Some OLD thoughts on voting...(non-partisan)
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Some OLD thoughts on voting...(non-partisan)
John Greenleaf Whittier's "The Poor Voter on Election Day."
To-day, of all the weary year,
A king of men am I.
To-day, alike are great and small,
The nameless and the known;
My palace is the people's hall,
The ballot-box my throne!
The rich is level with the poor,
The weak is strong to-day;
And sleekest broadcloth counts no more
Than homespun frock of gray.
To-day let pomp and vain pretence
My stubborn right abide;
I set a plain man's common sense
Against the pedant's pride.
The wide world has not wealth to buy
The power in my right hand!
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Don't squander that power! Go vote!
To-day, of all the weary year,
A king of men am I.
To-day, alike are great and small,
The nameless and the known;
My palace is the people's hall,
The ballot-box my throne!
The rich is level with the poor,
The weak is strong to-day;
And sleekest broadcloth counts no more
Than homespun frock of gray.
To-day let pomp and vain pretence
My stubborn right abide;
I set a plain man's common sense
Against the pedant's pride.
The wide world has not wealth to buy
The power in my right hand!
**********************
Don't squander that power! Go vote!
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Bravo, Paul! I've got on my bright pink shirt, and I'm heading out the door right now!
Women of the U.S., remember what Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Inez Mulholland, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and many other women suffered through to give us our right to voice our opinions in the voting booth... please don't let your voice go unheard!!!
Women of the U.S., remember what Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Inez Mulholland, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and many other women suffered through to give us our right to voice our opinions in the voting booth... please don't let your voice go unheard!!!
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OOooook....now I get it ad! You had code PINK on your posts for a while, and I'm only now understanding why. Sheesh....a little slow on the pick up I amaderyn_du wrote:Bravo, Paul! I've got on my bright pink shirt, and I'm heading out the door right now!
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I'll be off to my polling place in a few minutes. I'm bringing a book to read in what I anticipate will be a long line. I am also bringing my voter registration notice against the possibility that I might be challenged.
My first presidential vote was cast for Hubert Humphrey against Richard Nixon in 1972. I had long hair and a 32" waist. I now have short hair and a somewhat larger waist.
To all Americanians: please vote!
Mike
My first presidential vote was cast for Hubert Humphrey against Richard Nixon in 1972. I had long hair and a 32" waist. I now have short hair and a somewhat larger waist.
To all Americanians: please vote!
Mike
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Hi izz... when I had it in my sig line it was hyperlinked, but I guess you couldn't tell because of the color.izzarina wrote:OOooook....now I get it ad! You had code PINK on your posts for a while, and I'm only now understanding why. Sheesh....a little slow on the pick up I amaderyn_du wrote:Bravo, Paul! I've got on my bright pink shirt, and I'm heading out the door right now!
I just got back from my polling place-- the Atlanta media had me all set to be in line for at least three hours, but I walked right in and was done in about 5 minutes. This was because my legal last name fell between the letters J-Q... all those poor people whose names started with A-I are still waiting.
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I just never thought to CHECK if it was hyperlinked, LOL! Like I said, a little slow on the uptake. And here I just thought you were really into PINKaderyn_du wrote:Hi izz... when I had it in my sig line it was hyperlinked, but I guess you couldn't tell because of the color.
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I voted.
No challenges (was that only in ohio?)
Watched as some people were forced to leave the voting ground for posting flyers for one of the parties. (Is it that hard to stay 100 feet away? I'm all for freedom of speach, but come on.)
Over all more crouded than usual but the lines moved. Maybe next time I should be a voting judge.
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use in that order." -- Ed Howdershelt
No challenges (was that only in ohio?)
Watched as some people were forced to leave the voting ground for posting flyers for one of the parties. (Is it that hard to stay 100 feet away? I'm all for freedom of speach, but come on.)
Over all more crouded than usual but the lines moved. Maybe next time I should be a voting judge.
"Four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo -
use in that order." -- Ed Howdershelt
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I am back from voting. No challenge and no line, for my precinct anyway. One of the other precincts had a line of about 20 waiting. We are still using the punch-card ballots so I was careful to examine my ballot for wayward chads before leaving the voting booth. Total time was about 6-7 minutes. I'm thinking that the crowds will start showing up towards the late afternoon when folks get out of work. I'm layed off at the moment so I could go anytime. I plan to watch the Daily Show's election coverage tonight. It should be a stitch.
Mike
Mike
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I also submitted this on someone elses topic but am so steamed I'm repeating it here:burnsbyrne wrote:I am back from voting. No challenge and no line, for my precinct anyway. One of the other precincts had a line of about 20 waiting. Mike
Someone sounding a lot like John Kerry with a bad head cold has been sending voters a recorded telephone message asking for their help in winning on this election day and promising all of the usual stuff that politicians promise if they get elected. Then at the end of this recorded announcement, John Kerry with the bad head cold says that, because of an anticipated high voter turn out, the polls will remain open two hours after their normal closing time. The voice goes on to suggest that it would be helpful to the poll place workers if you would avoid the crowds and go to the polls during this newly extended time frame. I'm a registered democrat and couldn't figure out why John Kerry would be trying to keep me from voting for him. Maybe he was high on Nyquil.
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I just voted. This election, which would have been otherwise a depressing choice for me between Tweedledum and Tweedledee, was livened up and made exciting by the fact that my partner of 12 years is running for public office for the first time! San Francisco School Board. He has a very outside chance of winning, but he does want to enter local politics, and this is how you build a base--by running for office. We can hardly wait for the results to start coming in so we can see how he did. Wish us luck!