TurquoiseB wrote: > I'll check in from afar. > > I really don't have a clue. To paraphrase a line > from Buckaroo Banzai, "It's not my goddamn country, > monkey boy." > So, you don't vote.
> I haven't seen any of the ads, and feel fortunate > to have missed them. I haven't heard any of the > claims and campaign promises, and probably wouldn't > believe them if I did. I've only heard a few of > the candidates speak at all, and the only one who > seemed to have even an ounce of charisma and hint > of integrity for me was Obama. But I've heard... > what...maybe ten minutes of his rhetoric? > > It's all like some soap opera playing itself out > somewhere across the sea. I *know* that however > it plays itself out, and whoever wins the election > (if there *is* an election) it will affect the > entire planet, but at this point I really just > can't bring myself to get involved with it all. > > Pretty much all of the candidates who have a ghost > of a chance of winning seem to be in the pocket of > Big Business as far as I can tell, so it seems to > me that whoever wins, it's just going to be more > of the same. > > I still feel some lingering affection for the U.S., > even though it's done very little to deserve it > for some time now, and I hope for the best for it, > but at the same time I am prepared for the worst. > I don't have a clue how this election will turn > out (again, if there is one), so I'll leave that > to you guys who live there and can't avoid seeing > the ads and hearing the rhetoric. > So, you don't vote and you don't pay any U.S. taxes. So, I guess you won't be collecting any U.S. Social Security benefits, and you won't be getting any Medicaid or Medicare. So, I guess you'll go to a Spanish government nursing home in a few years. You've got a lot to look forward to!
