September 15, 2010: The internet is not omiscient, take it with a grain of salt.

To begin with, I'd like to start with this fun little political cartoon. It tells you something very frightening about the voting public today. (They're all idiots.) Granted, I'm a swing voting Republican who believes in capitol punishment, strict immigration laws, and public works projects instead of this "Economic stimulus" nonsense. So sue me, but if you disagree then the floor will be yours in the comment section. Naturally, I'm also under the impression that the voting public is comprised of complete idiots who believe that government should get the hell out of the way unless we want money. I don't believe that we as a people are capable of true social responsibility. We CAN'T moderate ourselves, and because WE are incapable we have this wonderful entity called GOVERNMENT to do it for us. Because we don't know how to get along, we don't know how to compromise fairly. And you know what? I LOVE GOVERNMENT, even in this screwy teenage phase it's going through. Government only fails when we fail to be responsible citizens. How can you say that your vote doesn't matter? It only didn't matter because you didn't give it! How many people do you think said the same thing? "My vote doesn't matter so I won't do it" can't be going through just one person's mind. But it DOES matter, believe it or not. Your one vote may not be enough to tip the scales, our votes aren't that close. But for every person that does get out and vote, there is another. We rub off on each other, I promise. And when you vote, CHANGE HAPPENS. It's just a fact of life, folks. Voters change things as one man because they become one entity of solidarity together. If we want change, we need to VOTE. We need to be aware of how we can work within our government to create the changes we want to see. And we need to KNOW what we want, we need to KNOW what we DON'T want. When we bless ourselves with that knowledge, we become truly aware of the situations around us. And we need to learn to filter out the propaganda and internet nonsense that makes people believe President Obama, our Commander in Chief, is a Muslim. Remember being in school and having teachers tell you that Wikipedia may be a great place to get some direction, but to take things with a grain of salt because it's not all written by experts? Well, the rule applies to all of the internet. Make decisions yourselves, don't let the media run your life. Learn, vote, and make change happen. Be smart, and the changes will be sound. Please, do it for my sanity if not your own.

Love, Polly.