Showing posts with label The Mirthless Senate New York Times vote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Mirthless Senate New York Times vote. Show all posts

Thursday, August 19, 2010

mindless; vote anyway

A great article in yesterday's (or Tue.) New York Times
about the U.S. Senate
"The Mirthless Senate"
or something...
It was such a good article, with some interesting comments from readers, also:
was going to print it & give to a guy where I work,
who does not vote,

and then realized -- the article really doesn't
support my argument that Voting is a worthwhile thing to do;
it discusses "mindless obstructionism" etc.
and actually
workplace guy could use whole article as
support for his position that Voting is a waste of time
because politicians act so stupid

Gotta get better at supporting my own point...!
Except, if can't convince someone to vote,
still Enthusiasm won't let me Not-share the good article.

Don't really want to Convince -- want them to see it for themselves;
I want it to be their idea.
My hairstylist says Voting or Not-Voting is generational.
She says people my age vote, and people younger than me have a much higher percentage who do not vote.
Is this true?

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