October 11, 2010

• Vote!

  I’ve seen a few movies recently. Case 39 was blah but Jodelle Ferland gave a good performance – it’ll be interesting to see how she matures as an actress or whether playing creepy little girls is all she’s good at. Let Me In was excellent – and the vampires didn’t sparkle in the sunlight *shakes fist*. The Social Network was good. Skip Case 39 unless you’re really bored, Social Network is good for killing time, and Let Me In might actually make you think.

  I haven’t been up to much lately and nothing in the news has put me in a ranting mood. I’m not saying the news has been free of frustrating hypocrisy and slanting. There just hasn’t been enough BS to generate more than a sad headshake.

  I’m not sure how ya’ll are feeling but I’m excited about voting this November. Even if my candidates lose, I’m looking forward to having my vote tallied. Liberal or Conservative, VOTE. Part of the reason Washington D.C. has been ignoring the will of the people is because they can sense our apathy and they see an opportunity to do what benefits them. Republicans and Democrats are both guilty of serving themselves before doing their jobs.

  Don’t vote along partisan lines unless you feel like you’ve actually been represented. The Republicans lost big in 2006 and 2008 because their base no longer felt like they gave a damn. The Dems promised a lot of things in ’06 and ’08 – do you feel like they lived up to those promises? Hold your representatives accountable or they will take the power you give them and do what comes naturally – self-service.

  You don’t have an excuse for complaining if you don’t vote. When you don’t vote, you send a message that you don’t care what politicians do. When you vote, you are put on record as supporting this or opposing that. If they ignore you, you have a legitimate grievance. The Founding Fathers didn’t revolt the first time things didn’t go their way. The asked for representation and tried to diplomatically settle things with England. In the same way, we must first try to settle things at the ballot box.

  And they’ll ignore us at their own peril.

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