I have spoken to many friends who are just lost with what our future holds. I will say, I am extremely impressed with Wicomico County being mainly democrats, yet the majority voted for Romney. I'd say, (unlike ALL of the MSM on the Shore) we did our job and we were successful in our messages.
Look, I am not a party line kind of guy. I believe, (and always have) that I will vote for the best man or woman for the job. Unfortunately, (IMHO) Romney was not the best candidate for President for the Republican Party. It is what it is. I can sit here and say Obama is like Santa Claus like so many other people in the media have expressed. However, Obama is our President once again and rather than being bitter about it, we have no choice but to move forward and pressure the Republican Party to do a better job delivering a candidate and that's all there is to it.
I found some spare time today to draft this Post because I could not go to Crisfield as I had planned. I want to thank ALL of those people who were able to take time out of their busy schedules to help those in need down there. Unfortunately for me, one of my closest friends is in ICU today with stage 4 cancer. He went into the Hospital on Thursday night and it's been a mess schedule wise ever since.
Folks, we have a LOT to be thankful for. Clearly we cannot win all of our battles in life. That being said, we can agree to disagree. We can move forward and make the very best of life. America is not coming to an end. America is simply changing. It may not be easy to accept and we may not like it but like anything else, we're growing older and even dependent on the younger generations.
As Americans we need to look a LOT closer at how our children are being taught and WHO is teaching them. We need to be far more involved in their education system and get more involved, unless you want things to continue the way our leaders and elected officials are directing them.
When I published a picture of my Niece and Nephew holding up election signs this week, the very first comment stated this was, "child abuse". Quite frankly I got pretty ticked off at such a statement because our Teachers, (who are mainly liberal) are spending so much time expressing their agenda and beliefs for the majority of their time in school. They want you to believe now that if we teach our children OUR beliefs, that's now child abuse.
IF we want to take responsibility for how our children are raised, we need to start with elected school boards. We need to get far more involved with the PTA. Clearly entitlements have proven to be the easiest way to cope in life, rather than going out and working hard every day and providing for our Families. I'm proud to say I have successfully done well with that department when it comes to my children. They are incredibly independent as well as great providers.
IF you believe we are failing it is because WE are not involved in the critical areas we need to be. I am personally doing everything in my powers to make such changes. I have been running this Blog for more than 7 years. I have been dedicated 365 days a year in all that time to spread messages I feel are important to all of you, republican, democrat or whatever. I am even going so far as to run for Mayor of Salisbury in the hope of delivering promising changes to make our lives better.
Should Jim Ireton run again and should Jim win, as mentioned last week, the voters will have spoken. I will have done my job and will sleep very well at night knowing I did everything in my powers to make a difference.
Look, this is NOT the Superbowl to me. I feel we can start at a local level to make a difference. If the citizens choose that the Obama style of leadership is the way to go, they'll vote for Jim Ireton. If your sick and tired of how Salisbury has been handled these past 16 years, you'll vote for me.
Ladies & Gentlemen, according to some local democrats, we're child abusers. God Forbid we even THINK of teaching our OWN children what WE believe in. In their eyes they want to be rewarded and take credit for whom our children have become. Well, in my lifetime, I'm at least stepping up to the plate to offer YOU something different.
The battle for the upcoming Mayoral election will be decided at the polls. The end results will show what Salisbury, Maryland is made of. It's NOT a matter of hate. It's a matter of what WE want at a local level. We may not like the results of the Presidential election so we must make a change on a local level and ask other municipalities across the Nation to think long and hard at how our children are molded.
A friend said to me, it all started going down hill once they took God out of our schools. It was one thing for a Teacher to come down on one of our children for doing something wrong. Then when our child would come home with a complaint from their Teacher, they had us to answer to. However, when God was in our schools there was another source of being, (some would even call it guilt) to answer to. As children we knew right from wrong. Today, our children rarely have two parents living under one roof to discipline them. One parent, (if not both) want to always be the good guy and not a person they'll hate.
At my age, most Mom's stayed home and Dad went to work and provided. Today, both Parents work full time to help pay for gas, insurance, food, mortgages, gas & electric, college, you name it. Credit Card Companies made it easy for us to borrow and fall into debt. Today, we don't have the time to get involved in PTA or join Boards or become Council Members and those Parents who do find the time to get involved, well, God Bless them because as difficult as it already is to raise our Families, think about how much more weight is now on their shoulders.
It's a matter of managing our time more wisely. It can be done. if your willing to try hard enough. Now, if you are not willing to get more involved, if you didn't get out and vote, well, you have NO RIGHT complaining about the end results. You are simply accepting the outcome of each election and that is your right. However, it doesn't make it right. Perhaps that's the direction America is going. Perhaps you want to be on welfare, food stamps, section 8 housing, never ending unemployment?
I wasn't raised that way. I want to bring jobs to Salisbury, Maryland. I want lower taxes on your properties. Oh, it can be done just as soon as we stop building $14,000,000.00 Fire palaces and $1,400,000.00 Fire Boats. Just because we have a credit rating to borrow such money doesn't mean we need to spend it. I'll put it this way. Your car payment is for 4,5 or 6 years. One day it does get paid off. Just because the payment is over it doesn't mean you need to go out and buy a new one simply because that's the new American way. Times are tough, you know it and I know it. There are MANY things the City paid for 30 years ago that are now being paid off. STOP spending just because it's available.
We can turn Salisbury around but don't think for a single second it can be done in 2 years. We can start heading down the right path but skate parks, dog parks, NOT in my line of thinking. We need paved roads and upgraded infrastructure. I don't care of the Federal Government wants to give us grant money, WE are responsible for the upkeep and policing of such projects and unless it is paid for elsewhere it's NOT going to happen under my leadership.
The Mayoral Election is up to you. Putting lipstick on a pig is what we've dealt with for the past 16 years. Sooner or later someone has to take the bull by the horns and do something positive with what we have. I can and will make things right.
Don't wake up the next morning without getting out to VOTE and think, man, how did Ireton get reelected! This election is one of the most important elections Salisbury has ever experienced. The National Elections are over and each and every one of you have to accept the end result. Don't let this happen again.
