I can't believe David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) didn't make the cut. What could be better than a serial killer who got his instructions from his neighbor's dog? For those interested, he's currently incarcerated in Sullivan Correctional Facility in NY,...
I was going to check out the apathyparty08.com link, but I really don't care enough to bother.... Actually, I always make an effort to go out and vote. I also take my kids with me to the polls. (As my...
Two possible outcomes: 1) They get pissed off and start flinging poo at the restaurant patrons. 2) They get pissed off and take over the world, reducing humans to slaves. (Take your stinking paws off my drink, you damn dirty...
That's nothing. Check out any of the NY state prisons. (Ossining, NY has one for instance) You think the mall is blurred. The state prisons look like they were colored in with a crayon....
Geraldo must be really tall. If the 20' high water mark would be at his waist, and the 25' just above his shoulders, proportionally, he'd be about 11' tall....
Have pencils changed that much that you'd notice if one was "vintage"? I mean, the Ticonderoga #2 pencils that I just bought for my kids look, feel, and work exactly like the Ticonderoga #2 pencils that I was using in...
An inmate in my jail did this several years ago. He had to be transported, still attached to a 3' square piece of sheet metal from the bed, to the hospital....
John Roebling (the architect of the Brooklyn Bridge) built one in the 1848 across the Delaware River. It carried the Delaware and Hudson Canal over the Delaware. It's still in use as a car and pedestrian bridge....
"Statistically, unlikely your vote will matter?" By the very definition of statistics, your vote does matter. The only valid objection I see there is having to wait four hours to vote. I'm from Canada, I live in the most populous riding (district), and voting has never taken more than 15 minutes (and that's a conservative guess). I don't blame you for hating having to wait so long. I hope for the sake of all Americans that they do something about those wait times. They should make voting ridiculously easy. As for denying the choice, you don't have a choice whether...
No, it's not about choice, it's about obligation and duty. There are many anti social things I could choose to do in life, but I don't for the sake of those around me. People need to stop thinking of just themselves, and contribute to something that is bigger and more important than just their personal likes and dislikes. If you want to be a part of society, you are required to actively partcipate in that society. If you value the concept of democracy, where people have the right to choose their leadership by popular vote, you absolutely have an obligation...
4 hours to vote is not the norm....I've never waited more than half an hour...and every county in my state now has early voting---from the 16th til the 1st you can cast your vote, or you can absentee ballot it even now. That being said, you have as much of a right not to vote as you do TO vote...but really think about it before you choose not to this year. Many of us would not have had the right to vote decades ago--whether you are female, a minority, an immigrant, etc--at some point, you would not have been able...
Just because you CAN do something (not voting) doesn't mean you SHOULD. The only reason your vote may be seen to be inconsequential is because its a big country. The reason its a big country is because so many people wanted to come here and participate in democracy. But now so many who never knew any other way of life take that for granted. We were surprised to find out how VERY consequential each vote was in Florida in 2000, and in Ohio in 2004. It might come down to such a scenario this year, and it won't be in...
Scara, I totally agree with you that people should be responsible citizens and contribute. (My beef is more with the people who bitch about their taxes when we got a couple wars on and a zillion dollar deficit.) As far as someone not voting though, how does that hurt anyone? Maybe they don't find any of the candidates to their liking. Makes my vote count that much more no? And, it is a choice in itself as KBK said, though kind of a negative one. The 4 hours thing is pretty bad. For some reason they picked Tuesday as election...
Oh well, I guess I'm an aberration. I'm committed in my inaction. Most people engaged in inaction would be so much more apathetic about it. Stephen, I don't think you know your statistics, but I don't plan to get involved in that discussion. I simply meant, the odds of my vote being a deciding one were astronomically slim. But, ones definition of "matters" is completely subjective, and I can totally see the other side of that discussion....