Category Archives: Voting

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on January 5, 2012 Insanity has been defined, jokingly, perhaps, by Albert Einstein as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Are we all insane? Then why do we keep voting … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on January 3, 2012 Apathy is the playpen of the devil. If you think you don’t have time to pay attention to politics, you are contributing to the demise of this country. Don’t just blame the … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 27, 2011 In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a local paper reports: “Diane Skilling, interim chief of the county Board of Elections, said paper ballots provide a write-in option for every office. But “in order for the … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 23, 2011 How do votes get counted in Iowa? The same as any state: with great difficulty! Do you know for certain that your vote is counted properly? One voter in Florida asked the … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 22, 2011 ”Something hit me very hard once, thinking about what one little man could do. Think of the Queen Mary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary—the whole ship goes by and then comes the rudder. And there’s a … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 15, 2011 We always had the power. We don’t need to sleep in the streets. We don’t need to protest anything. If we organize ourselves, write about what we want, and tell our representatives … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 1, 2011 The answer is no, not for now. That would dilute the “platform” of not having a party. Is it time for the movement to become political? The answer is yes, and the … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on November 19, 2011 A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. –James Madison Of all the disappointments I … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org November 15, 2011 The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), is a privately held corporation, controlled by the Democrats and Republicans, and powered by the television networks to run the Presidential Debates. According to Open Debates dot … Continue reading →

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on November 10, 2011 “No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. … Continue reading →