Lame. I got tired of hearing this dood say "Did you not hear that? Did you not hear that?"

I think it is easy to take a couple of short sentences from an interview and blow them out of context.

Yup, you guessed it, I am voting for Mccain. But not because of Mccain, because of Palin. I like Palin. I despise both Mccain & Obama & had Mccain not made such a good choice for his running mate, I'd be voting for Bob Barr the Liberatarian candidate.

At least at the end of the video the guy speaks some truth, it doesn't matter if you vote Republican or Democrat. They are all from the same priviledged families, they go to the same schools, they are in the same fraternities and social organizations. They are the same essentially but some will have variances. You just have to choose your variance. I prefer firearms, so I am voting for Mccain as his stance on firearms is exponentially better than Obama's.

Your mileage may vary.

I am scared that Obama is a forgone conclusion,  that he will get elected. Obama has voted in favor of all legislation supporting gun control since he has been in office. It would not surprise me in the least if he tries to instigate more forms of gun control. Might not be guns, it might be ammo or magazines or... Who knows, I just know the guy has a shitty record when it comes to the 2nd Amendment. Even though Heller vs. DC came out in favor of the 2nd Amendment it was only 5 to 4. That is far far too close.


Because I know Barr has no chance in hell of winning. I have had the same argument for several months now "I am voting Barr, because I am voting my conscious, not trying to decide between the lesser of two evils, etc etc..."

There are some things about the Mccain campaign I agree with. Personally I do not feel that we should pull out of Iraq just yet, I don't think our mission is done there. There are some issues I don't think that either party really has a good grasp on (Taxes, Small Business, Fixing this Economy).

But to beat all else, I don't think Obama will be good for this country. He has absolutely no executive experience, he has an incredibly sketchy background and he has done far too many stupid things. I mean 57 states, not soluting when the national anthem was being played etc. etc. Then there are his ties with the Muslim community, the last thing we need is a president with ties to Islam.

Don't get me wrong, I don't like either of the mainstream candidates. I'm not routing for either of them.

Just to be clear though, I don't see how the popular vote actually elects anyone.

If it did, Kerry would have been elected not W. Bush.

It's not about 'voting for someone who has a chance of winning' - because we don't even decide that, the electoral college does. Or perhaps they're all pre-selected, who knows. It's a selection not an election! Hehe. Anyways..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)#Claims_against_the_Electoral_College

Maybe I'm jaded, but individuals engaging in national politics doesn't seem to be very effective in changing anything. If the establishment wants something, they will have it. Best you can do is take care of you and yours as well as you can and ensure that you can still operate no matter what they decide to do. If you give your trust and power to a particular president, congress or administration they will just pass that power onto the next candidate that you probably won't like anyway. It's a shell game folks.


OK, maybe I'm missing something.. Again, what is amazing about Palin?

As far as I am aware, and I'm pretty damn aware.. there is nothing special about Palin at all. I just don't have an issue with someone voting for McCain because they like her because, well, I could probably introduce myself to thousands of sad, empty women who are probably doing the same thing just based on gender. Or thousands of Christian fundamentalists.

Scary world we're heading toward.

Then you are a fool. You have absolutely no right to bitch about what the US Government does or does not do if you are not going to participate in the democratic process.

Even if you don't like how the presidential election is going, there will be other elections to vote on Nov. 2nd. State & Local elections will also be happening.

That's such a lame cop-out. There are still local & state elections which you can be a party of. The president isn't the only elected person is America.

As specifically said, "no one in power represents me." It doesn't matter if it's a president, senator, governor, mayor, or whatever title you'd like to insert. I'm being forced to be lead by people who I don't want to be led by in the first place. I never agreed to the same social contract that obviously you have agreed too.

So, why can't I bitch about the political system and it's choices again? And list specifically the reasons it is a "lame cop-out" please.


It would be a error on your part by assuming that I have done nothing at all. Personally, I started my own revolution long ago when I decided not to participate as much as I possible could with the government. I don't depend on other people to fight my fights or give me my "freedom." I do what I want and how I want when I want, as long as it's within my moral boundaries. I work within your political system, taking advantage of it because it's available to me. In essence, I use the tools of your Master against the same system you are living by, I assume.

Truthfully, I do see myself morally superior to some people because I've taken the time to educate myself and contemplate the things I have learned, for free mind you. I've taken responsibility for my actions of the past and will for the present. I've eaten a lot of "crow" so to say, which some people don't wish to do. I do that in order to make myself better for the community I'm around, there affecting the community.

I have other choices in how I affect my community by choosing to not use credit cards, or where I spend my money, or trading goods, or giving things away to those in need. I have other choices in how I affect my community by walking or biking, instead of paying for gas or car insurance. I have a lot of choices that I create for myself everyday through the education and awareness that I have.

I don't need to waste my time by mailing in a ballot or standing in a long line. If you choose to do that, so be it. It's not my choice, but if it works for you fine. But, don't tell me that I don't have a right to bitch when all I've done is tried to make myself better for the community I wish to make better also. Standing in a line or mailing in a ballot doesn't afford you the right to bitch and not myself.

I live my freedom, I don't ask for it.