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Like a true bonehead, I took out student loans for both undergrad and grad school only to find that the majors that I selected (BS Sociology & MSED Secondary Education) were never going to grant me access into a career that I would ever legitimately be able to responsibly pay off what I originally borrowed ($20-30K) during my lifetime. This original amount is now at $107K. And, if anyone out there thinks that this is ever going to be paid off, they are crazier than I have ever been! Sure, there is more to the story than what either data space or patience allows here. But, damn it, I (literally) went to college in order to become an indentured servant for the rest of my life. In all, there was never really any true hope that I would ever be blessed enough to live out the dreams of my youthful idealism (having a wife, children, two cars in a covered insulated garage, a home, property complete with a pond, little fishies and a nice warm bed covered by a paid for house). Even spending 15-years in the US military did nothing to dent this insurmountable mountain of debt that sucks the very life out of me daily. Bottom line is this: "Lance Cordill screwed up - no one twisted my arm to volunteer for the loan programs I participated in. But, the ability to pay them off is NEVER going to happen." Would have been nice to have had a different life. But, now, the very education that I received, is now my achilles heel. I can not get a job, a security cleaence. One day, I will need care. I will grow old like everyone else. I will become a ward of the state. Once a loser, always a loser. And no positive mental attitude tape (AKA, Anthony Robbins, TD Jakes et al) can ever change that. If they could, this would have happened a long time ago. So, at an interest rate of over $5K a month, soon to turn $6K, then $7K, and so on, I have to wonder: "Exactly, what is to be the remedy for such a situation? It clearly is beyond my ability to grasp such a solution." Suicide is out. Volunteering for more war is out. Going beserk and allowing law enforcement to finish my presence here on this planet is out. Going out of my way to injure someone or commit an illegal act is out. Any ideas out there? I'm truly open for suggestion. Kinda sucks having one thing daily to look forward to in life, "This continuing sucking sound of perpetual poverty which fill my eardrums and stains my soul". God Bless, America.

I always knew that you served a purpose for my tidings on this planet. Today, May 12, 2009 you served up well. Thank you, Donald Trump,  so much for preserving Carrie Prejean's presence in the beauty pagaent realm!

Uh, no Wanda, I do not think that you are funny at all!

   

TWAS MIDNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

HIS UNIT HAD WORKED HARD

THROUGH THICK AND THROUGH THIN

TO FIGHT THIS SADDAM

AND OSAMA AND WIN

 

PRIOR NIGHT HAD BEEN HEATED

BY BATTLES DESPAIR

BUT TONIGHT WAS TO BE DIFFERENT

THE SEABEES JUST COMPLETED

A REINFORCED PATROL

NO ENEMY WAS SPOTTED

SEABEES AGAIN IN CONTROL

 

OF ALL PROPERTY AND SIGHT

AS GENERAL ORDERS RELAY

THE LONE SEABEE ON WATCH

THE CHIEF WAS THE LAST

TO ADDRESS HIS SEABEE,

“HANG IN THERE ‘TIL DAWN

KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN

AND YOUR WITS ON THESE GROUNDS

YOU’RE A SEABEE ON GUARD

COMPLETE WITH LIVE ROUNDS

 

I KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE

THE LUCK OF THE DRAW

I NEED SOMEONE HERE GOOD

THE BEST WITHOUT FLAW”

 

ON WENT THOSE GOGGLES

WHERE EVERYTHING TURNS GREEN

THE SEABEE ON WATCH LOOKED BAD

HE REALLY LOOKED MEAN!

