Show Its It's t My n Party a i. i an and ju Ill I'll Vote ote How ow I Want an To o 0 Rusty Bringhurst Contributing Writer Its It's a very interesting time to be bein bein bein in politics Weve We've just elected the Terminator to the gubernatorial position in California We have CIA agents agent's names being released Mike Leavitt is now the head of the EPA Lots of crazy things are going on and amid all this chaos an underlying feeling of aggression has been rising The two party system when applied to our country in its it's infancy is a magnificent form fonn of government That being said lets let's remember that the voting population was made up entirely of white older upper class men So two points of view on any given problem was acceptable because basically they were all trying to work together Fortunately things have changed All citizens of legal age are now allowed to vote and attitudes attitudes attitudes atti atti- tudes have changed exponential exponential- ly over the centuries However our form of government has not The political party system should be used to allow minded like-minded individuals to assemble and present present present pres pres- ent ideas up to the voting public Enough of the population agrees we have a winner for a set amount of time Well in our two party arrangement you get to pick the party you are most aligned with Not so much the party that represents represents represents what you feel and think but the lesser of two evils In this we lose the voice of thousands who perhaps disagree with the status quo but will never be heard due to the dedication to bipartisan politics The term party is mislead mislead- ing There is no partying allowed Fun is for slackers The fact of the matter is its it's more like two gangs two warring factions with witha a growing bitterness toward each other living in the same small space If youre you're a neat freak and have ever lived with a slob you know as well as I IT NEVER WORKS On the left side we have people that fight for the right to burn a flag while simultaneously making it illegal to pledge allegiance allegiance alle alle- to it On the right we have people that think that Orwell's 1984 is an example of a perfect society Are these extremist groups evil Yes obviously Are our elected politicians evil No in most cases I would say they are just accustomed They believe this is the way it has always been thus its it's the way it should always be Evil No Blind Very much so By restricting us to choose one or the other many just decide they dont don't care And by not voting voting voting vot vot- ing we let others make decisions for us If we want to change things if we want to get our voice heard we have to vote So vote damn it Hey its it's just my opinion take it or leave it O C |