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Originally Posted by Oisin
I'd like to hear a rebuttal to the disenchantment that I share with Alesis as of the last two elections. I seem to have hit this same wall in my faith of rocking the vote. That's why I've stayed fairly quiet in the political threads this year.
I love the USofA as much as the next American but, I've recently decided to focus on my local community issues and write off what matters that I'm not permitted to truly participate in. My vote feels very insignificant in the rich man popularity contest.
The more I read about Obama the more the hype is sinking in but, honestly I'm considering abstaining for the first time since I turned 18.
/looking for inspiration
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Look in your community for that inspiration. On the ground at your house, in your neighbors house, that's what counts. The big politics are only a reflection of the smaller politics at play around you. You can affect those. You can educate. If you really want, you can lead. We will continue to get shit choices until the local politics of thought are changed. We will continue to be cheated out of the candidates we need( as opposed to the current ones we deserve) as long as we continue to just look on the surface and not care.
As Obama said, "We are the change we have been waiting for." Beyond the pretty words there must be action and that action starts with you. That action also involves noting that the things promised can't be delivered without hard work and sacrifice and that our current situation must be corrected before we decide to spend yet more money we don't have even on the things we feel we need.
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