You have to realize, not taking part is part of that freedom. I don't know how people give up their only recourse in this country, but hell, I wouldn't want most of them voting anyway :)
-----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:33 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Best Political Speech yep marginal participation rates, but widescale disenfranchizement of many voters. greatest in the world. In the last federal election, the participation rate was around 75%, and that was considered lower than normal. Australia, Britain, India, New Zealand all have considerably higher rates than the US. >It says that Americans of every ilk, passion and voice have a say in the >leadership of their country. That it takes more than speeches or charisma or >even money. It says that for all it's problems, the US system of government >and democracy is still the greatest in the world. > >Yeah.....my patriotic juices are flowin' again. > >On Jan 9, 2008 7:56 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yeah well..he lost. >> What does that say. >> >> On Jan 9, 2008 9:44 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=l3imf9Mvvdg >> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Qo5ZAyaZk8 >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250316 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
