Tag: election

voting should be more fun

This is the day that most of the nation goes to the polls to vote.  Not only is it the Presidential election, but various other political offices, too.  So obviously it’s important.  Every citizen should vote.  And it stands to reason that if you don’t vote, you shouldn’t have the right to complain about who gets elected.

But just because something is important, that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t also be fun!  Either some people don’t see it that way, or they haven’t realized how much better it would be if it were also fun.  (If they don’t believe me, then they’re just wrong.)

People would be more likely to vote if it didn’t involve hours and hours of standing in line with absolutely nothing going on.  I’ve been through this, and it gets boring FAST!  You have thousands of bored people standing around, the smell of body odor accumulating in the place (because there’s never a fresh breeze, for whatever reason), and the boringness of it just multiplies and spreads.

So here’s some ideas:

  • Have a talent competition, with the judges being people waiting in line.  Contestants in the competition have to be people who are there to vote.
  • Have a cell phone ringtone competition.  (I would win that one, but I wouldn’t always be there, so other people will get to win some, too.)
  • Have a concession stand (that doesn’t charge rip-off prices).  Have a drawing for free nachos every hour.
  • Have arcade machines that can be played for free, where you play for a minute then the next person in line continues the game.

I could go on, but you get the idea.  If you have any ideas, put it in the comments section.

Ron Paul’s first action as President

I don’t post much political stuff here, because usually politicians have absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever.  But sometimes they can be so crazy that their statements become somewhat funny (as long as they don’t get elected!).

Here’s a video of presidential candidate Ron Paul talking to reporters, and he’s got some crazy ideas.  According to him, by talking to people, “You can change the world within weeks.”  But he would have to be President to be able to do that, naturally.  (Also, it should be noted that many countries don’t want to be changed, so talking isn’t going to do much about that.)  And one of his first actions would be to “bring the troops home from Iraq, give them motivation, start talking to each other”.  And that would cause the price of oil to drop probably $20/barrel.

He goes on to say that “a true terrorist is a very weak person” and “they really don’t have an army”.  So according to him, we shouldn’t fear them, because “nobody can touch us; we should feel perfectly safe from any country ever invading us, at least in the foreseeable future.”  Why does that not make me feel safe?

Here’s the video, so you can hear all of his ramblings.

I’m hoping he gets nowhere near the position of President!