Elders must speak up about election

It’s time for elders to speak their mind about the election overcast which invaded this country. It’s a darkness that has extinguished the light in which we have lived.

I was born in 1937( 90-3). I was told we had electricity, central heating, and running water at the time. But I remember my uncle’s farm at an early age. It was Christmas and the smell of a wood-burning stove, a wood-burning fireplace, no running water, and the distinct smell of kerosene’s lamps remains with me to this day.

World War II events invaded our neighborhood kid soldiers who were marching and getting ready to fight. We didn’t hear FDR on the radio nor did we hear President Truman’s speech about the atom bombs. I was presented with my first bicycle in 1946 (after the war) which lasted until I joined the Navy. A man working with us at the local utilities was a survivor of the Japanese Baton Death March. I gave it to him.

Politics have now weighed upon me as with others. I have taken a Rx remedy to un-weigh them. Politics have mostly been flushed from my system causing blood pressure to drop and allowed me to sleep soundly.

The elders of today have been privileged to live under a democracy. It’s not perfect, but it keeps working to get better. This election revealed a new direction for the younger generation which does not hold promise for the future of a democracy.

John Carver

Decorah