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Memorial Day… <\/strong>We went on a family picnic in the “Metro Park” in Rocky River, Ohio, today. While eating lunch, we talked to our children about their grandfather (on my side) flying jets off aircraft carriers for the Navy. (He got his wings just a few weeks after the Korean Conflict had ended.) We also told them about their great grandfather (also on my side) who fought during the World War I, road an Army motorcylce with a side car, and the fear for him and his Army buddies at the time was, among other things, being exposed to: “mustard gas.” We then prayed. We prayed for the soldiers in Iraq — on both sides. And we prayed that not only would the Iraq War end soon, but that all war would end soon. [Our administration would propose a U.S. Dept. of Peace — see “what joe stands for”<\/strong> (home page) to help bring some of that about.]… There were a lot of people in the Metro Park today. And after setting up our picnic spot, I strategically drove the “average Joe” Mobile (complete with a whole lot <\/em>of signage) to a high traffic area about a quarter mile away. Well, when you don’t have the millions for advertising… Anyway, while heading back, I walked by a picnic table with an extended family of about 12 from the Medina, Ohio, area who were discussing, of all things<\/em>, presidential elections. And just as I got a bit closer, one of the family members said (Are you ready for this?<\/em>): “You watch, the next thing they’ll come up with is a reality show where anyone<\/em> can run for president.” My cue… I walked right up to the table and told them I<\/em> was that anyone. They laughed, thinking I was kidding. I showed them my “average Joe Schriner for president”<\/strong> button. They still thought I was kidding. Then, for kicks I guess, they asked me my platform. I smiled and said: “With Social Security, for instance, we’d like to see a paradigm shift. I believe(based on an interview I did with a former teacher of economics at North Carolina State Univeristy) that the American populace should look at the Social Security Fund as merely another form of ‘insurance,’ and not an ‘automatic’ after retirment. If someone is making, say, $70,000 or more on pensions, stocks, etc., annually, they shouldn’t be in need<\/em> of Social Security as well. This would not only help keep the Fund solvent in the face of the current demographic shift of baby boomers entering retirement in way more numbers than those entering the work force; but it would also free up a lot more capital for those less fortunate.” At this point, the people from Medina didn’t think I was kidding anymore. And how I knew, was the partiarch of the family (he had on a blue apron and a grill fork in his hand) said: “If you get to D.C., are you going to remember us?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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