A public service announcement from el sicómoro...
 

In case you've been hiding under a rock, tomorrow is Election Day in the United States. Every congressman is up for re-election, as well as many senators and governors. (And if you live in Nevada, you can vote in favor of allowing people to carry up to 3 ounces of pot...not for medicinal purposes, or any silly shit like that...for YOU to smoke! You lucky bastards!)

I don't give a rat's ass if you support republicans, democrats, the communists...whatever. Get your sorry ass over to the polling place tomorrow, and VOTE! (And if you live in MN, but haven't registered yet, you can still do so tomorrow.)

Mid-term elections are generally sleepers in terms of attendance. But this is important...EVERY election is important. You're helping to decide what path the US government is going to follow for the next 2 years. There could be new Federal judge appointments, Supreme Court justice appointments, tax cuts or hikes, etc.

And if you didn't happen to notice the presidential election 2 years ago...EVERY vote counts.

So go vote. Tomorrow. Punch those chad-type cards firmly if your precinct uses them. Make sure you're reading the ballot correctly. Don't get confused by the flashing lights on the voting machine (as I did during the primaries earlier this year).

Thank you. :)

You know how some people actually put Mickey Mouse down as a write-in candidate?

What would happen if Mickey Mouse actually won?

Would the capital move to Anaheim?

Would we all have to wear mouse ears every day?

Who would be the VP? Donald Duck or Goofy?

A contrarian position:

If you don't know who the candidates are, please don't vote.

If you got ALL your information about the candidates from TV commercials, please don't vote.

If you intend to vote the major party line, casting votes for candidates you're not familiar with, please don't vote.

UT was a Libertarian; now he's a Contrarian.

He's for whatever the person he's talkin' to is against. ;)

He won't agree with me on this, of course.

What? You mean TV doesn't give all the information I need? ;)

Nonononono!!! That's libertarian, not Libertarian. :)

It's more funny if they're both Capitalized.

One fuckin' good reason to vote Libertarian
 

... and if you're an Okie, don't fergit to keep yer culture alive by votin' to keep cockfightin' legal.

Remember, cockfighting is OK.

http://images.zwire.com/local/Z/Zwir...ACF6781405.jpg

James Reamy, who lives west of Ada, is a fifth-generation cockfighter. His great-great-grandfather brought fighting roosters from Ireland when he immigrated to the United States.

Why bother? He already controls Rep. Hollings (D, Disney)

Who?

Friz Hollings...who's so identified with entertainment industry issues that the hardware component enabling TCAP/Palladium is called "the Fritz Chip"
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Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., is at it again. Although he represents South Carolina, Hollings is sometimes known as the "Senator from Disney" because of his eagerness to support the interests of the motion picture and record industries and their lobbying arms, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Record Industry Association of America.

Hollings’ loyalty to Big Entertainment — which favored him with contributions of nearly $300,000 in the past election cycle — was manifested last fall by his championing of the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act, which would mandate the inclusion of copy-protection in every digital device and every computer operating system...
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see also: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46671,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47296,00.html
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/

and definately catch the flash version of Lawrence Lessig's presntation at:
http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/

SSSCA gave rise to CBTPA:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/

Nah, you're all ate up there Tony. You don't have to be informed on all the issues to know who you want to vote for. Even if I didn't know all the Republicans running for office here personally, I could still vote party line and be pretty sure that my views were being represented better than if I didn't vote at all.

It doesn't matter why people vote the way they do. Candidates will try to persuade people based on what those people think is important, whether it's issues or a catchy little jingle.

If voting were only done by people thoroughly informed about the races, we would have a very small minority making decisions for the rest of us. Wanting to be informed about the races is a personal decision; that doesn't mean it should be a litmus test for whether people vote in the first place.

I changed people's votes today because I walked them from their car with an umbrella in the rain. Hey, if that's what they think is important in someone holding public office, then they have every right to vote that way.

It looks like the Republicans have complete control over America now. Well, that's just great. Way to go, people!. We Arkansans did our part. What the hell happened to the rest of you?

We were busy not fucking our sisters. :)