Tuesday 16 January 2024

If I Could Change Three Things Over The Election System

 1.  I'd dump January, February and March primaries.  I'd have a brief six week 'fun-packed' primary period starting in late April and ending by early June.   

2.  I'd mandate a national ID card (issued by Social Security)....free of charge, and required to vote.  No ID?  No vote.  

3.  Some kind of mental/physical check of candidates (even down to county commission seats).  

Consequences Story

 On rare visits to the US....I will find myself in a Wal-Mart and just browsing.  I might buy six to eight things, and waste three hours in the process.

I paused over the amount of security going on (especially in California).  

My old three-hours browse?  Well....with these conditions....it'd probably add at least two additional hours onto a simple trip.

But here's the thing....if you really peeved me off and wasted that much time....I'd probably lessen my shopping trip.  I might even just go to Amazon and order 'stuff'....rather than walking into a store.

So this brings me to the consequences of this added security business.  I think in three to five years....more than half of the brick-and-mortar stores in America will shut down.

We probably will not realize it until the damage has been completed.

Political Chatter

 CNN decided as part of their Caucus coverage in Iowa to ask a question over Joe Biden....if he had a legit win in 2020?

Almost 70-percent of Republicans (remember, it's a GOP Caucus only) said 'NO'.

CNN journalists?  I get the impression that they are a bit peeved.  They've done everything possible to stamp out the questions.  

If they had gone to include non-Republicans?  With the exception of metropolitan zones....I think 20-percent of them would probably agree....there's problems with the 2020 vote-count.

This triggering people to be more skeptical?  That really is the whole landscape....it runs across various topics now.