Rant #3,119: It's the Same Old Song

So, I see that President Joe Biden has announced, via a video, that he is running again for President of our great country.

Bully for him!

I won’t be voting for him, nor Donald Trump, Ron Descants, Dagwood Bumstead or whoever gets the Republican nod, because, as you know, I have vowed never to vote for a Republican or Democrat again, and I am sticking to that vow in 2024.

And I really wish more people who are as fed up with things in this great country would do the same, but I can only speak for myself.

And I am more attuned to what happens in this country to our everyday lives when one party is in power over another.

I don’t know why, but it seems that prices on everything from groceries to gas goes up—and I mean, way, way up—when a Democrat is our commander in chief.

It certainly is happening now, a situation where the economists state emphatically that we are not in a recession, and raise interest rates to hurt spending by the middle class.

If we aren’t in a recession, then what would you call our current situation, where a box of cereal costs like $7 a pop (as in “snap, crackle … “)?

When the Republicans are in power, prices seem to be lower, especially at the gas station.

That doesn’t make the Republicans any better than the Democrats.

We are learning that they are all out for themselves, tell untruths about just about everything, and don’t represent the voters’ interests.

Both parties are horrid, and do plenty of double talking to the public.

For one, as I have said before, Biden, when a congressman, was one of the main proponents of taxing Social Security, but it is so funny that as President, he has kind of forgotten all about that, and says his programs are actually helping older Americans.

“Help” like that no one needs, including many senior citizens, who are existing by the seat of their pants with all of his “help.”

I simply don’t like the current mode of this country, where we accept too much as “normal,” and mediocrity is accepted and applauded.

There is no wonder that you have such stark divisions today, because this country is just so divided on so many issues, and you cannot be in between the two sides on anything, because if you are, you appear to be the real enemy of the already warring sides.

And then, we have the uber-egos to deal with in our politicians.

Just look at George Santos, the embattled legislator supposedly serving parts of Queens and Long Island who lied about everything to the Republicans, somehow got away with each and every lie, and won a Republican seat in the House—and is obviously being protected by his fellow Republicans even though he is a complete and utter fraud.

How is this benefiting anyone but the Republicans? It is certainly not benefiting the constituents that voted him in … and he has the audacity to state that he is running again for his seat!

And the Democrats are no better, looking at illegal aliens as potential votes, not as people, and doing absolutely nothing to stop their unprecedented influx into this country.

Few are vetted, many are bringing possible diseases into our country without having necessary vaccinations, and these people are overrunning cities who have nowhere to put them and few resources to help them.

But they are future votes to the Democrats, so let them in! Let them all in!

And then we have crime, violent crime, which the Democrats ignore with their lax bail laws, and Republicans almost arm themselves with their backing of laws that allow assault rifles to be sold to civilians.

And I am just barely touching the surface here when I say we need a complete overhaul of the two-party system, which seems to only work to line the pockets of those voted into office.

And we might just have a felon running for the top spot in our government, which if it doesn’t make us a laughing stock around the world, certainly proves my point that we need changes … and Biden announcing that he is running again is not the change that this country needs to get on the right road again.

I cannot vote for a Republican or Democrat, won’t vote for anyone on those party lines, and yes, I repeat, I just wish more people did what I am going to do come November, as I did this past Election Day and will do for now on … if or until there is a candidate that makes me think differently.

I am fed up with the way things are, but I am also hopeful that a candidate will emerge somewhere down the line who will galvanize me to change my mind about how to vote.

And yes, I am hopeful that in my lifetime, I will see that light at the end of the tunnel.