vote!

i got an email today saying the deadline for voter registration in illinois is 10/10. they gave me a link to make it easy.

you should register. you should vote. i'm not going to twist your arm, but this is something important to me. we're only a democracy if people vote, if people make the effort to contribute to how their country is run. otherwise we might as well let bush, or someone like him, be a dictator and concede all decisions to him. we should just shut up and suffer whatever decisions the government makes for us. if this means they control every aspect our our lives, from what we can put in and take out of our bodies, then so be it. if we won't make our voice heard, if we won't contribute, then we deserve to be governed poorly. we have the opportunity to make a difference (even if it doesn't seem like we can) and to deny it or avoid it is to throw away our freedom.