tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post7127981091098091323..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: Sunday Morning Thoughts: Birthdays and Why Vote?mike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-67023713652425990982012-11-05T01:23:19.339+09:002012-11-05T01:23:19.339+09:00Happy belated Birthday to you and your son!Happy belated Birthday to you and your son!nihonjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18063573191193553943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-44786969787146808272012-11-04T17:41:24.658+09:002012-11-04T17:41:24.658+09:00Firstly, I want to eat at Mike's house. That ...Firstly, I want to eat at Mike's house. That birthday meal sounded awesome.<br /><br />However, we need to be real about voting. What America could use is a second party, not a third party. The Republicrats and Demoplicans are virtually the same and let's not pretend otherwise.<br /><br />If Americans are to have the right to vote, they need to be able to chose someone who represents freedom and peace, not war hawk socialist creep A versus super war hawk fascist creep B.<br /><br />Better yet,don't vote. It's useless and more importantly, it's evil.Andy "In Japan"https://www.blogger.com/profile/04505038501136945817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-20192144167829751062012-11-04T13:26:34.334+09:002012-11-04T13:26:34.334+09:00Forgetting about politics for a moment - belated h...Forgetting about politics for a moment - belated happy birthday to you, and happy birthday to your son!Andrew Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063234777548462157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-67728918276687408562012-11-04T11:02:19.137+09:002012-11-04T11:02:19.137+09:00it is pretty pathetic to only have 10% turning out...it is pretty pathetic to only have 10% turning out to vote. maybe getting rid of the electoral college would be the first step in helping that change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-40555728998631796462012-11-04T10:43:27.963+09:002012-11-04T10:43:27.963+09:00Anonymous... Excellent points. You are right... Bu...Anonymous... Excellent points. You are right... But I am thinking (dreaming?) that a change to the two-party system will come when something in the order of less than 10% of the people show up to vote... Otherwise the big money and big parties will co-opt all movements like they did with Occupy and Tea-Party movements.<br />Thanks!<br />mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-1241534494720867272012-11-04T10:22:25.394+09:002012-11-04T10:22:25.394+09:00it is true that the political system here in ameri...it is true that the political system here in america is corrupt but i think what the rocker guy is saying is, vote for whoever you want to. as in either you write in someone (like you suggested last week with r. paul) or vote for a 3rd party candidate. how else are we to change the two party system? but let's not forget, congress has the power and they are the scum of the earth. ron paul would have never got anything accomplished if he had become prez. congress would have been attacking him the whole time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com