11.04.2008

GET OUT AND VOTE !

If you read this blog regularly you know I don’t pick sides or try to influence anybody when it comes to politics. I believe in an open mind when it comes to voting and nobody can tell me or influence me on how I vote.

In fact, if you are a Registered Republican or Democrat you might as well stop reading this right here. I seriously think that if your candidate committed murder in the town square at high noon in full view, you would still vote for them. Sorry, I do not believe in someone committing their vote to a dedicated party.

First of all, DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE MEDIA TELLS YOU. With that being said, let me get this out of the way. I have no love for the media. You can’t tell me that the news is unbiased when advertising money is being shoved into their back pocket. The press today picks and chooses what it wants its audience to see or hear. They are as guilty of reporting news it wants you to know about as well as what it does not. Most media outlets that do business for a profit are going to swing their audiences in the direction of what the owners decide. Television, newspapers, internet and radio have more influence over election results than any group of voters. Current stats show that both presidential candidates have spent close to a BILLION dollars. Where do you think this money goes? Almost a third goes to the media outlets. Why? The media helps to sway voters a certain way. The more money a candidate has, the better his or her chances are of getting elected. I get my information from various sources. I do not believe to share or impose those sources on others.

Second. GET EDUCATED ! If you hear or read something a candidate says that maybe does not sit well with you, go check it out. The internet has a wealth of information. What media to trust and who to believe? You have to make that determination on your own. “When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

Third, VOTE FOR YOURSELF. I heard some of the dumbest things this election season. First up, “I must vote for X candidate, that’s what my union told me to do”. Well God forbid that the union starts losing membership income and tells you to go door to door and start selling Tupperware. Seriously. Act like you got a pair and vote for yourself. Last time I voted, it was me and a piece of paper. Only one person is allowed in the booth.

In second place for the dumbest thing I heard was “I’m voting for X candidate because I think he is going to win” WTF? This ain’t the 3^rd race at the Belmont Stakes! If you want to profit financially off the election go here. This election will determine the leader of the free world. For someone to treat it as pick-the-winner is beyond me.

Third place goes to the generation guy. I had to restrain myself from shoving dog do-do in his pie hole when he said this. “My grandpa was an X, my Dad is a X, so I am a X”. You can insert the party of choice in for the X for this one, but it is much more fun if you substitute the word moron.

And Lastly, GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND VOTE. Trust me. Nothing pisses me off more than to haul my carcass into the local voting place and use the same technology that has been in place since Washington was elected. And don’t feed me the crap about how the internet is not “secure” enough.

See you at the polls.

Please Vote !