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by Bruce West

I want to tell you about my Christmas. I was sitting at home watching the news with my family when the news started talking about the health care bill which passed the Senate. I was irate. My wife and kids have put up with my yelling and screaming at the television quite often this year.

I think my wife was tired of hearing it when she said “why don’t you do something about it.” I laughed to myself, there is nothing I can do to fix this mess. I was so disappointed. I started up the computer to look for the next Tea Party Event!

I replied, “Things will be different when I am in charge.”

My daughter then chimed in. “You always tell us if we do not like something change it.”

At about the same time she said this, my email program popped up and there it was, a letter from the Libertarian Party looking for candidates. I thought about it and laughed. Then thought about it some more. I think I found my answer. I can protest at the tea parties, but that does not accomplish anything, they ignore or marginalize those at these events. If I am a candidate, they have to listen to my and my views.

I filled out the form, notarized it and now I am running for the 8th congressional district in the great state of Texas. I have no idea how to do this now, but I am determined to bring commonsense into the election process and the congress of the United States.

I am a working man; I live paycheck to paycheck, so this is going to be a really cheap campaign. I will try to use the Internet and my website to generate votes. I will even go door to door.

My goal is to win, but I will be satisfied if all I accomplish is to get people to think outside of their own little box. From what I have seen so far, nobody ventures out of their box anymore. When we judge our government, we judge our government by what it has done for us. We should be asking what our government has done for the country.

Currently, our congress is answering to the left or to the right. They are both extreme points of view.

The Left wants no religion in government, the right wants a government controlled by religion. I, and the Libertarians want a government that protects both of those views without getting involved.

The Right wants to do nothing about health care (but bitch) and the Left wants health care for all. I and the Libertarians want reduced health care cost. We also want to make the decisions on how to take care of our own bodies and the health of our children.

The Left wants to hand our money to those in need. The Right wants to do nothing and pretend the problem does not exist. I and the Libertarians want to make meaningful change and allow those in need to climb out of there situation. Private charities should be encouraged to make meaningful change (and for the record this does not mean giving blankets to charity).

The Left wants to teach sex in schools. The Right want to teach God and religion. I and the Libertarians want the schools to teach reading, writing and math. Job skills and education.

It is time for us to focus on the issues. Not only does congress need to change, we need to change what we are asking our congress to do. We need to stop evaluating our accomplishments as great steps and take care of the little problems. We need to use standard problem solving to correct root causes, not throw money at something only to make it worse.

I want to inform voters that they do not have to vote for a candidate they do not like or support. They do not have to vote at all. Our votes are the only voice we have to officially tell our congressman he is doing well. Or to replace him. Never waste your vote by sending the wrong message. Do not encourage your congressman to lie to you during the election year because he thinks he has you convinced that he has changed.

My website is www.brucewestforcongress.com If you have a chance, check it out.

My email: bruceforcongress(AT)yahoo(dot)com

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