Voting (Hard Line)

When I first started this blog, way before my bout of inactivity, I had a post about voting. With today being a voting day for municipalities, I figured I'd revisit this topic. Part of me still takes the hard-line stance I had back during this post.

To be honest, if you don't want to get out and vote, I don't want to hear your complaining...at all. I'm not talking about squelching free speech. Of course the right to complain is covered under the First Amendment. What I'm talking about is the moral right that I believe ceases to exist once you've chose to throw your voting rights, and in my view obligation, aside.

Each vote counts...and each vote counts more if you don't vote. When you give up your power...your voting power...someone else is glad to take that power from you and have their vote count more towards getting the things they want want done, accomplished. For instance...for each Pro Lifer out there that doesn't vote, there's plenty of Pro Choicers out there to gobble up their voting power to use towards voting on someone that's Pro Choice. And when someone that's Pro Choice gets into power, you have no one to blame but yourself for not using your power to get the things done that you want.

So don't Vote, if you're one of those people out there that thinks that their vote doesn't matter. Hell, tell all your friends not to vote. Me, I'll gladly have me and my friends vote in someone that believes the same way we do so we can get our agenda taken care of.