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This blog is going to be short and to the point everyone. 

Today is one of the most important voting days in modern history.  The country is so strongly divided there is no other way to describe it without using the word hate.  We haven't seen division like this in a very, very long time, and it scares me...not for me personally, but for my children and what my generation is handing over to them. 

I voted today, and for the first time in my adult life, I voted Straight Ticket.  Yes, as most of you who have followed my blog know, I am not a fan of the current administration in Washington, and I truly feel that checks and balances need to be put into place to stop this train from further derailing this great country we live in.

The only way I feel that will happen is by the Democrats taking back the House, and hopefully the Senate, although I fear they will only take the House and the Senate will remain with the Republicans.

My message is simple, however, and will end with this paragraph.  Vote.  I don't care who you are voting for or what party; Democrat, Republican, Greenie, Libertarian, whomever.  Vote, because it is one of the few powers you have as a citizen, and every single vote matters.  You have until 7PM in most localities, so go out and cast your vote.  Please, however, be educated about the candidates before you vote.  Know who you are voting for and what they stand for. 

VOTE, and vote soon, because the window is only open for a few more hours.  After it closes, you have no right to complain about what the end result is if you didn't vote, because you weren't part of the process.

VOTE...Be part of the process...

DUNK

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