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By: JasonFalls

JasonFalls — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:53:00 +0000

You're a good man, Nimesh. The singular vote doesn't seem to be that effective, but the more people feel that way, the less Democracy works. Good for you for voting. We applaud you and wish you, and your country, well.

By: Nimesh Shah

Nimesh Shah — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:56:08 +0000

I am from India and very soon we will have our elections here. This year I have made it a point to vote. There are many flaws in the electrorate system here too but if I skip on voting which i have been for last several turns, I will not be doing justice to a democratic system. I cannot then criticize the government of any wrong doings as when the time was there to change it, I did not vote. So I would vote and being a democratic country ourself, I am sure I will be able too get them corrected.

By: JasonFalls

JasonFalls — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:59:33 +0000

Well, amen to that, my friend. That's one interesting thing about the spirits industry. When times are good, people have cocktails. When times are bad … people have cocktails. Just hope they keep me around helping them out.

By: JasonFalls

JasonFalls — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:57:58 +0000

Thanks Katie and thanks for the link. Will check out your blog now. Appreciate the input.

By: JasonFalls

JasonFalls — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:57:05 +0000

Thanks Craig. We're on the same page. I appreciate the indulgence in today's post.

By: BillSledzik

BillSledzik — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:20:21 +0000

Pessimistic? Maybe. But also realistic. The system is corrupt, and no one trusts those who lead it any more. I'd love to think that will change with the next administration, but it won't.

Lesson here is pretty scary. When you and I lose trust in a business, we don't patronize it. When we lose trust in a nonprofit, we don't contribute. What happens when we lose trust in government and, no matter how we vote, nothing changes? Too often, we tune out and become jaded and apathetic. I lost faith post Watergate and I've never fully recovered. Yeah, I'm old.

But you know, no matter what happens in this election, things have got to get better. I mean, we've pretty much hit bottom. Break out the Maker's Mark.

By: Katie Van Domelen

Katie Van Domelen — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:18:50 +0000

I agree that there are definitely flaws in our political system – but all we can do is keep trying. If you don't vote you can't complain is my motto. Also I feel a different energy this year, people are a little less apathetic and I feel proud of that. Check out what's been going on on all the social networking sites – Facebook is my favorite because it's counting how many people have responded that they voted today and it's been growing exponentially all morning. I wrote a blog post about that this morning that you can check out at my website if your interested, katie.heyvan.com.

All I'm saying is at least it shows a little improvement.

There's my two cents…just trying to bring a little more optimistic view

By: CraigK

CraigK — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:52:19 +0000

I'm glad you decided to post your controversial views that you were considering on your Tweet from yesterday.

The political system is the way it is. People understand there are a lot of lobbyists and lying involved with politics, such to the fact that being a politician almost has a negative undertone to it.

But the political system is the same way any industry works. Is it fair the Yankees can buy whatever free agents they want? Is it fair that the web start-ups who have the most funding are the ones only being talked about? I'm sure there are more examples as well. The thing is, whether fair or not, right or wrong, to quote Bruce Hornsby, "that's just the way it is."

The system won't change but I do agree with you that it is still important to vote, and you can't complain if you don't. I also think it's important to vote IF you want your vote to represent someone. People are always saying you have the right to vote, but you also have the right not to vote. I don't think voting just for the hell of it to please others does any good if there are no real intentions behind it.

I'm glad you posted on the topic.

Craig
www.budgetpulse.com