Voters

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I wasn’t going to direct my attention to politics today, however, after waking up and seeing all the Facebook statuses praising or rejecting the outcomes of the elections, I’m left wondering about some things. These things aren’t new, but I suppose I now feel more inclined to write them down. Some things I wonder about voters:

I wonder how many people vote who actually know anything about politics. It amazed me to see statuses such as “Yes, Deval Patrick won!” coming from people who normally have statuses such as “My lip gloss is poppin’.” People like this could very well be political geniuses, but I doubt it so I wonder. I also wonder which type of people are worse, people who don’t know anything about politics and don’t vote, or people who don’t know anything about politics and cast uneducated votes.

For the Love of Money

“For the love of money
People will steal from their mother
For the love of money
People will rob their own brother
For the love of money
People can’t even walk the street
Because they never know who in the world they’re gonna beat
For that lean, mean, mean green
Almighty dollar, money”   – The O’Jays

Believe me, I’m all for making money. That is why I work hard for it. How else would I deal with my monthly bank-account-pick-pocketers? Money doesn’t rule my life, however, it certainly is a necessity. Without it I would not be able to feed myself and my 12 kids. In any event, there’s just certain things I couldn’t do.*

Gifted

If you ever found your way to the “About Vic Louis” page, you may have noticed I have a Bachelor’s of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology. However, if you know that fun fact, then you also know that I’m not working in that field. After 4 years of blood, sweat, and tears – well maybe just sweat because those buildings were hot – I received this big piece of paper with my name and a couple of signatures on it. 6 years later I decided to put that piece of paper in a frame and it now hangs above my head as I write. What’s the significance behind it? I have no idea. I just know that’s not what I’m chasing.