I’m not taking the high ground, moral or otherwise. What I am going to do is stake out this middle ground. I’m going to stand where I can see as far to the right of me as I can to the left. I’m going to look at the facts surrounding both sides of every issue. I’m going to throw out the talking points, the propaganda and the nonsense and I’m going to make my decisions and my opinions based on what’s known, rather than how I personally feel about a situation or issue.

The reason I’m telling you this is because over the next few months there are going to be calls from the corporate owned Republicans, and the corporate owned Democrats to “unite” for the common good. That’s what they are going to say. What they mean is we need to move to the right and coddle them and the Trump people that have no intention of moving a fraction of a centimeter to the left. Their idea of compromise is where we leave the idea of real healthcare behind. We forget that nonsense about addressing income inequality, and stop pointing out that NO ONE can live on $15k a year. We need to give up the dream of having a comfortable retirement, and just keep pumping all the money those frivolous things would cost into the lifestyle of the morbidly rich few that deserve it.

I’m telling you this because there are some things worth all of us having, and after those minimum requirements are met, when you see that there really are resources and money left over after we have taken care of each other, well then we can let the morbidly rich figure out how to get their hands on what’s left. First things first though, and the first thing is not going to be our suffering so that some billionaire can have a 12th yacht, or a fourteenth mansion somewhere. Feel free to argue with me about this, but bring facts, I won’t be swayed by emotional diatribes, or logical fallacies. I’m an independent. I couldn’t possibly care less about the parties and their corporate agenda. What I do care about is people. I care about people and I intend to change the way you think about each other too.