Some people should not vote

Everyone should vote? I don't think so. Paraphrasing one of Neal Postman's principles of new technologies: just because you can doesn't mean you should.

So who should not vote?

- The apathetic.
- Those who don't know what apathetic means, and don't want to.
- People for whom emotion always trumps reason.
- Those who think all politicians are equal.
- People just voting for any change at all.
- Those who believe the only motivation for change is fear.
- Those who believe the only motivation for keeping things the same is fear.
- People who are willfully uninformed in an information age.

America is not great because we were born here. It is great because of the ideas and the system of government we have a chance to go out and be a part of today.

It stands to reason

If you're working for a monolithic, impersonal, quota-driven organization in these tough economic times, you're aware of the extra scrutiny people doing the "real selling" give to those applying the "marketing spin."  Being under the loop makes it all the more important to stay above the fray, far from the madding crowd and be the voice of discreet but genuine candidness.

Seth Godin (All Marketers Are Liars) does this on a regular basis. So does fellow New Yorker and Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Krauthammer, whom I had the pleasure of meeting in person recently.  No matter which candidate you're voting for next week, Charles has a knack for saying it like it is.  He does it again in last Friday's Washington Post.