OK, to start with, this is meant partly tongue-in-cheek. But… only partly.

As you may recall, in 2008 there was some name calling within the Democratic party as to whether you were a racist (if you were a Clinton supporter) or you were a sexist (if you were an Obama supporter). Obviously, I'm hand-waving quite egregiously, but I trust that everyone remembers what I'm referring to, even if I am being a bit glib about it.

I don't really have much to add to my previous post on the 2011 elections TOMORROW, but since it is TOMORROW, I wanted to throw this back up on the front burner to help remind people that they need to vote TOMORROW.

My question for today is, will you vote tomorrow, and if not, why not?

I'm attempting to add this as a poll:

A friend of mine once said to me:

There's a fine line between contentment and complacency.

Now, my friend's point was meant as an argument against being complacent, but I happen to think it cuts both ways. It's been decades since I was a teenager, and over that time I've worked more and more on establishing inner peace, and as a result I am a more peaceful man.

Am I too peaceful? Maybe so.

I've recently stumbled onto the YouTube site of an unsung genius. He also has a web-site with much of the same content, only with text added.

There's a lot of great content there, but to get you started, I want to highlight these three bits:

First Past the Post

The Alternative Vote