Friday, February 8, 2008

Top Five Lamest Excuses for not Voting~!

I had heard so many excuses for not voting in the primary election being held in New York.

TOP FIVE LAMEST EXCUSES FOR NOT VOTING:
5. I am not registered. Your not registered? Your mother didn't register for you? You mean, you actually didn't know that as an American it is your civic duty to register to vote? People all over the world die fighting for the right to vote but filling out the online form required to register is to taxing for you?
4. I don't know where my polling place is. The government actaully makes it easy for you to find your polling place. Go to: http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/pollingplaces.html
3. I don't know anything about the candidates so I don't want to just vote for something I don't know about. What? So it's better to not vote at all? It takes just a few minutes to google a short synapsis of where the candidates stand on the issues. Oh, but then that would take time out of your google search for the viral video of the sneezing panda.
2.I will wait until there are just two candidates, I will voteduring the presidential election when it matters. Now this really pisses me off. These people want the rest of us to make the decisions for them. These are the people, when you go out to eat always say; "I don't care where we eat just as long as they have an organic vegetarian kosher menu, so you just pick the place." Grrr...I hate that. But that's another blog. Voting during the presidential election is easy, there are just two fuckin candidates! Well, unless your going to throw away your vote on an independent. It's the primaries that decide who the candidates are going to be. So by not voting on them your saying, "I'll have what she's having."
1. I dont' vote. If you don't vote, your a lazy douchebag. Plain and simple. Listen, you live in this country. This is the country you choose to live in right? You like it here? You want to stay? THEN FUCKING VOTE! Because when things get bad and you don't have the things in your life or community that make you happy, you have no one to blame but yourself. But these are always the idiots that complain the most when shit hits the fan. Wish we hadn't gone to Iraq? Maybe you should have voted in the last election. Pissed off that our dollar will soon be on par with the peso? Maybe you should have voted in the last election. I'm sorry am I repeating myself?
Voting is important! People all over the world know more about what is going on in this country then the average American does and you know what? That's really sad. On a recent trip to Denmark, I was really amazed at how much they knew about our politics and what was going on in our country. And you know what my friends said when I told them of my surprise? They said the reason they know so much is because what America does, doesn't just effect America, it effects their country too. We have major influence on how other countries do business, make laws, live their lives. And thats not just in Europe but all over the world. So we are just voting to make our nation a better place. So for fuck sake, take a few minutes out of your day and please vote. Don't be a douchebag.

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