  Welcome to the Real World She Said to Me... Condenscendingly... So, I voted yesterday and hoped that maybe my vote would actually make some kind of a difference. Well, I should have known. Our country is now completely controlled by the Republicans and their pocketbooks. Very Encouraging. I have the right to complain; I VOTED . These two women in the gas station this morning were all like "What difference does it make who is in office? They're all the same these days. That's why I don't vote anymore. " My skin was crawling because that is the attitude that gives Americans a bad name.
That is the reason why only 1/3 of eligible American voters botherd to show up to the polls yesterday. Don't even get me started on Florida's situation. I was driving to work yesterday with my usual NPR on the radio. I was running late so I was still actually in the car when Democracy Now came on the air. They discussed how this voters' rights NPO was monitoring the polls and had already witnessed some obscene number of illegal scenarios. Not to mention the fact that they themselves weren't allowed to stand the legal 50 feet away from the actual ballots themselves.
It is either Florida or Federal law that poll monitors can stand 50 feet away from the actual spot where the ballots are cast but some of the officers were forbidden to be that close. Thus, another illegal action was taken. I could go on. I don't, however, have the time. NO TIME ONE HOUR LEFT AT WORK WILL NOT STAY LATE MUST GO NOW 
