10 Reasons Why You SHOULD Vote

For those of you who don't pay attention to the news, don't glance at a newspaper, don't have any intelligent discussions or plain just don't know what month it is, tomorrow is a big day for us. It's Election Day. And it's not just Election Day but it's Election Day when we elect (or re-elect) our next President.  Although I try to vote every Election Day, the presidential election has been my favorite. Even though it's not that I've had that many though. The first time I voted was in 2008 so I've only had one but dammit it's exciting.

This isn't going to be my wittiest blog because I'm tired and my brain is running on empty like all those stinking cars lined around my neighborhood waiting for Exxon Mobile's next gas delivery. (I just want to say three quick things regarding that whole situation....1) I'm sincerely sorry to all those who lost everything they own, or worse, lost someone they loved. 2) Hurricane Sandy was such a bitch. What kind of deranged Hurricane decides to roll around during the end of October SMH and 3) Most of the trains are working people in NYC, you don't have to drive. Stop making Exxon 7 BP's wildest dreams come true!!!)

Okay enough of my mindless rambling. I'm boring myself. Here are 10 reasons you should vote:

10. Jay- Z said so.  This list should really stop right here, but for those of you who are so diluted that you cannot be persuaded by the power of Hova, I shall continue.

9.  So the millions of presidential campaigns and ads
and crap could finally S.T.O.P!!!

8.  It your civic duty to vote.  Exercise you damn right. If you don't. SHAME. ON. YOU.-> 

7. You can cancel out someone elses vote.  Believe it or not, I have arch nemesiseseses (pretty much a bunch of enemies) in my neighborhood.  Some that I don't know.  Okay all that I don't know.  All I DO know is that I already know who they're voting for and I want to make their vote VOID!!!

6. Every vote counts. It's true! If you don't think every vote is counted you have clearly slept your way through United States History class in High School.  Hurry up and do a quick brush up on the electoral college on Wikipedia.  Go ahead...I'll wait.


5. Do it for Big Bird darn it! 

4. Did I mention that every vote counts. At the risk of sounding like that political commercial that I'm about to paraphrase. "537." That is the number of votes that cost Al Gore his rightful presidency.  If 537 people who thought their vote didn't matter voted...well I guess we'll never know what could've happened, but it gets me thinking.

3. Our ancestors died for this right. Me being an African American female, I had three battles waged and won on my behalf for the right to vote.  One in 1920 for women's rights and the other in 1870 than again in 1965 (blacks had to fight for the right to vote twice. How bout that?).

2. Do you really want to see this clown become our next president. ->
Hell No? Me Neither.

1. To paraphrase actress Kerry Washington, You may not pay attention to politics but politics is surely paying attention to you! The only thing worse then not voting, is not caring.  Every aspect of your life is influenced by government whether you believe it or not.  From the public transportation you take, the T.V you watch, the food you eat.  INFLUENCED. BY. GOVERNMENT. So if you don't care enough to bother to vote, don't bother posting your issues on FB or Twitter about how horrible your life is going. It saddens me to see all these people come up with 100 excuses not to vote
I wonder if they took the right away from us again, if anyone would would even care.