"VOTE"

By Jim Culp

One day I went into a non-big-name burger shop in one of the towns that I lived in here in NW Kansas. It had been opened by a retired military guy, and I wanted to give him my business; as well as a matter of convenience, his shop was less than a mile from my house.

I walked in, and he immediately told me that he was out of everything except jalapeno burger, and hot polish sausages; as his delivery truck had failed him and the lunch rush had nailed him. {didn't know I was a poet, did ya?}

"Shit," I said. "I don't like either one of those bro. I'll catch you another day."

He smiled and said "ok then, thank you sir."

I was off to McDonalds, or Sonic, or three other burger places; I know them all well, and know exactly what I will get when I order there.

What I just described was a person (me, in this case) making a decision not to

go with what I don't like or trust on my stomach, and moving on to another avenue.

This lesson can be applied this coming November when you have the choice to vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

The fact is you don't. You can write in any name you want. Millions will vote for Hillary because she is a Democrat that believes in the values of our Republic.. Millions will vote for Donald because they think he is a Conservative Republican. Neither are either. But people will do it anyway.

This very concept of voting for Peter because he is the lesser evil than Paul, is what has weakened our nation to the point of being on the verge of civil war or states declaring independence from the union. You vote in Darth Vader because you don't want Emperor Palpatine. For those of you that don't fancy Star Wars; you vote in Mussolini instead of Hitler. Both of them suck, and will lead us to further decline, but you do it anyway, because you think it helps us.

This November, vote for someone you have researched that does a good job at his/position, or like me, write in "NO CONFIDENCE" as a sign that you don't trust a single person that currently serves in our government.