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		<title>Betty Got My Ballot</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Threw away my vote today. If you think that voting on principle, rather than probability of victory, is wasting your ballot. It felt grand. Tossed it aside the same way a cigarette smoker casually grinds out their butt and walks away from that tiny tube of non-biodegradable whatever that cigarette filters contain.Â  Coulda spoiled it, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oGXozg7QwBY/SPVYrpQsWVI/AAAAAAAAAFo/HqNJySqPvj4/s1600-h/rainbow.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oGXozg7QwBY/SPVYrpQsWVI/AAAAAAAAAFo/HqNJySqPvj4/s320/rainbow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257205646858410322" /></a>Threw away my vote today. If you think that voting on <a href="http://www.worklessparty.org/">principle</a>, rather than probability of victory, is wasting your ballot. It felt grand. Tossed it aside the same way a cigarette smoker casually grinds out their butt and walks away from that tiny tube of non-biodegradable whatever that cigarette filters contain.Â 
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<div>Coulda spoiled it, or voted for the Marxist/Leninists &#8212; to really thumb my nose at the conventional wisdom. But hey, if a great-grandmother who&#8217;s willing to go to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Krawczyk">jail</a> to protect the environment and thumb her nose at the so-called justice system doesn&#8217;t deserve a few Xs on election day I don&#8217;t know who is. No offense intended for the <a href="http://libbydavies.ca/">NDP</a> incumbent in my riding, but she&#8217;s probably a lock for the job, so why not vote for someone whose platform is so sensible it couldn&#8217;t be seen as anything other than extreme in this crazy, mixed-up world?</div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">A rainbow. Just because.</span></div>
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