Every four years, and sometimes every two years, Americans fall for the same media ruse that voting can their lives. Nothing could be further from the truth. Pulling a lever is not democracy, especially when the votes can be stolen. I would put my record of speaking out up against any of these “election patriots”. I call them that because the entire expression of their patriotism revolves around voting for the lesser of two evils. The other 3.99 years they spend their lives consuming, making corporations richers and ignoring the plight of people in other countries. These people are the opposite of patriots. They are traitors to themselves, the country and the Constitution, which they have never read.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m no Cindy Sheehan but I do more than the average Joe the plumber or Joe six-pack. For one thing I read a lot and not from mainstream sources. That is one of the most important things toward having an informed citizenry but Americans are too busy digesting lies from the corporate media. When people organize locally they control their lives and voting at the federal level becomes almost meaningless. I think the bumper sticker I saw on the internet says it best: Think globally. Act locally. Most Americans do neither. They vote locally and that’s it. Voting for the lesser of two evils or as a gimmick just to see a black man get into the White House because you are angry about white racism is a vote for your own death, demise and destruction.