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FIFTY REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE In November's All Important Election 50. We are One or We are None. 49. One Person, One Vote... 48.... except convicted felons, but persons awaiting trial in jail are entitled to Absentee Voting. 47. Most people don't vote because they haven't voted before, those people have 47 days to get ready to CHANGE THE FUTURE. 46. Things would be a lot different without gerrymandring, but where do we fairly start... or stop? 45. "A vote, is an individual's act of voting, by which he or she express support or preference for a certain motion (e.g. a proposed resolution), a certain candidate, or a certain selection of candidates." Wikipedia 44. In the U.S.A. approximately 70% of the eligible population registers to vote, which may be an important contributing factor in the low average election turnout, which in recent decades just barely has topped 50% of voting age population in presidential elections. 43. Poll taxes are gone, but far too many people feel it's ONE DOLLAR, ONE VOTE, so why bother. In TRUTH, a vote doesn't cost nearly that much, in fact it's free, but if an amount be needed... call it your two cents worth...  42. VOTE: [Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin votum vow, wish] - the collective opinion or verdict of a body of persons expressed by voting. 41. "Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln." ~ Will Rogers. You can help choose the next Washington or Lincoln. 40. "If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates." ~ Will Rogers... this statement does not constitute a breach in separation of Church and State... it may constitute the prayer of a drownding man in need of a lifeline... VOTING IS YOUR LIFELINE TO THE FUTURE! 39. Patrick Layton Paulsen (July 6, 1927 – April 24, 1997) a comedian (also USMC) ran for president with the campaign slogan: "If elected, I will win." This is potentially true for all candidates, even yours! (well, maybe not for Perot, Kucinich, or Ron Paul). Pat first ran for president in 1968, and though he lost the election, he won a special Emmy Award. 38. Pat Paulsen's platform: "All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian." Tighter immigration is big this time around, shouldn't you weigh in? 37. It's healthy to get out on the town every now and then, even if it's only every four years. 36. A vote is the one thing you can't buy, or sell on eBay... I just checked, and as of 2139 HOUR MT 2008.01.24, there weren't any for sale... not even in eBay stores! 35. It is equally important to decide who's in the #2 slot. "The man with the best job in the country is the vice President. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How's the President?'" ~ Will Roger 34. Three quick votes from George Washington: 33. "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson 32. "I am a Ford, not a Lincoln." Gerald R. Ford 31. "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." John Quincy Adams 30. "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." Groucho Marx  29. from John Lennon, the other half of the above ticket of yesteryear... 28. "Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever." a little perspective from Albert Einstien 27. Another relevent Einstein, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." 26. Einstein said it first, "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." Mike Huckabee's saying it today. One was a genius, the other just has common sense. 25. The problem politicians are having today is getting in touch with the electorate. No wonder, we are a nation of such diverse listening skills, so many generations, so many persausions. How can any simple public servent ever hope to communicate?  Some listen with their ears and hear with their hearts, while others set up boiler plate filters building resentment and intolerance to all but their partisan point of view (and you know who you are... Pride cometh before the Fall). There are thinkers and non-thinkers, pro-activists and anti-activists, and more than a few just ordinary bumps-on-a-log for whom most information goes in one lobe and out the other. Our listening skills are getting better, but we all could open up a little more. Remember, this is the 21st Century we are living in.  But before we go any further, let's not leave out the least of the least. Forget about the 48,000,000 without health insurance (most of them have good health going for them... knock wood!), far worse are the countless thousands living without electricity and running water. Now, you can always run for water, but electricity can't be hauled in a bucket.  No spark, no phone. No phone, no media. And we're not talking about the people who choose to live off the grid, they've got their own crafty ways of surviving with solar powered battery chargers, etc., but for far too many the information superhighway has no exit onto their dirt road . . . and everywhere the POWER COMPANIES have cut people off. 24. from Mark Twain: "But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing gets to be absolutely unbearable the people can rise up and throw it off. That's the finest asset we've got--the ballot box." - interview in Boston Transcript, November 6, 1905 23. "Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people." ~ W.C. Fields 22. Joke for the day... While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. "Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you." "No problem, just let me in," says the man. "Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity." "Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator. "I'm sorry, but we have our rules." And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne. Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises... The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him. "Now it's time to visit heaven." So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns. "Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity." The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell." So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above. The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. "I don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?" The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning... today you voted."  Septic Truck with a Message 21. "Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot 20. "The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking." ~ Will Rogers 19. "The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats." ~ Will Rogers 18. Einstein postulated that, "Mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing - a somewhat unfamiliar conception for the average mind." Could the same be true of liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats, cowboys and Indians? 17. "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." ~ Will Rogers 16. "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters." ~ Albert Einstein. So as campaign promises and accusations rage, keep your poppycock antennas up and finely tuned... honesty has a way of shining through even in murky environs. 15. Here's one from Will Rogers for Obama supporters: "Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches." 14. And another from Will for McCain's people, "People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing." 13. Benjamin Franklin... "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain 12. The sausage factory is in full swing... is there anyone who doubts we already know the names of both vice-presidential candidates? 11. "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen 10. McCain gets endorsement from Bush I... and the question remains, if you BELIEVE in the Father, but not the Son, does that mean you have Jewish tendencies ?^) 9. In the spirit of "Which came first, the chicken or the egghead?"... the question has to be asked, "Is it the President's fault when mistakes are made, or the electorate?" 8. "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security 7. "Because it's a grown up thing to do" Cait, age 9. 6. "... because it's a gift." Mrs. Fletcher, Maureen, Renie, just a mom. 5. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Me!" Cait, age 10. (Mrs. Fletcher's greatest gift!) 4. You have the chance to VOTE THE VAMPIRES, GHOULS, and WEREWOLVES out of office. 3. "PLAN THREE TIMES, MEASURE TWICE, VOTE ONCE!" old carpenter's axiom, adapted. 2. 2008.11.02 1. 2008.11.03 0. NOVEMBER 4th, 2008 - - - TODAY IS THE DAY! V-Day!!! - If you wait until tomorrow... it's another four (or two) years!  |
