Published: June 26, 2009 11:36 pm      

DAY: Negative vs. positive

When are we as a united country going to run our country with united representatives, there to do what is actually good for the country and not so good for those fat cats who have never worked a job, other than the one as a person of politics?

Why does one have to tear down the other? When are those representatives going to really look at what we need and not for something that will fill their pockets? Don’t they realize that they are supposed to tell us and show us what they will do for us, and not tear the reputation of the person they are trying to beat?

It is my opinion that before a person is allowed to even try to run for office, that person should be known to the people for the whole year previous. Why should we vote for an unknown? Many times someone we never heard of will pop up and throw his or her hat in the ring, and we wonder, “Where did this person come from?”

That person will start making promises that most know can’t be met, and voters think that here is the one who will lead us away from bad and into a ring of good. What about those bills that are left hanging in Congress?

Now, we do have those who want to do what is right for us. But once they get in there, they find a group that is and will be against anything that the new kid on the block wants to try and do.

In my own opinion, we need to tell those whom we elect that if they don’t get up and do something for the good of those whom they represent, they are on a quick ride back home to sit in the corner for telling a fib. In all of those who ran in this last election, how much did you know about them before they chose to run?

You know more about me and what I stand for than you do about half of those who wanted your vote. I have written about the things that have happened to me that reinforce my belief, and I have been close to death twice – only to find out that it wasn’t time for me and God had other plans for me. I have written about my family of a wife and two children, of my parents and my brothers and sisters. You know just about everything there is to know about me without me hollering to the world that I want your vote come election time. In addition, to go a little further, I do have several faults, which I need to overcome before I get that call to go Home.

I am very happy in knowing that you read my column each week, and you like it. I love it when I see someone and they say, “great column.” What more can I ask but that? But I am slowing down some, and there are still a lot of my memories that I want to share with you. And there are some friends that I have not seen in 50 years that I want to see. But like Andy Rooney, I just got to be me, and if that isn’t good enough, then so be it.

One thing for certain is that the past cannot be changed, and the future is a mystery, but today can be better if you want it to. As for seeking an office, I would keep you advised as to who I am, what I believe in and what you can expect me to do for all of you.

The one thing that this old man is trying to say is we live in a free America with the right to choose whom we want to represent us in government, so why do we have to do it in a negative way? Let’s take a closer look at those new guys, and while we are at it, we can tell those who represent us now that we are looking at changing. Think about it and pull the weeds.

• Ray “Uncle Ray” Day is a weekly contributor to the Kokomo Tribune. Contact him at uncleray@earthlink.net or (765) 457-3819.