So, you were referred here by someone, and you are wondering what the point is. Read on...
Using the same principles of annoying chain letters, but with much better intentions (and without promising "your wish will come true if you send this to ten people"), we're trying to make voter turnout spread like Paris Hilton's video.
We want you to vote. Not in a "Rock the Vote" kind of way, but in a "this particular election is really freakin important" kind of way. We're trying a different approach to get more people going to the polls: peer pressure.
We all know the "Six Degrees of Separation" theory: Everyone knows everyone within six degrees. Keeping this in mind -- if you agree to vote, and you get all your friends to agree to vote, and they get all their friends, and so on, then, theoretically, everyone will be voting November 2nd. Even Kevin Bacon.Six Degrees of Voting.com serves to facilitate that concept. If you signup, you are pledging to vote on November 2nd.
Get excited, this is an important election. You will then get a link that you can send to your friends and family. (NOTE: you send it, we don't require your email or anyone else's). They pledge to vote, and get a link that they send, and so on. Express your views to your friends, get them energized, get them angry: get them to vote. You can make a difference, in fact, login back into your account here and you see exactly what a difference you have made. You are the top of your own pyramid and the masses of America are getting excited about voting because of YOU.
Pretty soon, even you-know-who is signed up (if you really are Kevin Bacon, click here), and hopefully, everyone follows through on their pledge to vote, resulting in record voter turnout.
We also decided to have some fun with this. When you pledge, you can click on your approximate location in the US, and enter which color represents your political preference (red, blue, black or white). As more people sign up, you’ll see the map fill up.
If you haven’t done so already, check out the map: it shows the last 100 users to sign up and their political dispositions.
Over the next few days, you can check back and see how many people pledged to vote as a result of your pledge, and check out how the map is progressing. We also have a splendid flash graphic that lets you follow the trail you started.
Oh yeah, and we also have a cool message board you can take part in. Check out the posts page to see the latest messages from other users. You can reply to messages from there or post a new message from “My Page” once you are logged in. Post insightful pieces of opinion or interesting facts and links and we'll promote them to the front page for all to see.
Thanks for being part of this!
In most races, there is no way my vote will be the deciding one. I might as well vote my conscience. And if it is the deciding vote, so much the better.
Besides, if enough people do vote Libertarian, in time there will be a political party that gets its candidates elected and does reduce government. Might be the Republicans, might be the Libertarians, might some other party.
http://www.lp.org http://www.lpmo.org
Then for a bit of perspective try http://shetterly.blogspot.com/2004/10/what-if-george-w-bush-had-been-elected.html! It boils down what George W. Bush has done for (and to) our country (and it's reputation in the world). It's written from an alternate reality point-of-view as if... ...
2. Healthcare. I have chronic conditions, and cannot afford to be without, no matter how crappy the current healthcare system may be.
3. Economy. Bush's spending policies were directly responsible for my husband being laid off, and I don't want to see my kids get saddled with more debt than any other generation has ever seen. I also wonder what's going to... ...
10 Key Values of the Green Party
Grassroots Democracy - Ecological Wisdom - Social Justice and Equal Opportunity - Nonviolence - Decentralization - Community Based Economics - Feminism - Respect for Diversity - Personal and Global... ...
On comments posted without an alias, a (I) will appear next to the clickable name if the user has a self-description.
So, if you have any pertinent information about yourself (biases / website links / personal blogs) feel free to post them from "My Page".
Self-Description: user names are now clickable on comments (only those posted w/o aliases) and roll call. This will bring up a couple pieces of information (signups / comments posted) and a self-description if any.
self-description can be posted from "my page".
If you are logged in, you should also be able to send a private message to that user. These messages are only displayed to the recipient(s) and are not visible otherwise on the website.
You can click on your inbox to view delete your messages (new messages also appear on my home).
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Selecting who sits on the Supreme Court is one of the most awesome powers that a President could have. The choices that he makes in this arena could affect American policy for decades, if not centuries. Look at Richard Nixon, for example.. he appointed Supreme Court justice William H Rehnquist back in the early 1970s! Rehnquist has been casting his vote on crucial issues of national interest for over 30 years!
And speaking of issues, the Supreme Court touches them ALL.
A controversial law passes Congress? It'll be... ...