{"id":5205,"date":"2021-08-24T09:35:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2021-08-24T09:42:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T13:42:38","slug":"two-four-six-eight-why-do-we-prevaricate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=5205","title":{"rendered":"Two Four Six Eight Why Do We Prevaricate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two. Four. Six. Eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/courthouse-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5206\" width=\"308\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/courthouse-1.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/courthouse-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/courthouse-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are the four numbers that define <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.wv.gov\/elections\/Documents\/VoterRegistrationTotals\/2021\/Jul2021.pdf\">the voting landscape in Morgan County.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two: There are about two thousand registered Democrats in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four: Four thousand independent and third party voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six: Six thousand Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight: Eight thousand Morgan County voters voted in November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means that it will take a mere four thousand independent minded voters to come together to build a strong independent majority political movement for Berkeley Springs and Morgan County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two. Four. Six. Eight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do we prevaricate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two major political parties are crumbling under the weight of their own corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their place, we need to begin to build an independent majority political force, beginning right here in Morgan County, West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four thousand independent voting majority might come down to include one thousand Republicans, one thousand Democrats and two thousand independents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four thousand will be built from the ground up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be people not offended by differing opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will not cancel out others they disagree with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will listen and hear the others speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core of the independents will have a sense of humility and human decency but will be resolute in their demands for a politics free of political corruption and corporate criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are not Republican or Democratic virtues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are human virtues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will come together to fight the two corrupt corporate parties \u2013 Republican and Democrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Number one: if you registered as a Democratic or Republican, consider changing your registration to No Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s easy to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can register to vote as No Party, or change your registration to No Party online <a href=\"https:\/\/ovr.sos.wv.gov\/Register\/Landing#Landing\">at the West Virginia Secretary of State\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or you can just drop in at the Morgan County Courthouse and do it in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(And when you drop out of the two corrupt political parties, <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?page_id=6\">drop us a line and let us know<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Number two: if you spend significant time on TV news \u2013 FOX, CNN,&nbsp; MSNBC or PBS \u2013 turn them off. They are mouthpieces for the two corrupt parties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seek out independent voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We call this publication <em>Morgan County USA<\/em> \u2013 because what happens in Morgan County reflects what happens in the USA \u2013 and what happens in the USA is reflected right here at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s set an example of independence, humility and human decency for the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two. Four. Six. Eight. Those are the four numbers that define the voting landscape in Morgan County. Two: There are about two thousand registered Democrats in the county. Four: Four thousand independent and third party voters. Six: Six thousand Republicans. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=5205\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5209,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5205\/revisions\/5209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}