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Okay, I am totally aware that I can't vote. But this is something an ACTUAL voter wrote in her livejournal, credit to prelapsarianme, that I thought was pretty cool and expresses my sentiments exactly. I just needed to get my little political entry out before election day...I'm aware that i live in west michigan and this will probably just make people think less of me, but HOOHA.
"I can not stress enough how important it is for all of you registered voters to get out there and VOTE. If you aren't registered, it's too late. But shame on you for not registering! I advise all of you who haven't voted to get to the polls before November 2nd, because there are a lot of people that are waiting until the last day. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE! I don't care who you are voting for - Kerry, Bush, Nader, Badnarik, the frickin' National Barking Spider Resurgence guys - just vote.
Politics is a very touchy subject. I, of course, am very opinionated and will never turn down a debate. However, I don't like to start the debates. Why? Because I respect that people have differing views/opinions/beliefs/values. But as soon as someone brings up the topic and knocks my views, you better believe I will jump right into a debate. Don't knock my views and expect me to keep quiet.
So let's just get a few of these out on the table, because I'm tired of reading pro-Bush posts without voicing my thoughts at all: I am all for gay marriages. I don't agree with the war on Iraq, at all. I think people are being deceived by the "tax cuts" and our economy is in the gutter. I don't mind if you don't agree with me, because we see the world with different eyes.
I am an informed, educated, agnostic, virtuous liberal. I am, because that's me. I cringe every time someone uses the term "liberal" as if it is a dirty word. Or when people assume that I based my opinion on a viewing of "Fahrenheit 9/11". Yes, I saw the movie and of course it was a liberal interpretation of Bush's term. It's just showing the other (or rather, another) side of it. The purpose is to open viewer's eyes - to show them that there are other sides to the story. If anything, it should make everyone dig further into their political research - to question whatever it is that they believe - either to reaffirm or re-evaluate. No one should base their opinion on one source, whether it be the news, a movie, your church, an article or a campaign commercial. Do your research and form your own opinion. Don't let someone dictate it to you."
Well teeter totter. Reply at will.
luv air
"I can not stress enough how important it is for all of you registered voters to get out there and VOTE. If you aren't registered, it's too late. But shame on you for not registering! I advise all of you who haven't voted to get to the polls before November 2nd, because there are a lot of people that are waiting until the last day. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE! I don't care who you are voting for - Kerry, Bush, Nader, Badnarik, the frickin' National Barking Spider Resurgence guys - just vote.
Politics is a very touchy subject. I, of course, am very opinionated and will never turn down a debate. However, I don't like to start the debates. Why? Because I respect that people have differing views/opinions/beliefs/values. But as soon as someone brings up the topic and knocks my views, you better believe I will jump right into a debate. Don't knock my views and expect me to keep quiet.
So let's just get a few of these out on the table, because I'm tired of reading pro-Bush posts without voicing my thoughts at all: I am all for gay marriages. I don't agree with the war on Iraq, at all. I think people are being deceived by the "tax cuts" and our economy is in the gutter. I don't mind if you don't agree with me, because we see the world with different eyes.
I am an informed, educated, agnostic, virtuous liberal. I am, because that's me. I cringe every time someone uses the term "liberal" as if it is a dirty word. Or when people assume that I based my opinion on a viewing of "Fahrenheit 9/11". Yes, I saw the movie and of course it was a liberal interpretation of Bush's term. It's just showing the other (or rather, another) side of it. The purpose is to open viewer's eyes - to show them that there are other sides to the story. If anything, it should make everyone dig further into their political research - to question whatever it is that they believe - either to reaffirm or re-evaluate. No one should base their opinion on one source, whether it be the news, a movie, your church, an article or a campaign commercial. Do your research and form your own opinion. Don't let someone dictate it to you."
Well teeter totter. Reply at will.
luv air