Burn the Vote

If there is anything I have learned about the American Political process over the past few months it is one simple fact. We, as a nation, are unequivocally fucked. We are on the verge of electing people who no one wants at all. This process was created to pick our leaders, not the worst people on Earth. And every attempt to fix it will be met with failure. Donald Trump, the misogynistic overgrown Oompa-Loompa with tiny hands and the temperament of a spoiled 5-year-old, Hilary Clinton, the Wall Street worshiping bad decision-making bastion of keeping things exactly the same with no real change because real change is too hard, Gary Johnson, the man with grandiose ideas who can't back them up because they don't conform to the basic laws of science and mathematics, and Jill Stien, the back and forth buzzword speaker who makes promises that will be impossible to keep because that is not how this country works. There you go America. Those are you candidates for President of the United States of America. Take a bow, and by that I mean hang your fucking heads in shame. Regardless of who wins this election we all need to take some time, sit in a corner, and think about what we've done. Now was the time where we could stop perpetuating the endless cycle of a broken system and we failed, miserably. Maybe its just because I'm young and idealistic. Maybe it's because I tried to fight off voter apathy that is pushed on every single voter through the constant barrage of ads and new stories. Hell, I could have written a novel on all the paper ads I have been sent. The harsh truth is the only people who can change things are the ones that have a vested interest in keeping things exactly the same. A great man once said something that sums up elections perfectly. And even though he has been gone for years his words still ring true. “I don't vote. Two reasons. First of all, it's meaningless; this country was bought and sold a long time ago. The shit they shovel around every 4 years *pfff* doesn't mean a fucking thing. Secondly, I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around – they say, 'If you don't vote, you have no right to complain', but where's the logic in that? If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote, who in fact did not even leave the house on election day, am in no way responsible for what these people have done and have every right to complain about the mess you created that I had nothing to do with.” - George Carlin I'm sorry I ever doubted you, George. I just received my mail-in ballot yesterday. I opened it today and I was looking at all the choices. I feel beaten, I feel bloody, I feel like a whore. And I hate each and every one of you for it. I purposefully waded into the political shit storm for the first time in a decade because I thought I could actually do something and this election has just been further proof that nothing will ever change. So here is what I am going to do. I am going to take my vote and I am going to do what every other voter in America is going to do with it. I am going to burn it. Votes are not a given. A candidate has to earn them. And not a single fucking one of these clowns earned mine. So I'll write in a candidate like Mai Hass, Seymor Johnsons, Mike Hawk, or Anita Fix. The country is screwed. Im going to sit back, make some popcorn, and watch it burn.