Don't Vote; it only encourages them
Editor's Box
By Sam Chapman
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Editor
It 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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