Question.

Why do people not vote on ballots that do not contain presidential candidates? The local news station has a poll every day, with today's being "Will you vote today?" 27% said yes. Just 27%! And when I went to vote tonight, there was not another soul in the office. Two people walked out as I walked in, but not a soul was in there beyond that. Why?

All you hear on the news is how the economy is bad, the country is in a recession. Conversations too often begin with musings about the hard times and how much things cost and rising prices. Yet, when the opportunity is presented to take control of the country and the economy and the events in our local communities, only 27% of the population can rouse themselves enough to make an effort to contribute.

Voting literally took me about 5 minutes. Less actually, if I were more literal. That's less than 300 seconds. You can use your time for whatever you wish, but why not use some of it for something that could actually contribute to a greater cause than your own interests?

In my opinion (and believe me, I know my opinion is not the end all, be all. It is just my opinion.), people do not have the right to complain about the way things are going in this country, in this state, in this community, unless you have expressed your opinions when it actually matters. Unless you have voted. Why should you be able to complain if you did not even try to achieve the outcome you wished?

Even if the issue being voted on is not immediately crucial to your life, or not a huge issue affecting the entire country, it's the same as anything else. The little things all too often add up to be the big things. And we should vote on all of them.

End of sermon. End of rant. I promise next time I will be more pleasant! But if I'm not, I'm sure it will be over something equally important! :-)