Declare Youself

Please, please, please ... take advantage of your right. Do your civic duty on November 4th and get out and vote. The deadline to register here in Mass. is October 15th so you Massholes still have time to get registered. It is already too late to register in some other states but I suggest you get registered anyway because we'll have another important decision to make in four years and sooner than that in your local states and towns. Do it now!

Rock the Vote ...

I'm not talking Democrats or Republicans - I'm talking about a vote you can feel good about and can't we all use a little of that these days. There will be no negative campaign ads or ridiculous sound bites if you just head over to Peanut Blog & Jelly and get inspired by Sarah. I did.

Sarah is trying to win the final round of a contest for a triathlon team. Sarah is a runner who recently lost a lot of weight and she is trying to get a spot on the Evotri triathlon team. Please help a weight loss winner out and vote for her. Go Sarah!!!

You can vote for her by sending an email to: vote@evotri.com with 'Sarah McKibben - Final Round' in the subject.

http://pbj.typepad.com/peanut_blog_and_jelly/2008/02/the-final-count.html


Don't forget to vote!

Huge Loss

Unfortunately, this post is not about my weight loss. The city I live in recently suffered a huge loss. Our Mayor lost in the primary election yesterday because many of his supporters did not think it was important to vote in the primary election. I spoke to many people who said they were just going to vote for him in the general election but they will not get a chance to do that because he had to make it through the primary to be on the ticket for the general election. People really don't seem to understand how important it is to get out and vote.

I have voted in every election since I turned 18. I didn't always vote FOR a candidate but sometimes had to use my vote for the person I disliked the least. Our Mayor was the only person I wholeheartedly supported because he was an honest man with integrity and our city was being run by a bunch of thugs who were using taxpayers' money for their own personal gain.

It scares me to think what will happen to my city now. My choices in November will be (a) a nice guy with lots of money but totally unqualified; and (b) a lying, cheating, back stabbing, back door dealing bad guy who wants to bring back the corruption we just got rid of last term. I'm not confident in either of them but will definitely get out and vote.

I wonder what would happen if our right to vote was taken away. Would anyone care?