served my country as a veteran
• I NEVER wanted to leave the USA

COMING UP

1. Tomorrow is ELECTION DAY
2. We elect a new President
1. Harris or Trump
3. We elect a potentially new Congress
1. Both House and Senate
4. We either remove illegal immigrants or embrace more
5. We either more towards communism or away from it
6. We either increase govt spending or slow it down
7. We either increase or lower our national debt
8. We either retain our global leadership role or lose it to China
9. We either stop WWIII or watch it happen
10. We either transform the USA or keep it the same

HOWEVER...

Whatever happens, life WILL NOT change for my wife and me.  It won't change because it has never changed for me/us before, after an election.  Therefore, I will not change this time either.

Whatever happens to you is your business, not mine.  It is up to you to decide how you want to live your life.  My wife and I have made our choices, and we are very satisfied with them.

I can only hope that one day you will be in similar positions.

REMEMBER - governments can only control your life, if you allow that to happen.  The bigger government gets, the more they will try to control.