'Tis the Season (2008 is closer than you might think)

For my brief introduction I would like to give our readers some simple, yet important challenges.

In the coming months, the political climate of America is going to heat up in anticipation of the indirect election of a new product of its unfortunate bipartisan struggle, and many untrue statements will be made and many untrue ideas will be believed. Accordingly, I encourage every reader of this post to read or reread the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence to remember the fundamental principles of freedom upon which this country was founded. Links to those documents can be found at http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs.htm. You can set aside a day, or spread it out over a week; it does not take that long and I guarantee you will feel better about the decisions you make at the ballot-box, whatever they may be. You have time, but do not procrastinate.

I also challenge those of you who are religious to read or reread those texts or passages of texts that you consider sacred, and ponder and pray (if that is a tenet of your belief) the implications of your ideology upon how you will vote.

Most importantly, I challenge all who are legally and with good conscious able to vote to plan on voting. The principle is simple: if you do not speak, no one will hear you. Furthermore, taking a few minutes of one day to participate in decision-making that will affect your nation for the next four years is a comparatively small sacrifice.

America, let’s do this together!

Next blog: An Alternate Perspective to Salvare’s Comments on Libertarianism.