 

WITH OTHER SEABEES IN TOTO

OFF THE CHIEF WENT

BACK TO BASE CAMP

ALL TIRED AND SPENT

 

THE LONE SEABEE ON WATCH

TESTED BY BATTLE

OWNED THE DARK NIGHT

NERVES DIDN’T RATTLE

 

SECONDS TURNED TO MINUTES

MINUTES INTO AN HOUR

STILL THE SEABEE STOOD WATCH

HIS HEART DID NOT SOUR

 

THEN AT ZERO ONE

LIKE A SCUD MISSLE

AN IDEA HIT HOME HARD,

“CHRISTMAS WAS OFFICIAL”

 

YET, THOUGH FAR AWAY

WITH LOVED ONES BACK HOME

HIS BUDDIES BACK ASLEEP

HE’D STILL NOT BEMOAN

 

ABOUT WHY HE WAS HERE

ATOP A DESERT MOUND

IN FACT IT BECAME CLEAR

WHY SEABEES WERE AROUND

 

HELPING THOSE WISHING FREEDOM

WHO’VE BEEN OPPRESSED

UNSHACKLING THEIR CHAINS

FROM REGIMES TURNED OBSESSED

 

IT’S NOT THE DESERT

CAUSING FREEDOM’S THIRST

WE’RE JUST NOW LEARNING

IT’S OK TO STRIKE FIRST

 

SO FOR AN HOUR THIS WENT ON

TURNING RYHME INTO REASON

LENDING CREDENCE TO SEABEES 

BUT THEN AROUND ZERO TWO

SOMETHING DID CHANGE

THE SEABEE SAW A LIGHT

WHICH FLICKERED DOWNRANGE

 

ABOVE THE HORIZON

OR WHAT ONE CAN BE IN THE DARK

LIKE PETER PAN’S TINKER BELL

‘TWAS AGLOW WITHOUT BARK

 

THIS LITTLE LIGHT VENTURED CLOSER

STILL TIMID AND REMOTE

SO OUR SEABEE RADIOED IN

TAKING TIME TO DENOTE

 

THERE WAS THIS STRANGE SPARKLE

IN HOOSIER, DOWN YONDER WAY

IT WAS HARD TO DESCRIBE

TWASN’T A SEABEE, NO WAY!

 

BUT THE SPARKLE ITSELF

WAS LEAVING A TRAIL

LIKE A RUDDERLESS BOAT

BOBBING WITHOUT SAIL

 

SO THE SEABEE TOOK CHANCE

IN ORDER BETTER TO SEE

TO SEE WHAT THIS SPARKLE

THIS SPARKLE MIGHT BE

 

OFF WENT THE GOGGLES

AT FIRST THINGS TURNED ALL BLACK

BUT SOON SIGHT RETURNED

YUP, CAME RIGHT BACK

 

AND THERE BEYOND MEASURE

WITHOUT NOISE WITHOUT SOUND

DEEP IN THE HEART

THE SEABEE’S CHRISTMAS WAS FOUND

 

RIGHT UNDER OUR RADAR

AND OUR SATTALITE’S VISION

WAS A VEHICLE OF HOPE

REPLETE WITH PROVISION

 

NO CHALLENEGE WAS OFFERED

NO PASSWORD WAS NEEDED

ONLY JOY WAS PROFFERED

A NEW CHRISTMAS WAS SEEDED

 

IT LOOKED LIKE A TRAIN

CUDDLED WITH KEPT FUR

WITH THESE ANTLER LEGGED THINGS

THAT’D MAKE NAVY SEALS PUR

 

YES, THERE WAS RUDOLPH

TRUE TO STORY’S DELIGHT

AGAIN HE HAD TO HELP

THESE REINDEER UNTIL BRIGHT

 

OUT FROM THE BACK

A CABOSE DRESSED AS SLEIGH

ROSE THIS JOLLY BIG FELLA

MY GOD WHAT’D HE WEIGH?

 

ALL DRESSED IN NIGHT CAMMIES

ALL CHALKED AND WELL KEPT

HE WAS ALL FULL OF GLEE

THOUGH HE’D NOT YET SLEPT

 

“HO, HO THERE FELLOW SEABEE,

WHY DON’T LOOK SURPRISED

I’VE BEEN OUT DOING RECON

MY REAL OUTFIT THEY’D DESPISE

 

YOU’RE MY LAST STOP

AND I’VE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST

BECAUSE YOU’VE REMEBERED THE TRUTH

YOU’VE REMEMBERED MY PAST

 

“ABOUT WHAT I’M ABOUT

JUST MORE THAN BEING NAMED NICK

FOR SOME I’M A SAINT

FOR OTHER’S I’M A – RICHARD”

 

“I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS HONOR

FOR SUCH A STORY TO UNFOLD

WHY IF IT WAS ME WITH JUST DONNER

I’D BE WITH MY WIFE BEING BOLD!”

