Todays thought....Election day

Hello Everybody....Its Election Day here. Well...election night rather. There is a lot of goings on in my place of work and out in the streets at my house. People holding up Bush/Cheney signs as well as those holding up Kerry/Edwards signs. People driving by one particular couple of people were honking and waving peace signs in the air. When the guy holding the sign turned around you could see it was a cardboard sign done by him and his companion with big bold letters saying "God Bless America...Vote Bush!"

It is interesting to see how well people are reacting to this election. They say that people are coming out of the woodwork this year to vote. I think everyone should vote...no matter who they are voting for. I used to have an attitued of 1 vote doesn't count. I used to think...What is my vote going to matter? I'm just one person. Until the infamouse 2000 Florida recount took place that is. Then it dawned on me...that my vote does count. My voice does matter. Then it got me to thinking...if everyone in the US had an attitude that I used to of thinking that my voice wouldn't matter...we would have a pretty run-over nation. If that was the case...then we wouldn't have the democracy that we have today. We would have a dictatorship.

If no one decided to vote in issues that they found important...then what choice would America have than to become a dictatorship. It would show an attitude of America that we don't care and since someone has to make decisions...then why don't we just let someone do it for us. Why not become a dictatorship instead of a democracy. Lets just become like Russia or Germany. Or even Iraq before we went over there a few years back. Just think about that dictatorship. Or how about the dictator that ruled over Germany a few decades back.

I don't know about you...but I am DAMN GLAD we live in a democratic nation and not a dictatorship. We have a voice America! Stand up and use it! If you have something to say...say it! Don't feel like I did 4 years ago and think that one person can't make a difference. Look at it this way...If you read this blog...and you think about what I just said...and you feel better...and possibly change your thinking that one person can't make a difference...then I just made one!

Don't get me wrong...I may not change the world...but if I only change one person for the better by reading my blogs...then I just made a difference. And thats worth it to me.

Think about it!