JOHNNY CASH : ONE PIECE AT A TIME

But this one always makes me laugh.  And, I think, I once had a relative with this mentality.

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE - WHAT ABOUT ME

So sad that the words to this song which came out in the 1970's are too true today.  That's Dino Valente, the lead singer.

BERNIE SANDERS SAYS YOU CANNOT SIT THIS ELECTION OUT

VANITY FAIR HIVE - BERNIE SANDERS ENDORSES JOE BIDEN by Abigail Tracy

EXCERPT: Sanders said, "At this moment we have a president who's trying to undermine democracy and move us into an authoritarian form of society.  Those are huge issues. Unbelievable.  And I think Joe understands that.

100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN's SUFFRAGE RIGHT TO VOTE

I have not always voted.  I started out voting every year.  Then in California, I got confused.  I also, though thinking of myself as informed by reading around issues, including Pro and Con arguments provided to California voters, have voted for some things that I regret.  Such as, I regret voting for three strikes = life in prison.  I sat it out for some time because I also felt that straight ticket, thoughtless party politics voting was beneath me.  And because I felt that there was no one I was especially thrilled with.

I've come full circle to believing that voting needs to be exercised.  I don't want to be part of the problem of people being elected and new rules going into effect simply because so few people voted.

Sometimes you have to give it your gut instinct or your best guess.

I COULD HAVE WON A LOT OF MONEY BETTING ON BIDEN - HARRIS DEMOCRATIC TICKET

Yes, I could have made a lot of money.  I predicted way back before the whole process started that, despite being for Bernie Sanders for President of the United States, in the end Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would be the ticket.  I thought Harris would be asked not only because she wanted the Presidency, but because she's in California, a populous state that has a lot of electoral votes.  Everyone wants California.

We Californians will probably still be part of the United States so long as we feel we have representation.  Though it's improbably I sometimes wonder if we are so different that we might have to form our own country.  If only we were not so dependent on Federal funds.