THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...

We've been reading around the subject more than we ever have in previous election years.  We know that as much as we think of the United States economy as a most important issue, that there are many other issues that are also important.  We know some people think we should take a very strong stand and choose one of those who wishes to win the next Presidential Election to help his or her process along but we refrain.

Instead, we encourage you to listen to the candidates and ask these questions.

Which candidate will represent the United States of America and its interests most effectively with foreign leaders in this world?

Which candidate would, having it his or her way, keep American jobs in America and RETURN jobs that left America back here?

Which candidate will preserve the programs that keep our poor in housing, in housing, in education, and in jobs?

IS IT TRUMP VERSUS SANDERS? : RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT FAR AHEAD OF THE ELECTION

We wouldn't be patriotic citizens of the United States of America if we had no interest in the election of our President, if we had no idea who are elected officials are, or if we didn't bother to reach out to them once in a while.

Over the last few months we reached out to a local representative of our City Council over a myriad of problems from street services to graffiti, to the ecology of local parks, and other matters more personal.  This is a City Council member who we elected, someone who we have heard speak at patriotic holiday events and a police picnic in a park.  He's a likeable fellow but his staff must be overwrought.  After we typed out a list of our concerns and personally presented them to a staff member who appeared to be interested in going over the list, making some phone calls that we could not, and a promise of getting back with us in a couple months to go over it, we were stunned when our next visit went so badly.

We had feared that our own business had delayed us in getting back with her and we hoped that all that extra time would mean a better report, but instead IT BECAME CLEAR THAT NOTHING MUCH AT ALL HAD HAPPENED.  She told us to become a member of a local neighborhood watch type web site - a social networking deal - where, apparently, neighbors complain and comment (but don't roll up their sleeves), and claimed (though we have a photocopy showing it right there) that she didn't even have our e-mail address.  First of all referring people out to a social networking community web site EXCLUDES ALL THE PEOPLE - particularly seniors - who do not have typing or computer skills (or whose arthritis prevents them from typing) - cannot afforded or do not have access to computers - and people who simply do not have the time to do so.  Further, she told us to call 311.  We've called 311 and gotten referrals that turned out to be incorrect - real time wasters.

So we are totally turned off.

But we did call back with this one question:  "WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A CITY COUNCIL OFFICE and STAFF.  WHY WOULD WE CALL YOU?"

When we originally asked to speak to this elected official in person we were told his office was downtown and he only met with people one day a week.  We feel as if his office staff is not following through and keeping us from him.

SO NO MORE EVENTS WHERE HE WILL APPEAR FOR US... and... we'll see who is running, but we may not vote for him again.

So we note the state of our next Presidential Election here in the United States of America.   We've read hundreds of news reports off our cell phone news aps and in the newspapers and magazines to be as well rounded in our reading as we can be.  It sometimes seems as if the vote will be for Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders.  We're not socialists, but we do think this Capitalist Country, if it really were being run on "Christian" principals, would take care of the entire population including those poorer than us. Is it really going to be CAPITALISM versus SOCIALISM?

We were cheered to see some CITIZEN ACTIVISTS holding signs "Honk if you're for Bernie" on a busy intersection.  We were glad SOMEONE WAS OUT THERE.  But we didn't hear much honking.

Along with DONALD TRUMP it seems that POLITICAL CORRECTNESS is coming into question.  The ultra-rich Trump seems to be unconcerned with what saying something unpopular or in an unpopular way is doing to his reputation.  He's theme seems to be "You can't argue with Success."



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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA RELECTED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF TRYING

Don't get us wrong, we want credit for TRYING too!  And, as our readers know, we think it is up to the American citizens TO VOTE WITH THEIR PURCHASING!

So VOTE to keep jobs in the United States!
VOTE to keep products well designed, well made, and safe!
Simply check those labels... look for "MADE IN THE UNITED STATES!"

USA MAZE

WE CAUGHT A GLIMPS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA IN HIS MOTERCADE ON THE WAY TO THE JAY LENO SHOW YESTERDAY!

We were walking our dog yesterday when some of our neighbors who were in the know told us they were walking to an intersection where the President's limo were due to pass on the way to filming the Jay Leno Show.  So we walked with them and sure enough the police were barricading the streets.  We were impressed with how coordinated it all was and how fast it all went.  Our neighbor first pointed to certain helicopters in the sky and said that one of them was a decoy.  Within about fifteen minutes we saw the President's car and, as we were on the side of the passenger seat and the windows were dark tinted, we saw the president through the window.  There was no doubt it was President Barak Obama!  He really is distinctive looking.  Before this vehicle there were a lot of motorcycle cops and behind him an SUV with a man or who bearing arms - sharpshooters no doubt.  But the crowd - kids and dogs too - all waved and we could see he was smiling.

It was all so neighborly, and so unlike the typical city experience.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION KEEPS HEATING UP : WHO WILL MOST HELP OUR COUNTRY ECONOMICALLY

ECONOMICALLY

The truth is we don't know. And we suspect that IT'S REALLY UP TO US, WHAT WE PURCHASE! But we were forced to really think about the fact that the leading Republican candidate doesn't want to reveal his personal financial information. We understand about privacy but we heard someone on the reading stating that the reason for this was not shyness about how rich he is, or how much he has donated to the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Church, but that he does not want to reveal his global investments which would prove that his money has not been benefiting the United States but only his personal wealth. We don't know if this is true...

Now investing is a very difficult subject. It's difficult to ONLY INVEST IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AMERICAN BUSINESSES. AMERICAN PRODUCTS. AMERICAN EMPLOYEES.

We wouldn't elect Sam Walton for President. What about the leading Democrat? What's his investment portfolio like?

YOUR BUYING POWER : EVERY PURCHASE IS A DECISION TO PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR VALUES ARE!

We are watching the Presidential Candidates these days, trying to decide who to vote for.  For us it's not an easy decision, since we probably won't vote a straight ticket for either Democrats or Republicans or any other party.  We know what values matter to us and we're looking for the candidates that seem to reflect those values.  So far no one person is coming into focus for us as the person to vote for.  The economy is a major issue.  We don't think that anyone who is elected will bring us out of this shattered economy which took years to ruin.  Any promises to do so are going in one ear and out the other here.


We feel, as many of you do, a bit helpless.  We know that we cannot expect any elected government officials or leaders to do it for us.  We know that the ECONOMIC POWER WE HAVE IS BUYING POWER.  What little money we may have, how we spend it is all important, because when we spend, we stand behind not only products and services, but MADE IN THE USA - jobs in manufacturing and all else.  When we as citizens have employment,  we come closer to the ideal of independence.  No one really wants to depend on society - the government - for food, shelter, and clothing,  even health care, education should not have to be public, but that is our default, because these days few can afford that much independence.


How are you feeling about the Presidential Candidates?