Way of the World

by Bob Grand

Joe Biden is our President. He has a tough road ahead. He has spoken of unity and working to bring the country together after a devise election process. Unfortunately, his raft of executive orders did much to support his left-wing base, but not very much to foster unity in the country. The country is divided in what looks like an us and them as opposed to we. The election was close. There was a winner but that does not mean that the half of America’s voters who did not vote for Joe Biden should be ignored. In today’s world of us and them, much like the Denver statehouse, the winners think they can do anything they want without repercussions or a call for an accounting. Nancy Pelosi has the slimmest of margins in the United States House of Representatives where the Republicans lost no incumbent positions, yet the Democrats lost 13. 2012 elections are not far off.

The assessment of Donald Trump’s presidency is something that history will judge. Not to be decided in the heat of today’s vitriol world. What we all need to be concerned about is what is happening to the fabric of our country. We used to hold our government institutions as sacred. We are now seeing the impeachment process used as an effort to punish Donald Trump so as to eliminate him from being able to run for office again. Where is our sense of justice? There should be equal justice for all, not just for those who the social media giants decide should have it. The extremes of both parties should be taken to task and held accountable when they break the law. Be it in Washington D.C., Seattle, Portland , Minneapolis or wherever.

COVID-19 is still here. Do not expect it to go away, soon. I have registered to get my vaccine shot and am waiting to hear where and when. I wait patiently. Ever so slowly, the school opening issue is moving forward. Many parents have been forced to spend more time with their children and that has raised some questions about how we should educate our children, I suspect, for many, there will be a serious question about considering home schooling as an option, where possible. For school districts the question is what the most effective model for is educating our children. The same can be said about the college models. A group of Columbia University students in New York are suing the institution for refunds on their annual $60,000 tuition bills as they are claiming they have not gotten what they contracted for, in person learning.

It raises a question about what organization are supposed to be doing. Are they there to support their infrastructure or are they there to best serve their constituents? That question can and should be asked, at all levels.

A recent article talked about Weld County should consider becoming part of Wyoming as opposed to have to deal with Governor Polis and the statehouse in Denver. Now Wyoming has a population of about 525,000, Weld County has a population of about 325,000, controlled by an exceedingly small group of Greeley centric establishment Republicans. Now for those of us who have had dealings with Wyoming folks, they are pretty independent. Did any of the folks suggesting Weld County should join Wyoming ever ask the citizens of Wyoming if they were interested. I suspect the answer would be a resounding NO! Like it or not Weld County Republicans have to figure out how to work with Denver/Boulder political structure, it is not going away, and unless the Colorado Republican Party develops a real appeal to the unaffiliated voters the picture will not change.

In today’s world we are all busy, there never seems to be enough time for anything, so we all struggle and try to do the best we can. There is an increasing danger out there in terms of organizations trying to restrict our freedom of speech, our access to objective information and ultimately our liberty. What makes America so great is that you have a right to an opinion, and you have a right to express that, without being hauled off to jail. The domination of the social media market by a small group, in effect an oligopoly, on our news feed and the reduction of truly substantiative content is a threat all of us need to be considering. It seems that there is a group who honestly believe that they are the anointed, and they have the answers to solve all our issues. Many have advanced degrees from prestigious universities, and many are entrenched in the bureaucracy of government. My question is who they are serving, as mentioned earlier, self-serving is not what America, theoretically, was built on. Now have we been perfect? The answer is no, but that does not mean we should allow a relatively small group take control and manipulate the rest of us. I have a growing concern that many politicians, in both parties, do not have the best interests of America and its citizens as their goal. Is it unreasonable to expect the application of common sense to be a guiding force in how we govern?

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What Has Happened?

We gave our country away. This hasn’t happened over night but we finalized it with this last election.

People came to this land to escape dictatorship and kings so that they could exercise freedom of religion, speech, ownership of property, etc.... This what our country started out as.

The politicians (not statesmen’s) that are in office have sold our country and the people for favors, money, power and social status.

They purchased us by giving us social programs that lock us into a system that is not designed to help us up and out, but enslave us. This is because we will continue to vote these politicians back into office for these same programs. This to me is Slavery. They have proven with this election that they no longer need our votes.

Are we as a people so willing to sell ourselves and children’s future for a few pretty beads?

This is not about Republican or Democrat.

It is a fight for our freedoms of which the people seem to be all too eager to give away for a false sense of security. Wait until the dust settles and see what happens over the next four years.

These politicians have too big of egos. For the reason they hated Trump so much on the false claims they concocted, they need to examine themselves because what you accuse someone of is what you are hiding. Especially if the facts are not there!

I feel our government needs to be overhauled and majorly downsized!

Remember people these politicians are not better than you or I. They only think they are and we have been feeding this.

Look at our country’s debt and tell me how this will be paid! Massive taxes - maybe one of the elites will step and donate to pay our country’s debt? If so one must ask then what will they want in exchange?

How much is your freedom with- what little of it is left?

We have just sacrificed ourselves and one of the greatest countries in the world.

Maybe the end result we never deserved it as we were unable to keep it.

Welcome slavery!

My heart is breaking.