[TheForge] Oh, Jeeze...California Considers Table Saw Law

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

the reality of state of illinois and city of chicago elections being
controlled by the alderman/precient captians/ward committeeman/etc.

chicago and cook county control the state of illinois. the other 101
counties are meaningless. votes are bought regularly in chicago
particularly on the south side. their relatives have jobs working for
the precinct captian/alderman/ward committeeman/etc and are told how to
vote. they are giving $5.00/$10.00/$20.00 USD for the travel expenses to
the polling place or for lunch.

that does even touch the ghost voters from vacant lots, abandon
buildings, cemeteries, etc.

in the recent primary election on 20 march 2012 with beautiful weather
less then 25 percent of eligible voters actually went out and voted.

apathy is rampant in illinois.

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Marrin Fleet wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:53 AM, terry l. ridder
> <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
>
>
>> voting in any election in illinois is meaningless since nothing is going
>> to change.
>>
> ...
>> people voting changes nothing.
>
> Sorry, Terry, I don't agree with you.  The only way for change to
> legitimately occur is through people voting.  Until we remove the
> politicians who are not voting for the common interest and good,
> things will not change.  Until we, as citizens invoke our right to
> have "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" by
> VOTING these jokers OUT, change may be nearly impossible.  BUT, if all
> citizens begin to make educated decisions and vote accordingly, there
> is a great deal of hope.
>
>> it is hard to change anything when you
>> are up against the greed for power and money.
>
> Even you acknowledge the possibility of making changes, merely by
> saying "it is hard,"  but you are absolutely right.  The root of the
> problem is "the greed for power and money."
>
> We are taking the first step right now by being able to discuss our
> differences in a civilized manner.  More of that, and we might
> actually get somewhere!
>
> Again, thanks for listening to my soapbox.
>

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terry l. ridder ><>