Elections closing in on us.

Ok folks the elections are getting closer and the rhetoric is ramping up. Do we want a return to the last eight years or a "guaranteed international test", as Joe Biden has promised, should we select the alternative? I am not going to use this blog to hype a candidate. I am neither an expert nor do I believe I know either candidate well enough to provide any advise. The only advise I will give, that I know I can give from an educated and experienced perspecitve, is to GO VOTE. That is, if you are a citizen, and you are registered. Otherwise, the ACORN folks may have told you it was a drawing for a new sports car you were filling out and that you have to go to such and such location on Nov. 4th to "submit your ticket", "...just write Obama on it", they said, but that was a lie, don't do it.

In all seriousness though, not that the above statement was completely inaccurate, I feel it is not only our right, but our responsibility to register and vote when there is an election of any kind. I hate when I hear someone complain about something that they actually have some control over. High taxes, regulations, bad representation, etc. etc. We do have a say, and it is still a very powerful one. The problem today is that too small a percentage of the population actually makes the effort.

If you want change, if you are dissatisfied with government, or you know which candidates you like, go vote. Don't waste your ability to weild one of the greatest powers ever given a citizen of any country anywhere. Make sure you clearly mark your ballot. Remove those nasty chads. If you run into a Diebold machine, ask for a write in ballot and write in your vote, hehe, had to sneak that in.

Democracy is alive and well, but with the rising level of apathy among Americans, democracy is at risk. Yes folks, the very freedoms the Constitution has afforded you the last two hundred thirty odd years are in jeapordy. And this is no joke, it is a serious thing and one that should not be ignored.

Be a good American, go vote.