Quote Originally Posted by tony
I think what he is trying to ask is if you will not participate in the election process then why have an opinion on policies. No offense to you but I do think its a valid question, it is the responsibility of the people to vote. In the grand scheme of things your vote does matter and a "popular vote" majority rule is quite dangerous. Most are not willing to get out and educate theirselves on the issues or think critically. Otherwise you stand at the side and let politicians continue to make policies that dictate how you live your life.
Like I said, this is not something I feel like getting into a 12 page paragraph argument on. I have had enough face to face discussions about it in the past few weeks to make me puke. I'll see if I can put my view simply enough to get my feeling across without pissing off MR org. I do watch the news and I do read magazines and the Internet. I'm not ignorant to the candidates positions. That's not to say that I completely sure of their positions because they aren't even sure of their positions. I watched CNN last night and had to change the channel because they can't get what they stand for straight..so how am I supposed to? I may not be able to debate at the Iowa caucus, but I did watch it (along with other scattered televised events). I also went to college and took Political Science just like most people who went to college did. The president doesn't run sh.it around here. Sure he has the right to veto and can make SOME executive decisions...but they are a pawn of the cabinet...of which are APPOINTED and not voted in by me or you...but voted on by the Senate....WHO REALLY RUN ****. So everyone makes a big deal out of voting for president, when they should really focus on who they vote into becoming a judge since they are the ones who become members of the Senate a lot of the time

You know what? This is too long already and I can see it getting 12 paragraphs longer if I keep on. I think medical care should be socialized. I also think that there should be less tax breaks for multi-millionaire companies so that their taxes can be applied to things like socialized medical care and higher education...rather than them applying their extra money to the presidential campaigns that costs $50 million dollars each (in other words paying off officials essentially). I think that every candidate should be given an equal budget by the gov't that is taken from million dollar company taxes.

Ok so there is a little of my stance. Remind me not to post in threads like this again

P.S. If it's our responsibility to vote...then make it illegal to not vote. I'll vote for that. Oh yea, I know there are a million /reasons excuses why that can't or will never happen. It basically comes down to that we have a lot of work to do to make things fair and just and that would take too much time and too much money and piss off too many white men.