 

“YOU’RE OUT ON YOUR WATCH

PULLING TIME CHRISTMAS EVE

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW

I’VE GOT SOMETHING UP MY SLEAVE”

 

“A SEABEE DOES HIS DUTY

REGARDLESS OF PLACE OR CLIME

EVEN MARINES BECOME SEABEES

WHEN GOD GRANTS ENOUGH TIME”

 

“BUT ALL CANDOR ASIDE

I KNOW THAT TIME IS PRESSING

YOU’VE BEEN TASKED BY THE LORD

WITH THIS IMPORTANT BLESSING”

 

“MOST ANGELS HAVE WINGS

GOD GAVE ME REINDEER

I FLY ACROSS EARTH

PROFFERING CHRIST’S CHEER”

 

“THAT DEEP WITHIN US ALL

IS A WELL WHICH RUNS DEEP

SOMETIMES IT GETS CRACKED

SOMETIMES IT DOES SEEP”

 

“SOMETIMES IT CRIES OUT

AND WE HURT AND WE WEEP

SOMETIMES WE SEEK VENGENCE

FOR AN ILL FLOWN OUR WAY

SOMETIMES WE SEEK JUSTICE

TO MAKE THOSE ONES PAY

SOMETIMES WE TAKE AIM

AT THOSE WE NEED MOST

FORGETTING THE LOVE

BESTOWED BY OUR HOST”

 

“NEVER FORGET DEAR SEABEE

THAT WHAT YOU DO HERE

ENSURES OUR WAY OF LIFE

THAT WE HOLD TO BE DEAR”

 

“AND AS A TOKEN OF TRUTH

FROM MY SLEAVE I RETRIEVE

A ROUND OF RESILIANCE

THAT YOUR METTLE RECEIVE”

 

“NEVER GIVE UP HOPE

NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT

NEVER LOSE SCOPE

WHAT YOU’RE DOING IS RIGHT”

 

AND THEN OFF HE WENT

ALONG WITH DONNER AND BLITZEN

COMET AND CUPID AND WELL -

HIS ELVES THAT WERE SPRITZEN

 

THE SEABEE ON WATCH  STOOD FROZEN

RIGHT THERE ON HARD GROUND

NOT SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED

WERE ANY OTHER SEABEES AROUND?

 

THE SEABEE ON WATCH  LOOKED

GAZING TO THE STARY SKY

ASKING TO HIMSELF,

“COME ON NOW, LORD, WHY”?

 

YET, THE ANSWER HAD COME FORTH

AND IT HAD TURNED ZERO THREE

THE CHIEF WAS HEARD COMING

SURELY HE DID SEE?

 

BUT, IT REALLY DIDN’T MATTER

FOR CHRISTMAS HAD CAME

IN A WAY NEVER IMAGINED

LIFE COULD NEVER BE THE SAME

 

STILL THREE HOURS TO GO

THE SEABEE’S WATCH HALFWAY THROUGH

ALL OLD THOUGHTS BECAME EMPTY

FRESHNESS WAS NOW ANEW

 

ALL THAT HAD BEEN EARNED

FROM EARLY YOUTH UNTIL NOW

HAD GONE BY THE WAYSIDE

WITH SUCH POWER AND HOW

 

FOREVER STANDING DUTY

TAKING CHARGE OF ASSIGNED GROUND

THE SEABEES WILL BUILD AND FIGHT

OUR RESOLVE FIRMLY BOUND

 

“NO MATTER WHERE TERROR MAY HIDE

IN THE DEPTHS WHERE YOU LURK

WE WILL CONFRONT YOU WITH TRUTH

AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HURT

 

WE WILL NEVER BACK DOWN

WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU BLEED

WE WILL SURELY MAKE CERTAIN

THAT YOU WILL NEVER SUCCEED”

 

