A Final Thought

Before delve into my review of "The Grand Tour" and once more complain about Apple's lack of "Appleness", I will say a fee last words about the election. The level to which people have taken the results of the election two weeks ago forces to the question of whether or we should just abolish the Presidency altogether. Obviously that would be a terrible I idea, but with proliferation of social media and the media's coverage are at the point of being intolerable.

We have no one to blame but ourselves for the results of this election. We're the ones who listened to the media, listened to the candidates,  and decided based upon party rather than on principle. Instead of picking from the top shelf in the primaries, we drove our hands directly in the cesspool of American society and politics. Neither candidate was the ideal choice, yet they were made the front runners. And when the third parties tried to give you an alternative, you all still didn't listen.

The American voter is more dazzled by a sensationalized campaign, than a look at the actual facts. We want everything in bite sized tweets so we don't have to think real hard or read for a few seconds. It's probably the reason Apple can make computers that are almost useless and Samsung can make a phone that explodes and still make a profit.

I beg everyone, in 2020, please think about the candidates presented before. Do your research and stop listening to what the main stream media and the hype of social media. It is tiresome have to always pick between the lesser of two evils or a third party no one listens too. This campaign and it's aftermath have probably jaded more people to the political process than any other campaign. Every four years we have two terrible candidates that no one wants, despite being the people's choice, and then complain about the result and blame it on everything else but ourselves.

The End Result

Donald J. Trump will now be President of the United States of America, the most powerful world leader on the face of the Earth. In January he will sworn in and assume his new role and take the office. What started as a joke in the minds of Americans has become reality. How did this happen?

Let us go back in time, to the beginning, in 2015. The origins lay in the primaries, the early success of Rand Paul, Trump's rapid rise, and the massive movement behind Bernie Sanders. 2016 was the year of the outsider, a movement against the establishment. Even the third parties, particularly Gary Johnson gained more recognition than any other previous year (though it wasn't enough).

Many Americans are tired of the status quo, the established order. Dissatisfaction with the direction of the country, economy, and the continuous unending wars. People feel tired and disillusioned and are looking for a change. Obama promised "Hope and Change", and yes we did get a new health care system, troops were pulled out of Iraq, Osama Bin Laden is dead, Net Neutrality was protected, and LGBT rights were expanded. However people are facing rising prices on Obama care, the war on terror has expanded, the government's invasion of privacy hasn't ended, and not everyone is seeing an improvement in the economy. Many people see the government as an overbearing parent rather than an institution that is designed to with and for them.

The seeds of what happened last night were sown of the course of the last sixteen years through government regulation, intervention, and poor foreign policy. The President isn't the only one to blame though, one must look at Congress as well. They pass laws, approve the budget, and confirm the President's Supreme Court appointments. Our government was setup with checks and balances that prevent one group or person from having all the power.

I am still trying to comprehend what happened last night, only few times in American politics has anything this unprecedented happened. Though for the reasons stated above, we can understand why this happened. Granted, the requirements for being President are, that you have to be an American citizen and 35 years of age, but most have had some form of political experience.

This has been one of the most amusing, irritating, annoying, and frustrating elections that I have ever seen.  What the next four years will entail is a mystery, who can say when the one entering office is an outsider to the political club.

This is a new frontier in American politics and who knows where it will lead, it could be good or bad, hopefully good. The only thing we can do is wait and see.

Election Opinion

Just some last minute election thoughts.....