by Roger Rademacher, Hamilton
Where do I start? I start the day with the news; some of it is uplifting and most is not. What dominates the news these days is anger and hate. I am not an educated person. I quit high school when I was 14 years old, and my uncle took me under his wing and taught me carpentry. We had no power tools, only hand tools and had to cut everything with a hand saw. Uncle Henry taught me that to cut a board accurately you need to cut the pencil line in half, not across the line but down the center of the pencil line.
I have always believed that we have a line before us that we use in all of our decisions in daily life. It’s a line that separates the good from the bad, right from wrong, God from Satan. And more. I believe that God gave me a conscience and a free will and a purpose in this life that keeps me tethered to that line. I think of an astronaut becoming untethered and floating away in space for all eternity, as believing that there is no purpose in life.
Politically there is too much division and too much of it as, it’s my way or the highway. I think it’s time for personal evaluation for many in politics, like the question, is this where I belong? Am I qualified? Do I walk the line? I think every politician should have a degree in business. They don’t know how to manage money, only how to spend it.
I believe that honesty and morality is the key to being a good politician. I could never be a one party voter and never will be; there is too much responsibility for that gift.