FOR THE SEABEE ON WATCH LEARNED

WHAT HAS TO AVOIDED

IS LETTING FEAR BE OUR FOE

A WEAKNESS TO BE EXPLOITED

 

FEAR WE WILL MASTER

FROM IT GREAT STRENGTH WILL ARISE

IT IS OUR KEY WEAPON

TO CAUSE TERROR’S DEMISE

 

IT’S BEEN A YEAR NOW

FROM THIS VERY DAY

WHEN OUR SEABEE STOOD WATCH

AND HE CONTINUES TO PRAY

 

THAT THIS WAR ONE DAY END

THIS WAR THAT’S ON TERROR

FOR BY NOW WE HAVE LEARNED

IT IS WAGED NOT IN ERROR

 

AND SO MY MILITARY FRIENDS

THIS IS A CONTINUING STORY

ABOUT A SEABEE STANDING WATCH

AND HIS CHIRSTMAS GLORY

 

IN NO CERTAIN TERMS

CAN WE PREDICT THE FUTURE

WHAT IT MAY BRING

WHERE WE MAY BE A SUTURE

 

WHERE SEABEES WILL BE CALLED

TO EXERCISE THEIR TRADE

TO DEFEND RIGHT FROM WRONG

WITH SUCH SHARPENED BLADE

 

TO ALL WHO SERVE OUR NATION

NO MATTER WHERE YE MAY BE

WE SEABEES “HOE-HOE” WISH YOU,

“A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THEE”

 LPC 2002-2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                   

 

I guess it's called something like "National Tea Party Day". I don't know if or when one is going to happen around Fort Wayne. I see that a bunch are scheduled to take place at various locations in Indiana. If one is to not take place in Fort Wayne, my own lack of initiative not withstandinig, I think one COULD not occur in Fort Wayne because it is something that is of the genre concept - NEW. And simply because something could be NEW in Fort Wayne it will not play here. It could be the unveiling a monument of the word "NEW" and the entire concept would be met with incredible local resistance. It's just the frame of referance here. There was a time in this place when national marketers used this marketplace of roughly 250,000 people as a test market for new products. I do not know when this marketing strategy migrated elsewhere. But, I do know, if this marketplace was still representative of the overall demogrphic population of the United States, there would probably be a National Tea Party event occuring here. Again, there still could be. I am just not aware of one. Nearest place would probably be down in Hunington, IN. Oh, my goodness, former Vice-President Dan Quayle's home town? Ah, now I get it: Fort Wayne is going to defer to Hunington to carry the banner for trying out new things in this area? Perhaps, I will go there and investigate. In any event, I do take my tea without any lumps of economic and/or social sugar and always at a warm boil.

Coming straight from a legitimately born native United States citizen who has only benefited from the good of the American experiment. Yes, Americans are an arrogant lot. You betcha. Blood and sweat built this country in a much more pacified manner than any other country on the face of the earth. History proves this. So, if I have a little bit a waddle in my walk, a littlle bit of cockiness in my talk,  know this about the rest of the world. "It is nice to have you around to ridicule us, to be envious of our richness, compassion and innovation. But, if you think for a moment that any American has any reason what so ever to be ashamed of anything in our history, you owe us all a great apology". The world would not have what it now has without America. And when this President sees fit to produce a birth certificate which proves that he's entitled to hold the highest office in this land, then he begins to have a leg to stand on. So far, President Obama is merely the marxist gluteus maximus that he warned us all about.

March 31, 2009

Response To Letter From Congressman Mark Souder, R-IN

My view of the "economic crises"? The greatest opportunity to shed the cobwebs of a prior way of making a legitimate, respectful living and growing into the potential that all of us who are Americans have the chance to evolve into - IF we really, truly apply ourselves to do so.

First of all, I am NOT a subscriber to the "economic crises" mantra. I think this is all a calculated purposely manufactured media campaign to further secure the global control of access to material resources by those who already control agricultural, energy and financial resources. Americans are just easy targets to manipulate with hype because somewhere along the way, education has taken a back seat to indoctrination - Americans are not taught how to think...We are bred to be told what to think. I know this is a rather broad and general assertion. But, I can defend it. I am in a propaganda oriented industry (event marketing). I have an acting background and know when something is being directed and choreographed. I am also an avid reader and have read enough books of past and present ideologists who have clearly stated what it is that they wish to do to be producers of "change" and why you and I should follow. Must I name names here with this last one?

