It's time.

If you haven't voted already, get out and do it. Vote for Obama or McCain or Ron Paul or Ralph Nader. Vote for somebody I never heard of. You've heard all the issues by now. If not, take a little time - you have until 9 tonight - look up the issues that are the most important to you whether they be the war, abortion, the economy, healthcare or drug use. Then see where the candidates stand. Then you take a stand.

Everyone says it. But there's a reason everyone says it. If you don't vote, you don't have a right to complain. If you don't vote, you're giving away the freedom that so many have fought and died for. If you don't vote you're putting your future and the future of your children into the hands of strangers. If you don't vote, you abdicate your responsibility as a citizen of the greatet republic in the history of mankind.

VOTE.

It may mean standing in line for awhile. But it means you can look your kids in the eye and say you were part of history. You can say you took part in one of the most important elections ever. That you stood up and were counted on this day that could mean changing the path our entire nation is on.

Take your kids with you. Talk to them while you stand in line about what it means to be a citizen. Ask them what they think about the issues. Find out who they would vote for if they could. Show them what it means to be a responsible citizen. Explain that the only way to prevent losing a right is to exercise it.

Voting doesn't mean being a political junkie. It just means paying attention, thinking and deciding. You don't have to follow polls and listen to all the pundits. You just need to know what's important to you and your family and make a decision. Then pull the lever, check the box, punch the card or tap the screen. Just do it please. For you. For your kids. For those who have sacrificed so much to give you the freedom we all have taken for granted.

VOTE.
please.