Comments on: Why Joel Doesn’t Vote http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/ The best online marketing blog by Joel Gross Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:13:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jordan http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Jordan Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:46:23 +0000 http://www.blog.joelx.com/2007/11/06/why-joel-doesnt-vote/#comment-378 Don't you dare attempt to discredit my statement. Its a perfectly valid one. Taking the time out to vote is relatively minimal. If I choose to ever run for a political office, my personal voting record (the fact that I have one) would be a valuable show of faith in the system. 10 minutes out of my day filling in a bubble could be a wonderful benefit down the line. Its idiotic to argue against the system when you have no hope of changing it. Its better to manipulate it to your own advantage. That way, when the United States collapses, you are financially prepared to jump ship and head to the next great empire, lowly brothers in tow. Don’t you dare attempt to discredit my statement. Its a perfectly valid one. Taking the time out to vote is relatively minimal. If I choose to ever run for a political office, my personal voting record (the fact that I have one) would be a valuable show of faith in the system. 10 minutes out of my day filling in a bubble could be a wonderful benefit down the line.

Its idiotic to argue against the system when you have no hope of changing it. Its better to manipulate it to your own advantage.

That way, when the United States collapses, you are financially prepared to jump ship and head to the next great empire, lowly brothers in tow.

]]> By: Joel http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Joel Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:57:07 +0000 http://www.blog.joelx.com/2007/11/06/why-joel-doesnt-vote/#comment-377 Sister Mary Catherine- Holy cow, I think you are even more verbose than I am! I like it, it shows you are thinking about things and come up with a more coherent answer than the vast majority of people who vote in this country... the 70% who don't know that Congress recently passed a prescription drug benefits law for seniors and will cost half a trillion dollars over the next 10 years and is the most significant domestic legislation of the Bush administration.... or the 60% who didn't know that Bush has massively increased domestic spending that is causing our national deficit to increase ever faster... or the 75% who don't know anything about the Patriot Act (which greatly limits freedom and gives the government very ominous powers that our founding fathers were willing to go to war to get rid of)... This is why Joel should be King of America! ;) Sister Mary Catherine- Holy cow, I think you are even more verbose than I am! I like it, it shows you are thinking about things and come up with a more coherent answer than the vast majority of people who vote in this country… the 70% who don’t know that Congress recently passed a prescription drug benefits law for seniors and will cost half a trillion dollars over the next 10 years and is the most significant domestic legislation of the Bush administration…. or the 60% who didn’t know that Bush has massively increased domestic spending that is causing our national deficit to increase ever faster… or the 75% who don’t know anything about the Patriot Act (which greatly limits freedom and gives the government very ominous powers that our founding fathers were willing to go to war to get rid of)…

This is why Joel should be King of America! ;)

]]> By: Sister Mary Catherine http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Sister Mary Catherine Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:37:17 +0000 http://www.blog.joelx.com/2007/11/06/why-joel-doesnt-vote/#comment-374 I hate typos. 'AND' not 'an' I hate typos.

‘AND’ not ‘an’

]]> By: Sister Mary Catherine http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Sister Mary Catherine Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:36:50 +0000 http://www.blog.joelx.com/2007/11/06/why-joel-doesnt-vote/#comment-373 Take that! Now go ahead an pummel me for rambling. Take that! Now go ahead an pummel me for rambling.

