I'm Done Voting
I haven't voted for a long, long time. Have remained registered as an Independent. My coworkers twisted my arms almost completely off to get me to vote this time. I did. Voted as any good Objectivist would. But, I did it knowing my vote won't count at all. It felt disgusting, filthy. I'm going to try to unregister. Maybe then I can escape jury duty too - where you have to sit and hear how everybody in the room except you has a criminal past, and where you have to explain to morons the difference between "sometimes" and "always", or "yes" and "no". They can have this mess. Wallow in it. Soon, I'll vanish from it. Blech!
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Voting to take the unearned is insanely easy.
So, yes, you have the right to bitch. Today, tomorrow, forever....even if you are your own worst enemy by doing so.
I do think also that WAY too much of our attention is paid to government in general. Government is NOT the end-all in our country on a day to day basis. The decisions we all make every day are what decides our personal fate, and should be more important and take our attention.
I am tired of watching all these ads fro politicians. The only thing I really want of the less than 50% of the current politicians we actually need is for them to manage the money we give them most efficiently to run the government.
The thought of Nutty Nancy again becoming the majority speaker makes me cringe, though the Jackass Party socialist wannabes having that power is a far bigger issue for me.
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose free will"
I shall vote for freedom.
What will be interesting to watch is how far off base the pollsters were. Newt Gingrich said one polling firm had to call over 31,000 people to get about 300 that would answer their questions. A 1% sample sounds like a shaky premise on which to base outcomes. I suspect there are many like me who don't answer phone numbers that I either don't know, or which have no caller ID.
does. Every vote counts!! Twisted attitude, Dude.
You will be hard pressed to find the semi-arid climate you enjoy but you will likely put your family in a safer environment.