[Leprucky Cougar]

[QUOTE=novakru;750561]I do not like politics and I will not vote for a broken, irreparable system that has gone so far from what our founding fathers intended .
Our polictical system has the foundations to transform America into fucking Utopia, I have no doubt.
It would have to be torn down to that foundation and re -built by people who are not racist, sexist, or whatever the religious one is...no bias in any way, not bought, not sold, no money for this, that or the other bribe or gift. The people of the new government would have to be honest, decent and intelligent and have a selfless agenda.
It's not going to happen.
I will not add to the chaos with my vote that could be discarded at a politicians whim anyway.
Think that can't happen?
Let me tell you about the early voting here:
You go in, SIGN YOUR NAME and vote
No proof of ID, no proof of voter registration, NOTHING
So, I could go in there and vote and then change my appearence and vote again
If you get caught, it's a federal offense- but um, if I am FAKING my name- how the hell are they going to find me eh??
This little fact makes me sick but it's completely not suprising.

In response to this....you're not alone. I reccomend reading Larry Sabato's A More Perfect Constitution. It's great. Discusses the founding fathers predictions and intentions; also stresses to some extent a lac k of specificity with the way they wrote it. Also indicates--for the most part the gov't isn't the core problem--the fact that too many right wing conservatives don't want to reform it--update it to the generation it is suppose to serve, not one 242 years ago. Also indicates provisions to fully proportion representatives with citizens, etc. Anyway--it outlines the good, thoroughly discusses the bad--and provides suggestions that he as well as I and others encourage ppl to get informed about and push towards congress [as others like myself will get there].


I think if a 100 more of you LEP...could really get in there and tear it up and truly make a difference.
But the thing is, youth is idealistic and has the energy to change things....if you can manage to get into politics and not have those good morals destroyed , then all the power to you honey, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
So, influence your friends, get a gang of people like minded as you are, study the law, get into entry level government jobs and keep on climbing baby.:)

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Oh, I'm working on it believe me. I've gone to rallies, campaign offices, spoke to former workers from the military whom instead of living a lie resigned--received a lot of crap from the Bush ADmin for doing so--but was able to write a book about feeling great about doing what was right and speaking up as opposed to conforming to something that's techincally a violation of the UN's principles. I won't get into details--but I wrote the title of this in the what book are u reading thread [if ur interested]. And I'm gonna see if I can either go to the local capitol here at some point--or b/c I live in Maryland--eventually just go to DC myself during the next congressional session--[after elections are over]. I'm making attempts, nova. :)