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| Rock-n-Roll, Beer, Morons and Voting |
| 2004-08-26 |
| Rock -n- Roll, Beer, Morons and Voting K L Marsala "If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."-- Alice Cooper (Talon News 8/26/04) Recently I've been observing various programs polling the citizens of the United States on their voting knowledge. Frankly I'm concerned over the lack of knowledge these programs are divulging about American voters. There's miniscule understanding of our voting process, little familiarity of the nominee's platforms, and some don't know or care who their candidates are. For the last 20 years we've been living through the biggest slice of American apathy for our political process. Many are staunch in their beliefs of-- "anyone but Bush," but if you ask them why-- their answer is
"because." I didn't realize "because" was an explanation for your likes or dislikes. As I've listened to the reporters trying to engage people and their reasoning some will add, "because Bush attacked Iraq." When prodded further about their knowledge as to why we went to war with Iraq most of those answering couldn't give explanation. A large percentage of those questioned about their anti-Bush sentiments had succumbed to the entertainment's industries --grand guru of all knowing pile called-- extreme biased opinions. If Dave Matthews says President Bush is wrong and we need to tour to "Vote for Change," well then it must be true. (Don't get me wrong I love the Dave Matthew's Band and he has donated monies to some worthy causes, but to base your vote on what one group believes?) Have we bought into "Mr. Born in the USA's"- Bruce Springsteen- belief that President Bush needs to be ousted? |
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