KITCHEN TABLE PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS

F rom around my kitchen table [via Skype as we practice social distancing] it occurred to those who signed in that 2020 is not only a Leap Year , but an Election Year! With that - it is an astonishingly fine opportunity because at no other time between our election cycles do "we-the-people" seem to be able to have our politicians' [undivided] attention. You need to be a highly paid Lobbyist to do that - and most voters aren't highly paid - just highly taxed. [Sorry, I digress.] Sooo, what did everyone [at their laptops] want to say to the 2020 herd of folks running for re-election? Plenty... We agreed a good deal of of America is socially and politically out of balance. We begin with how far our elected representatives have 'drifted' from our Constitution. In his Gettysburg Address, Lincoln spoke to the original intention of this Republic as; " a government of the people, for the people, by the people " - which seems to have be

O hhh, gosh - around my kitchen table this time we almost needed a referee...More than one! Nearly every night each network [local and national] lead with some form of crime - usually tied to gun violence. So much so that anyone visiting from another galaxy would refuel and leave - quickly - likely for the refuge of a nice black-hole somewhere in the Universe. From crime and criminals and criminals going to prison - the discussion naturally began to cycle around to the 2nd Amendment - then ran amuck from there... But we can't really discuss the 2nd Amendment without first understanding 'why' it was included in the constitution of our newly formed Republic and its original 'meaning' because the intention and meaning in 1788 is quite removed from the interpretation the NRA would have everyone believe, today. It's really, really very simple. Having thrown off an oppressive king - our founding-fathers intended that ordinary citizens not only had the indivi