How many of you assholes are voting on Nov 3?
POSTED BY: 6IXSTRINGJACK
UPDATED: Monday, March 9, 2026 20:05
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I know it's just local elections, way under your hipster-savvy radar, but maybe you should read up on them and "start locally while thinking globally"....
The guys and gals I voted into power 2 years ago reduced my property taxes over $200 a year while also strengthening our school system. They also reduced our cities property tax bill by $1Million dollars by making the State force the rest of our Township to reduce their "Poor Relief" by 2/3rds by 2016. I know that sounds harsh, but before that mandate came down, they spent 35 times the state average on poor relief, just in that City.
Somehow, magically, after the cleansing and large amount of arrests of local politicians, it seems to be happening. (No more politicians riding around in Escalades with Platinum cards with no spending limits).....
Nobody expects you to vote locally on November 3rd.
Why don't you blow their tits off and come out in droves and ruin everything they were taught would happen to them at their fancy Universities?
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Huh. I was taught at my "fancy university" that the most powerful voice you have is your vote. I don't miss an election, ever, and I've never voted for any Republican.
Many of us are very active and involved at the local level.
Sounds like you just woke up and realized there's a world going on out there. Took ya long enough, ya big dope.
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I've voted every election since I moved here in 2011.
I think if you surveyed every American who was in their 30s, you'd find that almost none of them vote.
I know every single one of the people who see me coming look kind of shocked that I'm there. From the people from both parties giving me a list of people to vote for in case I'm stupid and forgot their names, to the homely middle aged women along side of the inexplicably young and attractive women taking my drivers license before voting...
That's just one of the reasons that I'm paying 1/5th of the property taxes my old man is paying today. He lives on the outskirts of Chicago. I still live close enough to commute for a high enough paying job there if I desired to. He pays over 5k a year property taxes. I pay 850 a year, and I have 3 times the land he does.
I know everyone here thinks I'm stupid. :)
I won't argue that point.
I'll just keep "Forrest Gumping" myself from here until Eternity....
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:Four whole years, is it?
I've voted every election since I moved here in 2011.
Well, it's not a long time, but it sounds to me like you've researched your candidates and gotten to know them. That's more than a lot of people can manage. Congrats!
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Don't forget that express lane voting for liberals only is on Wednesday, no waiting in line or any delays.
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Quote:Hey Forrest Gump, you live cheap in the backwoods cabin where Abe Lincoln grew up. My county spends more on stray dogs than yours does on poor people. I love dogs so I voted for Harris County PROPOSITION NO. THREE: THE ISSUANCE OF $24,000,000.00 HARRIS COUNTY VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH ADOPTION AND CARE CENTER BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF THE TAX IN Payment thereof. www.harrisvotes.com/SampleBallot/VoterBallot/E/0532-8.pdf
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
They also reduced our cities property tax bill by $1Million dollars by making the State force the rest of our Township to reduce their "Poor Relief" by 2/3rds by 2016. I know that sounds harsh, but before that mandate came down, they spent 35 times the state average on poor relief, just in that City.
Just so you know, when I voted early I presented my Texas Drivers License. When its magnetic strip was read, I was given a password (1111) to the voting machine. Now there is an easily sorted database of who voted and where they live. (They ask if your current address is on the license) The politicians care about voters and they could care less about non-voters, which explains a great deal about Texas politics. The non-voters in the poor areas of Harris County are not careful to keep their dogs behind a fence. The rich voters in the wealthy areas do the opposite. And that is why the rich run Harris County and will spend $24,000,000 on a dog adoption center. You get what you want from politics not because you have money, but because you voted.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by SECOND:Quote:Hey Forrest Gump, you live cheap in the backwoods cabin where Abe Lincoln grew up. My county spends more on stray dogs than yours does on poor people. I love dogs so I voted for Harris County PROPOSITION NO. THREE: THE ISSUANCE OF $24,000,000.00 HARRIS COUNTY VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH ADOPTION AND CARE CENTER BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF THE TAX IN Payment thereof. www.harrisvotes.com/SampleBallot/VoterBallot/E/0532-8.pdf
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
They also reduced our cities property tax bill by $1Million dollars by making the State force the rest of our Township to reduce their "Poor Relief" by 2/3rds by 2016. I know that sounds harsh, but before that mandate came down, they spent 35 times the state average on poor relief, just in that City.
Just so you know, when I voted early I presented my Texas Drivers License. When its magnetic strip was read, I was given a password (1111) to the voting machine. Now there is an easily sorted database of who voted and where they live. (They ask if your current address is on the license) The politicians care about voters and they could care less about non-voters, which explains a great deal about Texas politics. The non-voters in the poor areas of Harris County are not careful to keep their dogs behind a fence. The rich voters in the wealthy areas do the opposite. And that is why the rich run Harris County and will spend $24,000,000 on a dog adoption center. You get what you want from politics not because you have money, but because you voted.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
I live right outside of Chicago now and I grew up even closer than I live now, thank you very much...
Lake County Indiana is where I live now. Crook County Illinois is where I was born and raised and spent the majority of my life.
Glad you're voting too, and even respect your being a total asshole here. I'm just saying that you're barking up the wrong tree here pal.
Go find some other dipshit dumbass podunk idiot. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by SECOND:Quote:Hey Forrest Gump, you live cheap in the backwoods cabin where Abe Lincoln grew up. My county spends more on stray dogs than yours does on poor people. I love dogs so I voted for Harris County PROPOSITION NO. THREE: THE ISSUANCE OF $24,000,000.00 HARRIS COUNTY VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH ADOPTION AND CARE CENTER BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF THE TAX IN Payment thereof. www.harrisvotes.com/SampleBallot/VoterBallot/E/0532-8.pdf
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
They also reduced our cities property tax bill by $1Million dollars by making the State force the rest of our Township to reduce their "Poor Relief" by 2/3rds by 2016. I know that sounds harsh, but before that mandate came down, they spent 35 times the state average on poor relief, just in that City.
Just so you know, when I voted early I presented my Texas Drivers License. When its magnetic strip was read, I was given a password (1111) to the voting machine. Now there is an easily sorted database of who voted and where they live. (They ask if your current address is on the license) The politicians care about voters and they could care less about non-voters, which explains a great deal about Texas politics. The non-voters in the poor areas of Harris County are not careful to keep their dogs behind a fence. The rich voters in the wealthy areas do the opposite. And that is why the rich run Harris County and will spend $24,000,000 on a dog adoption center. You get what you want from politics not because you have money, but because you voted.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
I live right outside of Chicago now and I grew up even closer than I live now, thank you very much...
Lake County Indiana is where I live now. Crook County Illinois is where I was born and raised and spent the majority of my life.
Glad you're voting too, and even respect your being a total asshole here. I'm just saying that you're barking up the wrong tree here pal.
Go find some other dipshit dumbass podunk idiot. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:You posted this same comment twice, all within a single minute. Does that seem right to you, to repeat yourself, to repeat yourself? Now you got me doing it.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Glad you're voting too, and even respect your being a total asshole here. I'm just saying that you're barking up the wrong tree here pal.
Go find some other dipshit dumbass podunk idiot. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
This morning I was looking at the Houston Chronicle, which says that just 18% of registered voters cast ballots in the last municipal election. And registered voters are only half as many as the eligible voters. It explains why a hundred thousand deeply committed people actually voting can overrule millions. A Texan, Lyndon B. Johnson, called voting “the basic right, without which all others are meaningless.” I think he got that one right, for once.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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