Tomorrow is Election Day! Don't Forget To Vote!

As anyone who knows me, or really anyone who even reads this blog regularly knows, I'm not really one to talk about politics. I don't follow it closely enough to feel confident in arguing with anyone who knows more than I do. I don't read DailyKos, and the Huffington Post isn't in my Google Reader. I do, however, value my right to cast my ballot every four years (and in the interim elections, of course), and I value my right to choose our next president. I know the internet has been saturated with countless posts about this candidate or that, and I don't plan on adding anything more to that cauldron of punditry. What I do hope to do is remind all of you to excercise your right to vote in this upcoming election. I don't care who you vote for, and I imagine, deep down, you don't really care who I vote for either, but the important thing is to get out there and VOTE! I'm reminded of the Simpsons Episode where Bart runs for Class President against Martin, and even with the incredible popular support of all of his classmates, he manages to lose the election because none of those supportive classmates bothered to vote. And so it ended up that Martin won the election with a whopping two votes.

I don't want our next president, whoever it might be, to win this election because of voter apathy. There is no reason that someone who is over the age of 18 shouldn't be at the polls at some point tomorrow (or have voted early or vote absentee or however you want to do it). There's just no excuse to pass up this right, this priveledge, this duty, to your country and to your fellow citizens. We're lucky that we, as a country, get to vote for our leaders, however flawed our system might be, and to take the right for granted is tantamount to treason.

I love being an American, I love America, even if it's been awful hard lately, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. And that's why I cast my vote two weeks ago at the McClean County Government Center, just to alleviate any kind of registration shenanigans as a result of moving two states away. I cast my vote, now it's your turn America. Go out there, cast your ballot, punch your chad, touch your Diebold Machine (be sure it ends up on the right candidate), do whatever you have to do to make sure your voice is heard.

Now for some fucking music. America, FUCK YEAH!

"A Few Honest Words" Ben Sollee
"A Change is Gonna Come" Ben Sollee
"Citizen Erased" Muse
"High Hopes" Pink Floyd
"Electioneering" Radiohead
"The Man Don't Give A Fuck" Super Furry Animals




ps- I took the two photos that accompany this post, if you want to see more, check out my photoset here.