Voting?

The primary election that past recently selected those candidates that would be on the November ballot. Those that would have a chance to govern and make the policy we all live under. Now I would like to take a minute to remind people of the requirements to vote, you must be 18 years old, you must be a citizen of the United States, you must have been registered for at least thirty days prior to the election, you must be a resident in the precinct in which you intend to vote. There is no poll tax, no voter exam, no gender requirement, no racial requirement, you have the right to a secret ballot so no one has to know how you voted, all you must do is show up at your polling place and show valid I.D. ( which to the NAACP is not racists its to make sure you are who you say you are to avoid voter fraud) oh yes and all of us who are natural born citizens where born with this right. Others hundreds of years ago fought bitterly for this right. Women where denied this right until 1920 , and many African Americans where denied this basic right until the passage of the voting rights act of 1964.

My point is that a lot of people before us gave so much of themselves, their sweat, their energy,and in some cases their very lives for the right to vote. Yet many of us can't be " bothered" to take time out of our busy day to go vote. This very fact disgusts me, I have voted in every major election for the last ten years and it has never taken me more then ten minutes to cast my vote. I know that in those ten minutes I could have been buying something, surfing the Internet, eating fatty foods, talking on my cell phone, or watching reality t.v. But to me, my right as a citizen is worth ten minutes two days every other year( thats if you vote in a primary and general election).
Our society and government doesn't ask a whole lot of us, there is no draft, many of us because of deductions get back more money then we pay in in income taxes most years, and yet many can't be bothered to take a few minutes every second year to go and choose who our leaders will be. That my friends is where the term lazy American's comes from! This I find offensive, it is a disgrace, this lack of inaction is unworthy of such a noble people. Is it so much to ask that we get off our large posteriors one day every second year and go and actually choose who our leaders should be?That we actually have a hand in the shaping of the future of this country that we all claim to love! No It's easier to stay at home with our collective heads buried in the sand, oblivious to what's taking place in our own government, only occasionally coming up to bitch and complain the whole while doing nothing to change the situation.

Having witnessed people in a foreign land, ravaged by war, travel countless miles, many times under the threat of death simply because they wanted the to be able to cast their vote, to have their voice heard, to be able to shape the future of their country I can only wonder why it's worth it to them yet, many of us who have never and will likely never know a tenth of hardships that they have suffered, can't be bothered. So think on that my country men and the next time a pesky election rolls around consider taking action.

The primary election that past recently selected those candidates that would be on the November ballot. Those that would have a chance to govern and make the policy we all live under. Now I would like to take a minute to remind people of the requirements to vote, you must be 18 years old, you must be a citizen of the United States, you must have been registered for at least thirty days prior to the election, you must be a resident in the precinct in which you intend to vote. There is no poll tax, no voter exam, no gender requirement, no racial requirement, you have the right to a secret ballot so no one has to know how you voted, all you must do is show up at your polling place and show valid I.D. ( which to the NAALCP is not racists its to make sure you are who you say you are to avoid voter fraud) oh yes and all of us who are natural born citizens where born with this right. Others hundreds of years ago fought bitterly for this right. Women where denied this right until 1920 , and many African Americans where denied this basic right until the passage of the voting rights act of 1964.

My point is that a lot of people before us gave so much of themselves, their sweat, their energy,and in some cases their very lives for the right to vote. Yet many of us can't be " bothered" to take time out of our busy day to go vote. This very fact disgusts me, I have voted in every major election for the last ten years and it has never taken me more then ten minutes to cast my vote. I know that in those ten minutes I could have been buying something, surfing the Internet, eating fatty foods, talking on my cell phone, or watching reality t.v. But to me, my right as a citizen is worth ten minutes two days every other year( thats if you vote in a primary and general election).
Our society and government doesn't ask a whole lot of us, there is no draft, many of us because of deductions get back more money then we pay in in income taxes most years, and yet many can't be bothered to take a few minutes every second year to go and choose who our leaders will be. That my friends is where the term lazy American's comes from! This I find offensive, it is a disgrace, this lack of inaction is unworthy of such a noble people. Is it so much to ask that we get off our large posteriors one day every second year and go and actually choose who our leaders should be?That we actually have a hand in the shaping of the future of this country that we all claim to love! No It's easier to stay at home with our collective heads buried in the sand, oblivious to what's taking place in our own government, only occasionally coming up to bitch and complain the whole while doing nothing to change the situation.

Having witnessed people in a foreign land, ravaged by war, travel countless miles, many times under the threat of death simply because they wanted the to be able to cast their vote, to have their voice heard, to be able to shape the future of their country I can only wonder why it's worth it to them yet, many of us who have never and will likely never know a tenth of hardships that they have suffered, can't be bothered. So think on that my country men and the next time a pesky election rolls around consider taking action.