Don't worry this isn't yet another political post. I'm not a fan of discussing and debating politics with people. My friends are too diverse and so are my views so they don't fit into anyone's preconceived box and this doesn't bother me. I have found that it does bother some people a whole lot. So I refrain from entering a debate nobody is going to win. I delete the hysterical emails I get trashing either party without reading them. I record most anything I'm going to watch on TV so I skip the political ads too. Facebook has proved to be a bit more problematic, but I just scroll on by ignoring whatever political views my friends decide to post.
I am, however, a HUGE fan of voting. You are entitled to your opinion, as I am mine. Let your voice be heard. It's important.
Of course, I couldn't have been brought up in the family I was without some part of me conceding that it's very possible that it's all an illusion. That our votes don't actually count and it has all been predetermined by the powerful, moneyed few who actually run our country. That our elections, elected officials etc. are all kept in place to keep the masses happy and in line. I don't know. I don't think I'll ever know for sure.
So I vote. And so should you.
~S
P.S. Do you watch the election coverage? Make a party of the evening? We do. What are you serving and drinking? I have no idea what I'm doing because I have a cold and everything tastes weird. But I know there will be something to nosh on while we sit on our sofa and watch the states go blue and red.
