2008-11-03 
 

get out and vote

Don't believe the polls. They can be twisted and turned and things are really too close right now for anyone to rest easy.

Want to know how to vote? I heartily recommend a helping of Obama with a side dish of NO on Prop 8. (That particular side is only available for tables located in California. I'm not there anymore, but I'm counting on you folks who are there to do the right thing and vote against discrimination.)

As for MA...I'm voting NO on question 1. It bugs me that people are trying to sell it by saying that it'll force the government to cut the fat. Call me a cynic, but it's obvious to me that they'll only cut things I care about and leave all the pork intact.

On question 2, it should be no surprise that I'm voting YES. I've been pretty vocal in my support for the legalization of all drugs. If someone wants a drug, they'll find a way to get it. Making them illegal only creates crime and deprives the government of a rather lucrative revenue stream in the taxes they would generate. (Total legalization would also throw organized crime for a loop and this tickles me.) But this isn't about all drugs, it's just about a very minor one and my feelings on that are simple. It has always bugged me that marijuana is illegal when alcohol - which I've seen destroy many more lives - remains legal. There you go. Either bring back prohibition or decriminalize marijuana, but be fair. And don't bother telling me about your cousin Henry, the pothead who is wasting his life. I'd rather deal with a pothead than an alcoholic any day.

As for the greyhound question...I can't help it, I'm a sucker for sad little animal commercials. (I still won't eat veal because of the PETA ads back in the 80's.) I'm voting yes.

Labels: dose of mikey, politics

* posted by me at 7:20 PM

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