]]> By: Sister Mary Catherine http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Sister Mary Catherine Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:34:54 +0000 http://www.blog.joelx.com/2007/11/06/why-joel-doesnt-vote/#comment-372 The fact that you dislike and discuss what don't like about the process is good. The fact that you choose to be passive agressive about the issue negates your intentions. If you idly moan and groan in your blog, rather than take action against what you know to be wrong. You are just as bad as they are, as a matter fact, it makes you worse because you have the knowledge and ability to provoke change in a positive way. However, when you do absolutely nothing, it's as if you are turning your cheek when you just figured out that someone bigger and stronger is taking advantage of someone you care about. Bullies continue to bully, because they think they can get away with it. Most politicians count on the fact that a majority of the people either are too ignorant to dig deeper into what's going on OR worse... they count on the fact that most are too involved in their own world to care. It's the sad problem that, most people don't care unless the issue hits them in their own backyard. You are intelligent and educated. Your voice matters a great deal. An educated vote is needed to cancel out the stupid ones...if all the educated votes decided they didn't give a shit...then you leave our country in the hands of morons and corrupt politicians. It is ten times worse for those who are educated to NOT VOTE. And I completely disagree with your tactic for issues you don't like. Although I think you have some very valid points... Maybe you need to think outside of the box and be more creative in how you'd want to make a change. But, this is such a normal thing. You are like many who do nothing, absolutely nothing about the process they dislike. Saying that you are going to accept and ignore the process now, because you are waiting until later, when you conquer the world... it's like that old adage of counting your chickens before the eggs are hatched. Keep doing nothing and maybe one day there will be nothing for you salvage or rule. Anyhow, with all the time you spend writing your blogs, I think you have some time to spend researching the issues. The fact that you dislike and discuss what don’t like about the process is good. The fact that you choose to be passive agressive about the issue negates your intentions. If you idly moan and groan in your blog, rather than take action against what you know to be wrong. You are just as bad as they are, as a matter fact, it makes you worse because you have the knowledge and ability to provoke change in a positive way. However, when you do absolutely nothing, it’s as if you are turning your cheek when you just figured out that someone bigger and stronger is taking advantage of someone you care about. Bullies continue to bully, because they think they can get away with it. Most politicians count on the fact that a majority of the people either are too ignorant to dig deeper into what’s going on OR worse… they count on the fact that most are too involved in their own world to care. It’s the sad problem that, most people don’t care unless the issue hits them in their own backyard.

You are intelligent and educated. Your voice matters a great deal. An educated vote is needed to cancel out the stupid ones…if all the educated votes decided they didn’t give a shit…then you leave our country in the hands of morons and corrupt politicians. It is ten times worse for those who are educated to NOT VOTE. And I completely disagree with your tactic for issues you don’t like. Although I think you have some very valid points… Maybe you need to think outside of the box and be more creative in how you’d want to make a change. But, this is such a normal thing. You are like many who do nothing, absolutely nothing about the process they dislike. Saying that you are going to accept and ignore the process now, because you are waiting until later, when you conquer the world… it’s like that old adage of counting your chickens before the eggs are hatched. Keep doing nothing and maybe one day there will be nothing for you salvage or rule.

Anyhow, with all the time you spend writing your blogs, I think you have some time to spend researching the issues.

]]> By: Joel http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Joel Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:22:38 +0000 http://www.blog.joelx.com/2007/11/06/why-joel-doesnt-vote/#comment-371 Jordan- I think that is what many people of our generation have decided... just vote because everyone else is doing it and it makes you look good. Stand up for your beliefs and give the system the finger. Richard- You must be brilliant, agreeing with me on every point mentioned. I can't argue with that... ;) I feel bad for all the people who believe that voting is somehow making a difference. Delusions may make you happy temporarily, but in the long run, they will trip you up and bring you down. Jordan- I think that is what many people of our generation have decided… just vote because everyone else is doing it and it makes you look good. Stand up for your beliefs and give the system the finger.

Richard- You must be brilliant, agreeing with me on every point mentioned. I can’t argue with that… ;)

I feel bad for all the people who believe that voting is somehow making a difference. Delusions may make you happy temporarily, but in the long run, they will trip you up and bring you down.

]]> By: Richard http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Richard Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:51:11 +0000 http://www.blog.joelx.com/2007/11/06/why-joel-doesnt-vote/#comment-370 I agree with you on most every point mentioned. I hold the belief that the only chance an American citizen has in making a governmental impact is by achieving supreme political, financial, or hollywood success. I'm fine with living under a corrupt and confined system, just, please, don't scoff after I admit that my "I voted" sticker was picked up off the sidewalk and claimed as my own. I agree with you on most every point mentioned. I hold the belief that the only chance an American citizen has in making a governmental impact is by achieving supreme political, financial, or hollywood success. I’m fine with living under a corrupt and confined system, just, please, don’t scoff after I admit that my “I voted” sticker was picked up off the sidewalk and claimed as my own.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.blog.joelx.com/why-joel-doesnt-vote/439/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Jordan Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:33:10 +0000 http://www.blog.joelx.com/2007/11/06/why-joel-doesnt-vote/#comment-369 I vote. But only so that when I am up for election myself, I have a record to speak of. I know full well that our government is bought and paid for. Only third party candidates can affect the outcome and its like 3 taking votes from 1a, to give the victory to 1b. I vote. But only so that when I am up for election myself, I have a record to speak of. I know full well that our government is bought and paid for. Only third party candidates can affect the outcome and its like 3 taking votes from 1a, to give the victory to 1b.

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