trying to get the feeling again
i have been avoiding the blogs and usual hangouts of progressives the past few weeks. the prospect of another stolen election, the mudslinging, the idea of another two years of bush's mandate have left me with fear and paranoia over what is to become of our country.politics is one of those things that can either make you absolutely indifferent or totally absorbed. and unfortunately, every election cycle can determine the mood depending on the results. i have run the gamut of non-stop politics, twenty-four hours a day to zero tolerance for all things political. since there is a perception that the common man (or woman) has no bearing or influence on the government, it becomes easy to see why the majority of americans don’t even bother to vote in off-year elections, much less become involved in political campaigns.
in light of new legislation being pushed through the house of representatives, even fewer americans who want to vote will be given the opportunity. under the guise of the “help america vote act”, the house has determined that all americans must have what amounts to as a national id card – a photo identification card saying they are who they claim to be. besides the obvious burden on the elderly, the poor and the disenfranchised, it is a joke. anyone who has ever had their identity stolen knows the ease with which criminals can manufacture an identification card. likewise, anyone cannot produce a birth certificate, such as people who have been adopted, will find themselves unable to cast a vote.
individual red states have already done their part in removing the one true inalienable right of american citizens: florida, missouri, arizona, indiana, ohio… all have managed to corrupt the system under the guise of preventing voter fraud. yet in the past two presidential elections, the only allegations of fraud was aimed directly at the majority party.
it’s enough to make anyone apathetic. unfortunately, the surest way of guaranteeing that your vote won’t be counted is to not vote.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves – and the only way they could do this by not voting. ~ Franklin Roosevelt
posted by InternetJunkie @ 2:46 PM
3 Comments:
Congrats on the new blog!!
*takes shoes off*
*sets a spell*
can't get anything by you Doc, even when i'm trying to be stealth-like.
thanks!
It's purty!!
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