vote or die is part of the problem

fuck puffy or p diddy or whatever that mohawked fuck is calling himself these days. this vote or die thing is totally out of hand. that said, i will now explain to all of you why i am refusing to vote i this election. here goes-

for a while i wavered, and truth be told, i damn near caved and listened to this "if you dont vote you cant bitch" propaganda. this idea is total horseshit. not only can i still bitch, i am now of the opinion that i am more able to bitch, having kept my somewhat objective mind about me while refusing to vote for "the dude running against the guy i hate," which is essentially what like 80% of the country is doing. no one knows a damn thing about either of the fuckers they are voting for, probably because neither of them (and i am limiting this part of the rant to the two candidates with any real shot to win the election) have told us anything about what the fuck they are all about. sure, we know bush will be 'tough on terrorism' and that kerry will 'create jobs' and 'punish companies for outsourcing'. but honestly, no one really knows shit about either of these guys. furthermore, the vast majority of the population have absolutely no desire to try to learn anything about either of these clowns. the majority is happy to vote simply on the basis of 'well the other guy is totally incompetent and couldnt possibly lead this country well,' while knowing practically nothing about the alternative they so eagerly endorse. i for one am fed up. so for a while i considered casting my vote for one of the other candidates (and really there are only three other parties i would consider viable options here, those being the independant party, the green party, and the libertarian party, in alphabetical order) who has no real chance of winning, but could with enough votes possibly send a message to the big two parties. but when it comes right down to it, i dont like any of their weak ass candidates either (peroutka, cobb, and badnarik repectively; nader also being an independant force), and therefore refuse to "waste" my vote on someone i also do not like. therefore, i am proudly refraining from voting in this election, one that will likely not be decided by the people anyhow, but by the courts, who are going to have to sort out all this stupid ass voter fraud, intimidation, and overall law breaking by the candidates cronies and other nutjobs intent on wreaking havoc on this country.

so, to recap here, and to add a bit as well, my reasons for withholding my vote are threefold-

1. i will not support someone who i think is a total shitbag, which thus eliminates all of this years candidates (and also means i will not be voting for the senate seat in this fine state, as those candidates are shitbags too)
   
2. my vote is meaningless in the sate of georgia anyway, in both the presidential race and the race for my representative in congress, as old cynthia regretably has that one locked up due to mass voter idiocy in this part of the world
3. it is a large hassle

so, now that that is out of the way, i will return to the vote or die issue. and i will make this brief, as it need not be long. if you know nothing about the issues or candidates of this election, you should not vote. if you cannot name the current president and vice president or if you cannot name the candidate and running mate you plan to vote for (how many nader supporters know his running mates name is camejo?), you should not vote. if you are only voting to vote someone into office or keep someone out of office, as opposed to really wanting someone in office, you should not vote. if you insist that anyone who disagrees with you is obviously not as intelligent as yourself (e.g. bill o'reilly), you should not vote. and finally, if you vote simply becasue someone else tells you you have to or you are a bad american (mtv viewers), you should not vote. this list eliminates at least 85 to 90% of the "vote or die" inspired individuals as well as much of the general population. i maintain, and will not waver, that encouraging ignorant individuals to vote for candidates and issues they know nothing about, or individuals who know only what one source has told them (e.g. fahrenheit 9/11, mtv, many talk radio listeners), is not only irresponsible, but dangerous, and cannot result in anything positive. so there you have it, my longwinded rant, written in probably less than half the time it would have taken to stand in some godforsaken line to piss away a meaningless and soul destroying vote.

i vote for a public burning of those stupid "vote or die" shirts. fuck you sean combs.