I don't watch or obsess about the polls. I always assume My Side is on the verge of losing. If the polls say bad things, I don't want to hear it because that's if I don't acknowledge it, it wont be true. If the polls say good things, I don't want to hear it because Fate Will Punish Me if I get happy about the polls.
Yeah, it's about me.
So I don't assume the GOP is going to "win." I don't assume the Dems are going to "win." Even though both sides are sending me DESPERATE EMAILS describing how the Other Side is about to win and Ruin America, so PLEASE SEND US MONEY!
All I can say is VOTE. I would rather see people I disagree with vote than sit at home. I definitely would rather see people I agree with vote than sit at home. Low voter turn-out means the most motivated people carry the day … and the most motivated people are usually the folk on the fringes, the zanies, the fanatics, the people who mutter about precious bodily fluids and the Black Helicopters that the [Other Side's] Administration is going to send after dissenters.
So … if you haven't already … then tomorrow, please VOTE.
Vote early and often… 😛
+Mark Means Well, as often as there are elections. 🙂
Whenever I see a reference to the League of Women Voters, I think about the Committee on Presidential Debates, which the major parties used to muscle the League of Women Voters out of presidential debates.
+John E. Bredehoft That's too bad. Their guide to the elections is one of the most efficient and helpful resources out there.
Yes, yes, I agree, please vote.
But ONLY if you're going to vote GOP, if you plan to act like you don't have a brain and vote for someone associated with the DNC or any other candidate, please, JUST STAY HOME AND TEND TO YOUR CAT!!!
Stay classy, +Doug S.
Looks like you've hit "What's Hot", +Dave Hill
Huh. How odd. Okay, well then … (waves)
+Dave Hill Thanks, I will
Republicans + Democrats = corrupt "greater-lesser evil" corporate-controlled duopoly.
Register to vote Green Party or non-party!
+Al Nava Great way to guarantee a democRAT win!!!
+Doug S Or a Republican one (as in 2000). While there are some potential upsides to a viable third party in the US, +Al Nava , we don't have one yet, and there's no sign that the electorate is ready to vote one in. Which means the most such a party can do at this point is serve as spoiler, usually against its own interest.
I don't credit the Dems with any great purity or virtue, but I think there are enough policy differences between them and the GOP to make a vote between them worth it.
+Dave Hill Democrat pragmatism is Center Right because Big money has got them too. A Green vote may cause unintended consequences but, to vote ones conscience, right? The game is rigged and most are disgusted with the entire system.
Great focus/posting….really like the truthful statement you centered on…"it's all about me"…….thanks for sharing such a positive presentation……..sincerely !
I'm beginning to understand how futile voting is.
It's like when people are asked to come walk a big circle for a few miles. They say come support a cure for cancer of some sort. But walking a circle doesn't cure cancer. It gives dummies a means of feeling they can make a difference.
Same goes for voting. History shows crystal-clearly that people voted into power never stay true to the character they advertised during campaigning. But generation after generation, people keep voting the same and hope this time will be different.
To borrow from Karl Marx, "Voting is an opium for the masses."
+Paul La Salle I agree — Big Money has far too much influence on both major parties. I would still rather vote for a party that at least feigns interest in a social safety net and a tolerably protected environment than one that doesn't, if the effective choice is between one or the other.
+Matthew Kuraja As Churchill put it, "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
+Matthew Kuraja Thanks for your response , it gave me a good flow of thoughts and the insight/focus was terrific to ponder…sincerely !
+Dave Hill thats the kind o choices which cause angina. You choose a less evil choice and they act like its love. Sell you out before the before the week is out. better to invest time and energy finding the weak points to leverage.
+Paul La Salle There will always be less evil choices. There are no knights on white horses, and nobody whose interests align directly with mine. Nor, in a representative government, will I ever get just what I am looking for or someone who decides as I would all the time. The best (but least) I can do is try to find someone who best aligns with my thinking and is electable, and provide them my support.
+Dave Hill I think there's a better choice. Tell me you'll read the book and I'll buy your copy for you.
http://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Superstition-Larken-Rose/dp/145075063X
+Matthew Kuraja Thanks, Matthew. I think I get the gist from the reviews.
+Dave Hill or quit the lying and scheming schisms and do something else. This Democracy only works when bargains are in good faith. Most Americans know there isn't any and have quit being manipulated by the BS. My people presented the answer 50 years ago and were labeled crimminals. Since then, Americans has been getting exactly what's deserved. Nothing.
+Paul La Salle Most Americans seem to be either pleased to be manipulated by BS, or else think that by dropping out of the system they won't be affected by it any more. Both attitudes are shortsighted.
+Dave Hill if everyone "drops out of the system", then we finally won't be affected anymore.
Step #1: be a new member to this solution.
Step #2: start educating others to also stop perpetually contributing to the problem.
Step #3: discover liberty when we all stop empowering those ruling over us, simply by ignoring their commands.
Thank you
+Dave Hill or you learn who really wants to change things and who is still suckered by the BS programs, legislation and rhetoric. I don't know what other "drop outs do" but I have learned to manipulate the system to my own ends.
+Paul La Salle Then more power to you, man.
+Dave Hill and best to you. Your optimism is a joyous thing
I am a proud lamb and a proud American that voted for somebody I have no clue who he/she is.