UPDATED: Kansas City Handing Power To The Privileged

Northeast Kansas City is pretty much just Democrats.  Thank heavens there are few Republicans out there. I have lived in republican territory. I lived in the same area outside of Cincinnati Ohio that John Boehner represents. Oddly enough it was also the only place in the U.S. that I actually saw the KKK gather in a public park, and the only place where the KKK celebrates the holidays downtown with a burning cross.

If you have been following the site you know I have beef with some of the guys running in Kansas City. I was certain Will Royster was going to win the for the 40th House District. Everywhere I turned there were signs with Roysters’ name on them.  The guys’ campaign seemed way more professional and seemed to spend way more money. I was certain he had bought himself power. I was bound and determined to at least try and block the guy.

I do not dislike Will Royster. He is a nice guy. He is friendly, and has a nice family, kind of that all-around “American Dream” life. My opposition to his candidacy was not as much a pro J.J. Rizzo thing as it was an anti SOAP/SODA thing and a disappointment in his stance and involvement. Will Royster, if you were a  liberal democrat in the truest sense I would have no doubt supported you. I mean truly liberal. Maybe you should listen to some of the more extremely liberal people in the area that have quite a bit to say.  I was not happy with the desire to control and lock up other people because some do not like what they are doing. I guarantee you that most of the women in prostitution in Northeast Kansas City do not like what they are doing either.

Voting is not too much unlike playing the lottery. You cast your ballot and just cross your fingers knowing the next day you will discover you are disappointed.  I don’t think I have ever voted for a winning candidate. I am happy with that. I would hate to wake up and see that the guy I voted for was the one doing all this bullshit.  Now that may be a possibility. I have lately been more and more attracted to the “Vote For Nobody” concept. But I went. I voted for Proposition C and I voted for J.J. Rizzo in the Democratic Primaries. I was beyond shocked to see that J.J. Rizzo beat Will Royster by 650 to 644. Literally six votes. I hope my articles didn’t persuade anyone, then his reign of power could be even more my fault. The blood is on my hands. I know they were read by more than 650 people which was the amount that actually voted for Rizzo.

J.J. Rizzo comes from another one of those powerful patriarchal families of Kansas City. So where does that leave Kansas City? No Republicans, thank God, just J.J. Rizzo vs. the Libertarian Sean O’toole. Here I am looking at a Man who is influenced by Rothbard vs. the Patriarchy perpetuating itself. Gee, that’s a hard decision. From everything I’ve heard from Sean O’Toole he does not seem to want the job. Here is an Austrian minded accountant. Gee, I wonder who gets my vote. This is the guy that wakes up and checks Lew Rockwell every morning.

Sean O’Toole doesn’t seem to have his future hinged on this race. He said that if he did win the first thing he would do is demand a re-count. Taking this job would be a step down for Sean. He seems to be doing this more to educate and reach people. Sean attended a debate between himself, J.J. Rizzo and Will Royster held by the league of women voters in KC. When he was given a chance to answer before the others the response from J.J. Rizzo and Will Royster was often the same. “Well, really Sean is right.” That, Sean said is what he wanted. That is what he was looking for.

I’m sorry Sean, I have to vote for you. In fact I think I may push to try and get some other votes for you. I couldn’t live with the thought that I may have helped elect this Republicrat by my vote. I may just burn in hell for that.

Too many will brush aside the Libertarian Party. Don’t let J.J. Rizzo get handed this election. Make him fight for it. We all know the democrats have this seat without question. I have no faith in our system whatsoever. I’m not fooled into believing politicians do anything for anyone but themselves and their careers. I do however feel that if J.J. Rizzo wants power over me I want him to work for it.

Your vote is not your voice. Your vote is an illusion that you are somehow getting a say in this bullshit, but I’ll be damned if I don’t at least see some competition in this.  Just look at how many seats are uncontested. The power is being handed to the rich and powerful elite. Ideally I want to take their power away, but until then we can at least give some resistance. The game will not be won in the political arena. The system will not abolish itself, but in the end maybe we can make life a little more difficult and maybe we can block a few tyrants. How do I check “abolish” this office? Where is the vote for getting rid of the power over us? I get to choose my slave masters every blue moon when they are contested. It’s like winning the lottery, only in the lottery there is the obscure slim chance something good will happen. Here the outcome is bad no matter which slave master you choose. And this “If you don’t vote don’t complain” mindset is utter bullshit. What are people supposed to vote for? Most of these seats I see are uncontested. There is no choice! I want to see an option to get rid of an office or to leave it empty. Then maybe you might claim there is some other choice on the ballot itself. Republicans and Democrats are no choice just what we have in rule. The real choices and changes lie in education and direct action not politics.

UPDATE: In the heat of all this anti SOAP/SODA sentiment I shot myself in the foot. By picking up that democratic ballot I passed the Libertarian Party Ballot up. Here I wake up and see the only person I had any desire to see in office had lost. Cisse Spragins lost in the primary and I don’t think I can forgive myself at this point. I was certain she had it. I was wrong, sadly drastically wrong. I had just assumed when November came around she would be on the ballot and I would cast my vote. I have little desire to vote in November with her out of the race, she was the one thing that kept me thinking I may vote in November. I don’t know if I will or not at this point. Sean O’Toole would be the only other reason I would consider it at this point.