Specifically, you asked me "how the government's response in the stimulus and President Obama's budget affected you". Generically, the only effect it has had on me is what I am presented with by the media. One can't help notice that only the most negative stories are ever aired. Why? "Pain sells". Unfortunately, we have a media that is more concerned about occupying their accounts receivable coffers than they are about shedding light on people who refuse to succumb to adversity. Rather, they take advantage of it. Why? Because, that is what being fortunate enough to be an American is all about! At least, it used to be.

You allege that "the government must respond, but, it must do so wisely". OK, really? Why might that be? Short of America now being overrun by illegal aliens and the resources they freely suck up, is America being invaded by a foreign power? Is there a mass pandemic of the 1918 Spanish Flu repeating itself? Is it written somewhere that NE Indiana residents must be totally dependent on an outside source to make a living. Let alone, work 20-50 years in only one occupation or trade? Please, indulge me,

When I was born, did I personally receive some sort of birthright that I had my own personal Garden of Eden replete with an unlimited abundance of unending supply and prosperity...and NEVER had to take care of it?  Trust me, there have been times in my life that I truly thought that simply because I am a natural born American (a Native American Hoosier), that I am owed something in return for my existence. That is a complete lie. Problem is, there is a fully operating channel of media out there in the public domain that actively encourages such thinking. 

2.     IIt is up to ME to figure out how to make a living. Regardless of what I have learned in the past, what I am trained to do, I MUST CONTINUE TO STAY CURRENT WITH BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY TRENDS!!! Duh, when has anything in this life EVER remained the same? Even gram's chocolate cookies changed with time. And, when the microwave came along, do you think that gram still sweated out slaving over her gas stove in rural Whitley County? If I am out of a job because it has been replaced by something or someone new, I have two choices: I either get current so that I am marketable again or I moan and groan that my government check is late in the mail. and, trust me on this one, I know what it is like to receive a government check to replace not working. It was made so easy for me to get that working wasn't worth working for! Allowing me to have the government to fall back on totally destroyed any inspiration to work. As such, I created a thinking paradigm which validated my life being worthy of grossing $312 a week!!3.

3.     The 3d item here kind of segways off from the 2ND. I am an American! Where has it ever been written that, if I go to "work for the man/woman", that same work is going to be there tomorrow?" If it is written somewhere, I would like to be shown it. That is kind of a rather arrogant perspective to project from. Why, just yesterday on WOWO, some lady whose husband moved to Fort Wayne from southern California to take a job out at the local GM plant (which, by definition, took a job from someone here locally!) should be bailed out simply because he chose to move here to take that job! Who is teaching people to think this stuff up? I bet, you and I both know the answer to that one. Still, since when has any business in history gone into business to become a social welfare provider for its employees. To me, business is in the business of business!

Look, Congressman Souder, I am in college loan debt up to my receding hairline. I am drowning in interest and the financial lack to pay on any of it. It has always been this way. I have never made more than $24K in my 48-years of life. I have a net worth of about $100k+. I cannot find regular, consistent work wither in my industry here locally or nationally. But, the reality is, I have NEVER changed my life operating model to address my own personal poverty issues. The choices I have made have brought me such. I cannot blame anyone else for my economic presence on this earth. And, I am not sorry in saying that way too many people are trying to take advantage of an opportunity to extract more and more from the government to pay for their (my) excesses and never have to be held accountable.

Somehow, someway, I am going to figure out how to overcome my own economic personal challenges. No matter what the government does, the point is, I do not need you. In fact, in my view, the government has done too much damage to pursuing the overall American dream to begin with. As an American I will invent a way to overcome anything that is thrown my way - let alone shoved down my throat by this President and his sycophants in the federal legislature. It sure will not be today. Probably, not tomorrow. But, one day the time will come when my potential is realized. And, when this happens? I am not there yet, so how could I know? This last point should be food for thought for those getting cozier in Washington DC!

