Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:03:50 -1000, dsi1 > wrote:
>
>> On 2/12/2011 9:34 PM, atec77 wrote:
>>> On 13/02/2011 5:04 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On 2/12/2011 2:46 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>> In >, dsi1@usenet-
>>>>> news.net says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/11/2011 6:23 PM, Sky wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2/11/2011 8:43 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Although we may not agree with the party in power they are far from
>>>>>>>> unjust. Mubarak was benevolent as dictators go. What did him in was
>>>>>>>> trying to make it a hereditary dictatorship. Graft and corruption is
>>>>>>>> part of the business culture there. Heck, it's part of the business
>>>>>>>> culture here - it just goes by different names.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is "benevolent dictator" an oxymoron ?? Alas, corruption is often a
>>>>>>> by-product of (m)any dictatorships, regardless the degrees of graft.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All the more reasons for folks to vote! It astounds me that many folks
>>>>>>> do NOT vote, especially in the USA - I don't get that! If I don't
>>>>>>> vote,
>>>>>>> then I can't gripe, eh! EVERY VOTE DOES (should!) COUNT!!! Always
>>>>>>> vote -
>>>>>>> it's an obligation - it's a DUTY!!!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sky, who's rarely missed any election to exercise the right to vote,
>>>>>>> especially on the local level!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Americans are a jaded lot that pretty much take the right to vote for
>>>>>> granted. That's humans for you - stuff like food, gas, and liberty are
>>>>>> available in mass quantities, so much so that they lose their value. On
>>>>>> top of that, the last 3 years have been a demoralizing time for this
>>>>>> country and a general feeling of helplessness and malaise permeates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As it goes, your pep talk will mostly fall on deaf ears, but one day
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> shit will hit the fan and then we'll get an education and learn the
>>>>>> value of even the smallest of things. No smiley face here...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah what the hell! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> When it hits the fan voting won't stop it and voting wouldn't have
>>>>> prevented it. That's why the Founders also ensured the power to protest
>>>>> by other means.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm one of those corny old-school dudes that considers voting to be a
>>>> privilege that many people are not allowed. Voting as a form of protest
>>>> is probably new-school. My guess is that the younger generation favors
>>>> the anti- rather than the pro- approach to things.
>>> In this part of the world voting is an expectation and sometimes those
>>> who don't get a trivial fine , I vote because I usually want a change
>>> after 10 or 12 years
>>>
>>
>> A fine for not voting? How strange that is!
>
> Not so strange, that's exactly what occurs when folks don't vote...
> it's happening as we speak.

I vote, however it is a waste of time. My vote just simply does not count
as much as the corporations big money bribes. Also the US constitution
states "For the Corporation by the Corporation". The "We the People" part
was shredded years ago. The people now serve the corporations as slave
laborers. As the saying goes, "the US has the best politicians money can
buy".

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)