Election Day in the U.S. of A.

Have you voted?

Everyone and everything has been urging American citizens to vote for weeks now. Well, registered voters that is. I, being underaged, have not voted. If I could, would I?

Yes.

It may seem like voting is useless. I for one believe very little will change will be done to the US's economic situation no matter who becomes president. After all, our capitalist economy puts the focus on consumers. Supply and demand and whatnot.

I'll be frank. If you dislike all of the candidates so much that you can't even bring yourself to vote for "the lesser of the evils," do something about it. Write someone in. Run yourself next time.

It's important for everyone that can vote to vote so that we can get a more accurate sense of what the nation wants. If you don't vote, it's a bit like the bystander effect. You think someone else will vote for your candidate and your vote doesn't really matter anyway. It's just one vote. But now imagine that there are thousands, millions even, of people like you, that think someone else will do it and you don't have to. Where does that leave your favorite candidate? Say that 90% of the citizens favored that candidate(A) but only 10% showed up to vote for him or her. The other 10% that favored the other candidate(b) all show up to vote for him or her. Who will win? Candidate B takes the win. Not a very accurate representation of the public's opinion, is it?

But enough of that. After all, I write this more for my own amusement than anything else really.

At this moment, I think that my vote would go to Jill Stein. I'm not completely aware of all of the candidates stances though. For instance, I have absolutely no idea who Ross C. Anderson or Virgil H Goode, Jr. are. Jill Stein, from what I know, would support green energy, green jobs, LGBT rights, etc. Me, being me, loves this and as much as I like the Obamas, I'd have to go with Stein.

In all honesty though, I just encouraged everyone I know to vote for anyone but Romney. Now, I will not try tell you to not support Romney if you really want to. I's your choice, your opinion, etc. If that's so, I won't like it and I may argue with you, but in the end, I really can't tell you what to do. That's for you to decide.

Romney, or RMoney as I've taken to calling him, scares me. In fact, many prominent Republicans do. With their super anti-Choice stances and their light handling of rape and whatnot, it's hard for me to not be scared. Though I personally will not have an abortion when or if I become pregnant due to my religion, I side with Vice President Biden on this matter. I will fight for your freedom to choose. Those that say God is against this should take note that I believe that God loves all and that if we sin, and we all do, he will forgive us. It is not in my power to judge if you have done right or wrong. Sometimes I do, but that doesn't mean it's right. Also take into consideration that in America, we have the freedom of religion, so not everyone believes what you do.

And honestly, this - "If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." - is complete and utter crap. The quote comes from the marvelous -as tone does not always translate well, I'll have you know that this was sarcastic and covered in venom in my head- Todd Akin. And, taking inspiration from this wonderful article, I want to thank him. Thank you for making me glad that I live where I do and not in Missouri.

Signing off for now since I'm pretty sure this much malice is not good for the heart. I wish you all a wonderful night and let's hope we have a good four years. :)

Please note that this post is merely my opinion. I am sorry if I have offended anyone. This post has also not been proof-read and is only part of how I feel about this election.