Lance Phillip Cordill
THEE LANCE TALENT
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PS: If you are a potential employer or business associate, this is what and who I am as of this composure. I do not beat around the bush anymore when it comes to business or who my associations are. Too much time and money are lost being phony. Life is to short for such.

As most people know by now, the Internet is now abuzz with self-advertising "Hey, look at me" mediums such as Facebook. The question has now become, "Has Facebook added drama to my life?" So, has Facebook added drama to my life? I guess it all depends. Depending on the amount of time I have to devote to Facebook, this medium fullfills all of the fantasies that I can not live out in real life. I mean, if I wish for self-publicity and want to think ever so highly of myself that someone really gives a hoot about the daily dissertations of my life, Facebook affords me that opportunity. If I want to reinforce that no matter how lousy any given situation may get in my life, I have this tool to look upon someone else and say, "it can always be worse!". If I want to convince myself that I could possibly attract the leanings and interest of an incredibly gorgeous raging hottie female (who, BTW, chances are I shall never meet), Facebook gives me that. Plus, with using Facebook comes the realization that I NEVER, EVER HAVE TO GROW UP! Who has time for maturing when I have this time consuming potentially drama filled tool to vent with? From a sociological perspective, Facebook gives me the opportunity to (shall we say) judge a book by its "cover". Primarily, because this is what Facebook provides not only for the content provider, but for the audience as well: cover. Cover for who the person probably really is not (if in fact this is so, not even President-elect Obama can help them!). Cover to create the illusion that....Ah, there it is, Facebook is all an illusion! Why haven't I been able to surmise this previously? Hmmmn, maybe because, and this is just a guess, when you get right down to it, Facebook is exactly just like what The Seinfeld Show was all about. I once read in an inteview with Jerry Seinfeld, he was asked the question, "What was the Seinfeld Show all about?" Seinfeld answered, "It was a show about (now hear this) n-o-t-h-i-n-g." Facebook is all about nothing. It contributes nothing to growing and expanding ones self. In fact, it potentially is a dangerous distraction to one maximizing and fullfilling their potentail personal economy. Oh, dear, what a shame. I just have received two library books I have been waiting for. One is "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell. The other is "Rebound Rules" by legendary basketball coach Rick Pitino. Now, here is where my drama begins and ends: Do I devote time and energy to improving my lot in life and read these books and put the information to use; or do I continue to bang away at my keyboard and click of the PC mouse getting lost in the "nothingness" of Facebook (or MySpace and the like)? Anymore, this is a rough choice. But, when I get right down to it, I can honestly say that if I previously hadn't spent so much time devoted to being a part of the Facebook phenomenon, these books would have already been read, put to good use in my career and I would be sitting in front of a congressional comittee asking for a federal bailout!

"I Hate John McCain!"

So, I am watching the Chicago Bears deliver a knock out punch to the Detroit Lions this afternoon at a sports bar in Rocky Mount, NC. A little kid arrives with his dad to take advantage of a free barbeque buffet the venue offers. Their game is the Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens. They turn out to be Cleveland fans. Lo and behold, as their game winds down, Cleveland (as usual) screws up and turns the ball over. "Darn", says the little kid, "I hate the Baltimore Ravens more than I hate John McCain"! I turned my head in wonder, amazed at the pointed pontification of such an erstwhile astute progidy of politics. I thinking to myself, "This kid is just a couple of years beyond mushmashing Gerbers baby food product from the heights of a high chair. Already, he has received his indoctrination!" We all know that the very first place kids pick up on having any idea of the world is from watching and listening to their parents. For this kid, his parents have already pollutued his young impressionable mind with dysfunctional falsetto and turned it into a perishable product. However, there is one resounding probability that those educated enough to know the difference between emotion and logic, marxism and capitalism, propoganda and truth: The kid also spoke about how much better Mac's were than PC's! Maybe, there is hope for him after all? By the way, my game, the Chicago vs. Detroit game? I am very partial towards my beloved Bears and the historoicity of thir organization. However, when things go awry for them and turn a despised conferance opponent such as Detroi into a team with vitory on their agenda, I don't think, "I hate the Detroit Lions more than I hate Barrack Obama." Maybe the White Sox or the Green Bay Packers? But, no, this is a truer statement: "I hate what Barack Obama represents and what his political and philosophical agenda portends." When one has an education, not an indoctrination, one can deduce such logical distinctions.

