Haven’t voted yet?

I invite you to consider the following: Think not about Harris and Trump, but about living under a Democracy or an Autocracy. It is clear that is the real choice.

Having spent my pre-teen and teen years in Washington, D.C., and as a post-WWII veteran, I have seen and felt the tragedy of the thousands killed, wounded or effected in defense of our freedom. Let not that freedom be lost. To be clear, I am a 60-year Republican and 15-year Independent.

“Conflicts arise when we dwell too much on secondary differences between us: differences of nationality, faith, whether we are rich or poor, educated or uu educated. What’s more helpful to remember instead is that we are all human beings and from that point of view we’re all the same.”

His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.

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