Books by Eric Douglas

Thriller fiction | Non-fiction: Adventure with a Purpose

  • Home
  • Mike Scott Thrillers
    • Held Hostage: Search for the Juncal
    • Water Crisis: Day Zero
    • Turks and Chaos: Hostile Waters
    • The 3rd Key: Sharks in the Water
    • Oil and Water: Crash in Curacao
    • Return to Cayman: Paradise Held Hostage
    • Heart of the Maya: Murder for the Gods
    • Wreck of the Huron: Cuban Secrets
    • Guardians’ Keep: Mystery below the Adriatic
    • Flooding Hollywood: Fanatics at the Dam
    • Cayman Cowboys: Reefs Under Pressure
  • Withrow Key
    • Lyin’ Fish
    • Tales from Withrow Key
  • Thriller Audiobooks
    • Cayman Cowboys: Reefs Under Pressure
    • Oil and Water: Crash in Curacao
    • Return to Cayman: Paradise Held Hostage
    • Turks and Chaos: Hostile Waters
    • Lyin’ Fish
  • Agent AJ West
  • About the Author
    • Scuba diving thrillers!
    • Six Questions with Eric Douglas
    • Publicity and Interviews
  • Nonfiction
    • For Cheap Lobster
    • Heart Survivor: Recovery After Heart Surgery
    • Oral History
      • Batter Up!
      • Memories of the Valley
      • WV Voices of War / Common Valor
      • Capturing Memories: How to Record Oral Histories
    • Dive-abled: The Leo Morales Story
    • Keep on, Keepin’ On: A Breast Cancer Story
    • WV Voices of War / Common Valor
    • Russia: The New Age
    • Scuba Diving Safety
  • Free Short Fiction
  • Collections
    • Mike Scott Box Set 3 (Books 7-10)
    • Mike Scott Box-Set 4-6
    • Mike Scott Box-Set 1-3
    • Tales from Withrow Key
    • Sea Turtle Rescue and Other Stories
    • River Town
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Uncategorized / Election season is here: pay attention

Election season is here: pay attention

September 3, 2014 By Eric Douglas

As of today, the general election is less than two months away. And you are probably already sick of it. I know I am.

Our televisions shows are getting filled up with commercials. Yard signs are sprouting up. And so are billboards and newspaper ads. It is so easy to just want to tune it all out. About the only people that I know are happy with the proliferation of ads are the people who sell them. And even they get tired of it.

I’m not a huge television fan in the first place. Most evenings I would just as soon turn it off. DVRs do make it easy to skip those ads, of course, and I will freely admit that I often do. Nothing beats pausing the television, heading to the kitchen for a snack and then coming back after you’ve built up a couple minutes of credit to fast forward past the offending commercials.

Last night, though, I actually rewound the television (I do love the technology) so I could actually watch and listen to a couple political ads that I had never seen before. In one case, I heard something from a politician I had never heard speak. In the other, it was a politician who has been around a while, but it was a new ad.

This election is a mid-term election; notable for lower voter turnout and less involvement. That said, a story came out last week that showed that voter turnout exceeded 40 percent when approval of congressional leaders was low. Right now, that approval is at an all-time low so maybe there will be an all-time high turnout for this election.

My humble requests:

  • To the candidates: Tell me something about you. Tell me about your vision. And not just “jobs” or “lower taxes”. Other than public works programs the government doesn’t “create” jobs. Lower taxes are fine, but tell me what spending you’re going to cut to pay for it. In other words, I want to see your actual plan.
  • To both major parties: please stop running against President Obama. He isn’t on the ballot. I know he is unpopular in this state, but draw a distinction between you and your opponent. Stop tilting at windmills.
  • To the electorate: Don’t just accept what they want to tell you. Ask questions. Be informed about your choices. In a couple key races, there are independent candidates. Unfortunately, we haven’t heard much about them, but I hope that will change in the coming months.

If you are angry about the direction our country is headed, and like to vent on social media about how bad things are, don’t sit on the sidelines. Get involved. You don’t have to volunteer for a candidate, but you do have a responsibility to be informed and use your vote responsibly..

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr

Related

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Get a free, exclusive short story!

When you sign up, you can download a free Mike Scott short story collection. Theses three stories are only available to members of the mailing list. Don’t worry, we won’t spam you or sell your email address. We hate that, too.

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

.

How I got into diving!

https://youtu.be/gKhw-4tORAM

Real Thugs: A Cult of Murder — Small groups of travelers have disappeared all over the mid-Atlantic without a trace. When bodies turn up with what appear to be ritual markings, FBI Agent AJ West is on the hunt for what might be a serial killer. Or something even more sinister. It’s a race against […]

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr

View Book

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

  • Going to the circus! February 20, 2023
  • Cayman Cowboys is now an Audiobook! November 24, 2020
  • Halloween 2020 – as if reality wasn’t scary enough October 30, 2020
  • Real Trick and What Noise? October 30, 2020
  • Local Diving — Summersville Lake September 21, 2020

Blog posts, by category

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 ·