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The Tankerhoosen River in Vernon, CT.

As we move toward election day
Is anyone interested in the issues? or are we more focused on what the women are wearing when they make speeches?

We have a war going on in the wrong country; our economy is in the toilet; people are losing their homes right and left to foreclosure; countries around the world are attacking their neighbors; education should be one of our highest priorities; health care should be right up there with education. There’s a lot more going on that needs fixing, but apparently no one cares…not even the candidates.

I want to hear the PLAN
I want a candidate to tell me what he is going to DO about the problems we face. I don’t want to hear about what a bad person the other guy is. I can discern that for myself.

Mr. Obama, what are your plans for fixing America? Tell me what you want to accomplish in 4 years or 8 years.

Mr. McCain, what are your plans for fixing America? Tell me what you want to accomplish in 4 years or 8 years.

Either one of you… at the end of your watch would America be better respected around the world than it is now? Would we be the same hated target of terrorists if we were less arrogant…as a government…as a people? What are your plans regarding this situation?

We need a leader with a clear vision of what needs to be done AND A PLAN for carrying that plan forward. We need to elect people to Congress who will put their egos, their personal thoughts of gain, aside and be lawmakers FOR THE PEOPLE.

What we desperately need
It doesn’t matter what party, and, putting party affiliation aside, we need a president who has the presidential mentality of a Harry Truman. The buck stopped at his desk, but it seems to have disappeared from sight since then.

Our choices
How about us? I think of politics and politicians as deceitful. At election time I find it difficult to figure out who will do the least harm and/or be the least crooked. No one is perfect and no system is perfect. However, it seems we can do better.

Serve your term and go back to your plow
Serving the people as representatives in the governmental process was not supposed to be a career. Maybe that’s where we went wrong. Perhaps there should be a cap on how long our senators and representatives can serve, just as we did for the office of president. It’s a thought.