NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

I'm afraid it's going to be a trying year. Washington is going to do nothing but stomp on the middle class and the poor. The country elected a damaging number of right-wing ideologists, backed by the money of the rich. It all makes for a strong oligarchy, which essentially means "rule by the few." 2015 will see a great deal of sorrow and unruly behavior by the very people who elected these individuals. We haven't seen anything yet regarding people who are going to take to the streets for justice and to be heard. Still, we will survive and hopefully things will get better. 2015 will be a turning point in our movement towards an oligarchy. The "few" will be called into question.  My New Year resolutions:

1. To volunteer to help those less fortunate than myself. This will be hunger related. In Arkansas, one in five children go to bed hungry. That is a disgrace. I probably can't do a whole lot, but I can do something.
2. I'm going to do everything I can to bring down the oligarchy. I don't know exactly what this all may mean, but I do know that I will put everything I can into doing so. Writing, letters to the editor, street protests. I'm getting a little too old for this crap, but I am not happy with what we are handing over to our children, and their children, and their children.
3. I would say I'm going to try to be a bit nicer, but I doubt that's going to work out. Nice is not going to get the above job done.
4. I'm going to finish my 2nd book. "The Art of the Peeve." I've worked on it for over a year. I will be lucky to finish it in 2015. It will be, I hope, a big improvement over my first. I did sell three copies, all to my mother.
5. Something has to be done about our leadership here in the Village. They are copying the national trend, which is leaning towards an oligarchy. We have seven directors, four of whom prefer secret meetings and allowing citizens to comment on what they decide "after the fact." They call that a democracy. I call it bull. I'm still not sure how this will play itself out. I have written probably six letters to the editor and voiced my opinion at several meetings. The opposition is growing, which so far has satisfied my objection to the leadership. Elections are coming up. We'll see.
6. I will keep my two blog sites going. "thepeever.com," and "thevillageplanet.com." I have written The Peeves for twenty years. So far it hasn't helped. I'm still peeved. 

I guess that's about it. Those should keep me busy during the year.
Have a good and lucky New Year.
Bruce