I am a former Navy Seabee. For those of you living in Fort Wayne's Sycamore Hills, Chicago's Kenilworth or LA's Beverly Hills, Seabees are naval construction types. We have an unusually ornery sense of humor. And today, I fell prey to the amusement of a civilian construction crew.

This letter is about a jokester who had a great joke played on him today by some of Fort Wayne's saviest. You all know about the construction work that is going on along the riverbank greenway adjecnt to Foster Park. Seems like that neck of our woods has been torn up most of the year. I have been riding the greenway for years now. But, with putting up these flood banks, gobbs of what was once (sort of) paved trailway is now but a river of mud! Let me ask you a question, what happens when rain and mud mix? Well, sometimes they don't. It gets kinda messy.

So, I have to ask another question: If the city of Fort Wayne is employing a construction crew to do work along the river greenway, ostensibly (as always, after the fact) doing the citizenry an invaluable service protecting their homes in a known flood plain, they know they have torn up that stretch of land it is an absolute quagmire, who is the bigger moron here? Me, for imitating the Garfield comic strip charachter of Odie and blindly dilly dallying along riding straight into that mess; or, the Garfield's of this messy joke that knew exactly what I was getting myself into and getting a nice chuckle out of my temporary filthy encounter? Why couldn't one of these ruffian types warned me not to continue on in the direction I was going? Me thinks it is because they were probably a little bored and wanted some entertainment at my expense.

In any event, it is something that a construction type would do, civilian or military! Hope the fun was worth it!

"Well, that didn't take long!", said the friendly, smiling helper down at the City County Building early voting spot. "No", said I, "with this crew, it's very easy to choose." Such was my demenor when I hopped back on to my trusted TREK 4900 to again further reduce my alleged carbon footprint transporting myself around town. There is still a bit of time to go before election day (Nov 4th). But, with all the noise being bantored about by both the McCain and Obama camps, I just had to get my decision on who to vote for out of my head, through my slightly before nicotined and resined stained fingertips and be done with the unrelenting madness of this years federal election campaign cycle. After all, now that I have voted, how much money is going to be wasted by some egghead marketing genie thinking that throwing millions upon millions of more dollars my way is going to influence who I am to vote for? With some time to go, it's over! 

Then, later in the day, it hits me: "Early voting is not a very good thing." Why, it unduely deprives every political campaign and the electorate electorate of efficient use of campaign funds by having a reduced population pool (cough, cough) to effect come election day.  It also sets up the very stage which (as of this posting) festers what may yet turn out to be the greatest case of mass voter fraud to ever occur in this nation's history. How does the saying go, "vote early, vote often"? Sure, why not allow even more time for such? 

Election day, whatever day it is (or was) used to be a very special day. It meant something to be able to go to a polling place and cast my ballot. While on active duty, it was a proud tribute to our political process and our history to be able fill out an absent 'T" ballot after a undeniably silly pep talk by my comapny commander (who, by chance, I used to beat the smack out of in high school lacrosse!). Election Day was just that: Election Day. Now, it is just another 24-hour news cycle event. Just a confirming postscript to the maniacal tyraid of polls, purposely false accusations, political pandering and promising dreams that have no intention of ever coming true by political campaigns. Election Day is now but an event with absolutely no meaning. It's just a charade for hype. 

But, this is what we have allowed to happen. Kind of like the sanctity of marriage, election day has been diluted to irrelovence of what its original significance used to be (and what millions of our countrymen and women have fought and died for). It is but a faucet. Turning on, to turn off. And this time around, no matter who winds up winning, beng turned off is exactly what early voting is to me. 

Regards, 

Lance Phillip Cordill
THEE LANCE TALENT
www.theelancetalent.com
lancecordill@yahoo.com
260-348-8978