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Nov 4, 2008 
Today is Election Day in the US. I didn’t want to wait in a long line so I headed out at 6am thinking that there would be maybe a dozen of us sitting around in our folding chairs waiting for the polls to open at 7am.
When I got there at 610am, there was a bunch of people there already, snaked back and forth through the building. (I found out later that there were 155 people in front of me). When the polls opened at 7am, the line behind me was two or three times as long as the one in front of me. Talking with friends around the country, they are reporting similar huge turnouts from PA to VA to FL.
We’ll have to wait till tonight to see how this all turns out, but this is one of the things that is great about America- our ability to vote and choose our government.
As business people and citizens, we need to reflect today on the fact that the most important thing that we can ever vote on is how we choose to live our own lives. The decisions we make every day to finish a task, or put it off, or to invest energy and time in a new venture, or not, is much more important than who is elected President or Senator.
We can do much more to enrich our lives, or screw it up, than any politician can possibly do.
I am glad this Election cycle is almost over, I waste too much time thinking and reading about all of this (I can’t hardly ever watch it on TV), so I am glad to have this distraction almost over for a year or so before the 2012 primaries begin in early 2010 (or at least it feels that way).
I will watch to election coverage tonight and pray for good news, but then it is over.
Remember, vote for YOURSELF and you can never go wrong….
Rob Northrup
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• Nov 4, 2008 @10:46 am
(23 comments)
Seeing as forcible restraint is not possible, (umm I mean constitutional…), what about brain transplants? 
