Forgive, sounds good. Forget. I don't think I could.
I nearly forgot to vote today. Sure, it was just a primary. A few years ago, I wouldn't have bothered. Then I watched Iron Jawed Angels on HBO about the women who fought for our right to vote. I decided to make voting a priority. The day after 9/11, seems only right to go vote.
Yesterday I commented to Punky that so much of what we have lost in the last five years has been taken by our own government. He suggested that my life is not that different than five years ago. All things being connected, I really think it is. The job market, depression rates, travel, the cost of living. Yuck.
One, small sign of hope: the Dixie Chicks' song "Not ready to make nice" has been the number one song on VH1's Top 20 Countdown for 12 weeks now. Over Fergie's gross video, the Gnarls Barkley song I can't get out of my head ("I think your crazy!!!") and my obsession: OKGo's "Here we go again" (four average looking men dancing on eight treadmills-fantastic!). The Chicks are singing about freedom of speech and Bush. And the people are listening and voting for it.
posted by One in a million Saras @ 9:24 PM
2 Comments:
That movie really made an impression on me too! I wrote a post about her after seeing it and even posted a photo of her. See my March 5th posting. I too,
voted yesterday, though it was only a primary and it's a shame the turnout was so low. I don't think I will ever miss voting again after seeing that movie! When I looked up her photo, I read a lot about her and her friend who also was instrumental
in getting us the vote! Did you see it on tv or rent it? I saw it on tv and missed the first part, would love to see the whole thing.
I do love that treadmill video...
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