​E pluribus unum

I keep reading media articles about the American "political elite."

I'd like to believe that we don't have "politically elite" people in this country.

In my experience, we have politically educated... and politically uneducated citizens in the United States of America.

Ironically, to be either one is a "nefarious privilege."

As we recover from taking two steps back in our progress towards forming a more perfect union, I humbly reMIND my friends and family members that we are voters... mere foot soldiers in a war of an ever-evolving democracy.

Yet, much like my time served on ships and submarines, we must strive to remember that we, ourselves, the voters, are not the destructive instruments of war.

That moniker potentially belongs to the politicians (as opposed to "elected officials").

You and I are neighbors, friends, family members, and grateful groups of community correspondents.

We may be a hodgepodge of Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and Green Party members, among others...

Let us not be the warring heads of the machines of which we have become unwitting-yet-willing co-conspirators. 

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​...e pluribus unum...

"Out of many... One"

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Indeed, despite our differences...

We are One.

​Aloha!