Local Man Ruins Everything

                 There are those of us in this country that want true change. A break in the system. Hell, an entirely new system. It was this thinking that elected President Obama, arguably one of the best Presidents our country has ever had. It also gave us Donald Trump. The worst President by a wide margin. Anytime Americans see change on the ballot, they go for it. We can all agree that we are tired of politics, tired of the games and tired of the political roadblocks by each side of the isle.             The thing is, there is one thing that is keeping true change from happening and most Americans don’t even realize it’s a thing. I’m talking about Gerrymandering. The way we shape congressional districts is so skewed to one side that if you are not a Republican, it is next to impossible to win elections. Now I know that the other side is guilty of it too. But like most things, ...

     I do not need to tell you that America is divided. Pick a topic and go ask the nearest person and ask their view on it. Odds are its vastly different than your own. To quote Donald Glover, “This is America”. A gross amalgamation of viewpoints that struggles to find oxygen. We were weak from the start. How do you quantify America? How do you even begin to bring together people who are just so vastly different on every solitary level? I would love to say that I have the answer to those questions, but I don’t. No one does.      The fact is that “facts” are relative now. I do miss the days when wrong was just plain wrong. Now there is different levels of wrong. There is my wrong. My “facts” that people who do not see eye to eye with me will swear is false. Then there are your “facts”. Which I will swear are false. Who’s to say who is right? Science and evidence seem like a good start but so many just ignore it. This is the world we live in now.   ...