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freshwest

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33. Works so well because it feels so clever. 'I won't get fooled again.' Well, the ones who believe..
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 06:08 PM
Jul 2012

In one thing or the other, do vote and change things. It's just our part of the picture never gets any credit, thanks or fame. Neither is one victory achieved set in stone and cannot be overturned.

We make a choice where energy will go to sustain it. Media has performed a service for the plutocrats to divert us away from the same issues they have their underlings working on everyday. So we let the system flounder and then don't like it when it morphs into something we don't like or think it should be done.

Work is defined by the energy or labor invested to change things. One election season cannot over turn decades of work to push the world the other direction. If you don't make a choice, it will be made for you:



Free Will - RUSH

There are those who think that life
Has nothing left to chance
With a host of holy horrors
To direct our aimless dance

A planet of playthings
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren't aligned ---
Or the gods are malign
Blame is better to give than receive

You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice

You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will

There are those who think that
they've been dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them ---
They weren't born in lotus-land

All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate

Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt
That's far too fleet...

You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice

You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will

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If the liberal media repeats this bullshit often enough tularetom Jul 2012 #1
Yep. Not to vote is a vote for Rmoney (& Rs), the job destroyer(s). Amonester Jul 2012 #23
um Skittles Jul 2012 #28
Sadly, I think unless today's kids are very careful they well might RKP5637 Jul 2012 #30
"something about Obama saying we needed a change" Lionessa Jul 2012 #2
The last 4 years have been a mixed bag aplenty Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #3
Sorry can't blame all of it Congress Lionessa Jul 2012 #5
Agree, it's been a combined effort IMO. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #31
College notwithstanding, 20-yr olds not known for critical thinking. Bake Jul 2012 #4
I don't think a coherent message will work, when they've since learned that coherent messaging Lionessa Jul 2012 #6
Exactly AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #35
Oh, and skipping this election Blue_Roses Jul 2012 #7
I can't believe that youth can be so easily discouraged as to not give Obama one more term. ancianita Jul 2012 #8
Ms. Verdugo is so busy working to pay off her student loans... Drunken Irishman Jul 2012 #9
The media efforts to depress Dem turnout continues on course. JoePhilly Jul 2012 #10
and cheered on by the resident anti-dem contingent... dionysus Jul 2012 #11
Like clockwork. demgrrrll Jul 2012 #12
Works so well because it feels so clever. 'I won't get fooled again.' Well, the ones who believe.. freshwest Jul 2012 #33
And yet, they had no problem supporting Bill Clinton again. The double standard speaks volumes! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2012 #13
The economy was taking off during the Clinton admin. amandabeech Jul 2012 #32
Yes, I understand that, clearly, as the beneficiary of Clinton's economic policies. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2012 #40
I'll be trashing this thread. We don't need anything else to demoralize the base. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2012 #14
For every youth sitting out this election Happydayz Jul 2012 #15
It's their future they are are ignoring julian09 Jul 2012 #16
I'm sorry. magnifisense Jul 2012 #17
I don't, either. July Jul 2012 #18
The media outlets want a race. magnifisense Jul 2012 #41
They are interviewing kids that are how old? LiberalFighter Jul 2012 #19
Many people like the "glamor" and excitement of campaigning, but don't like NYC Liberal Jul 2012 #20
The last people to give a shit about your Student Loan dilemma and-justice-for-all Jul 2012 #21
Oh well I guess they can borrow from their parents and start a business treestar Jul 2012 #22
Except these college kids didn't vote last time. They were too young. Jennicut Jul 2012 #24
I noticed that too. Robb Jul 2012 #25
Agree. It's a construct of the NYT and they got the quotes to "flesh it out". pinto Jul 2012 #26
Good catch. pinto Jul 2012 #27
Romney said they should only get as much education as they can afford BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #29
but that is part of the disillusion Skittles Jul 2012 #36
Some young voters will inevitably be fooled Rosanna Lopez Jul 2012 #37
I have never heard "Obama Brigade" Skittles Jul 2012 #34
Who will be counting the votes? I didn't post this to promote resignation to the groovedaddy Jul 2012 #38
We need to talk about what Obama is doing for young people. Wild_Dog Jul 2012 #39
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