A Boston Tea Party …(Voting Made Childproof)

Let the circus begin. With the election less than two weeks away the vultures, I mean lawyers, are circling. Words like disenfranchised, provisional ballots, voter intimidation, and voter fraud will soon be heard all over the news. If you’re over 18 you have the right to vote but responsibility is not a prerequisite.

You remember responsibility. Our ancestors took it very seriously. They raised their kids with it, paid their bills with it, and demanded it from their neighbors. Schools had a responsibility to the community. Churches let them know that responsibility was required to live a good life. Employees took responsibility for performing their jobs with maximum effort and pride. A generation I very much wish I were apart of.

Today is the era of no responsibility. Kids misbehave at home, in public, and in school. Generation Xer’s have never been taught what the word means. Schools and parents don’t take responsibility to educate every child. Bankruptcy is used as an easy way out from too much debt. Preachers don’t lecture on serious topics for fear of losing their following. Employees feel they are owed a job rather than having to earn a job. Lawyers tell the public they can sue someone if they were wronged in some way. No wonder we see the lack of personal responsibility creeping into the voting booth. A person cannot be held at fault if they are unable to correctly cast their vote. Someone must be blamed for their ignorance. Voting needs to be made childproof. When the President is not officially named until May of 2005, remember we are all to blame. We created this mess over the past 20 years. Why should we demand more when voting than we do in our personal lives? To do so would require the personal responsibility of our ancestors. They lived in a time when even Democrats took responsibility for their actions.