Thoughts on politics.

 I have a degree in PoliSci/Government.

As I look back, it was kinda like a dream.

In education, there are really only two facets for non-stem fields: PoliSci/Government education is one... and reality is the other. Those two rarely intersected.

What my degree taught me was how it's SUPPOSED to work.

Much like the builders of the Titanic were taught their ship wouldn't sink.

Reality has taught me that educationally? The white board was covered with theories that bore little to no resemblance to actual, real-life realities.

I'm 70. And I can't turn it off. Watching the manipulations and corruptions of government over the past several decades, recognizing them and experiencing them? It's like fingernails on a blackboard.

I wish I didn't know what I know. I wish I could stop seeing the slow-motion trainwreck of our system in action.

I know what it's SUPPOSED to be. But too many in government, on both sides, are far more concerned about money than they are our country.

And until we elect those who actually put this country first? Including ahead of themselves?

We'll never be able to fulfill the vision of our Founders.

Kirk served us nobly and well. He died doing that which he loved the most outside his country, his family and his faith.

He will be missed. And more blood will be spilled to silence those who follow in his steps.

In short, if I had it all to do over, I would have done something else. Politics is a filthy, destructive business. I was in it for over 30 years on staff and in campaigns. Even the biggest rock in a river is worn down over time.

It brings out the worst in people as we see from the hatred the left lives and thrives upon. And it's worn me down.
All too rarely, it brings out the best. But those instances are few and far between.

It changed me at the molecular level. And not in a good way.

At this point, I'd rather have been a mechanic. It's too late for me now. Be careful of your goals and aspirations. And if political involvement is in your future? There may very well be more to the wanting.... then there is in the having.