Re: Vote

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From: John Smith
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:41

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Ladies Choice wrote:
> In article <1137970993.866891.263970@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, 
> vivianepb_@hotmail.com says...
> 
>>patycat311@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>X-No-archive: yes
>>>
>>>Tomorrow Vote
>>> if you do not vote   do not be bitching all over the place that the people
>>> they elected in are are doing a poor job
>>
>>1) What's the point of voting if you expect all of them to do a poor
>>job anyway?
>>2) What's the point of voting if your vote doesn't count because you
>>live in the "wrong" riding?
>>3) What's the point of voting if the people who have the REAL power
>>aren't our elected officials?
>>
> 
> 
> Actually the idea is that you're supposed to NOT bitch about the govt after 
> voting.  After you vote you're supposed to say to yourself "well, I've 
> excersized as much power as they've given me".  That way if you're ever 
> inclined to bitch about the system the peanut-gallery can point the bony finger 
> of blame at you and say "you can't complain about it since you're supporting 
> it!"
> 
>

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