Fight for your right!

A couple of weeks ago about 5,000 people in Durham, or roughly 2% of the population, showed up to vote in the School Board Elections.

Last week, Zimbabwe had a one person run-off election for President of the country. The man who won, Robert Mugabe, is believed to have had his people strong-arm the people of Zimbabwe into either voting for him or not showing up to vote at all. Not to mention scaring his opponent into backing out of the race to begin with. An opponent who most believed won the first election before results were disputed to force a run-off.

I said all that to remind everyone of what we are truly celebrating tomorrow. We here in America have the freedom to vote for whoever we want and also the freedom to vote or not vote. The turnout for the School Board Elections were pretty sad, but we have that freedom of choice that we don't have to vote if we don't want to. I know we don't live in a perfect country and things don't always go smoothly and politicians can't be trusted, but we live in a free country.

Happy 232nd Birthday America!