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Inside September 28, 2004's Issue

-Editorials--

Editorial Cartoon�

No Teen Plus center--a minus for everyone

 

Don't Vote; it only encourages them

Editor's Box
By Sam Chapman
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Editor

Sam ChapmanIt seems as if there's a new epidemic of people who like to complain about an economy that's further in debt, the damnation of stem cell research, the ban on gay marriage and The Great War in Iraq that President Bush and other legislators have inflicted on us, but those same people will tell me, �It's not like my vote really matters� or �Give me a candidate that's worth voting for.�

Well, I used to think along the same line, until it occurred to me that I was too busy complaining instead of doing something.

Remember that the folks on The Hill are supposed to work for us, not themselves, and if you feel that you and your community have been used and mistreated as public dummies that aren't acknowledged, then do something about it. Let's take back the White House and make the workers work.

But keep in mind, to do this you must put your two cents in and vote.

Don't let anyone else intimidate you or tell you who to vote for. Even if you don't fully understand every detail of jibber jabber that spews from the mouths of the white collar elderly that are currently running this country, find out for yourself what you believe in and what's going on and do what you feel is right. Choose a leader you feel is more honest, not necessarily someone your parents, minister, boss, teacher or even your significant other plans to pick.

In 1971, with the 26th Amendment 18-year-olds acquired the privilege to be involved with choosing who would represent America for four years. So honor those who paved the way for that opportunity, and instead of complaining about a politician that someone who actually got off of the couch picked, voice your opinion by going out and choosing who you want. Prove you really give a damn.

Like the journalist Hunter S. Thompson once wrote, �Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid war on the other side of the world - or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property - or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons - or locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and 12 perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will wish you had voted.�

 
 
 

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