USS Clueless: Earth to Timi

An underground movement of rebels and freedom fighters had been assembled. Protesters had to voice opposition in codes and on the dl. The brave souls who weren't afraid to voice their opinions, were quickly extinguished. Ralph's VP was Rudy Guiliani. His opponents in the upcoming election were John Edwards and Rep. Harold Ford. Edwards & Ford were leading slightly in the polls and gaining momentum.

I was one of the protesters who voiced my opposition in codes. My friend Jay and I, started a grass roots voter registration campaign. It was our goal to get as many involved as possible. We all wanted Mr. Nader out of office. The administration caught wind of our efforts and tried to suppress it. Investigations into our lives and our backgrounds were done.

It was concluded that 70% of ALL the opposition had bad credit. So, it was brought into law that people with bad credit could not vote. I was one in 30% of the opposition that was allowed to vote. Of course our 30% was wildly outnumbered. Mr. Nader was re-elected President by a 70% margin.

I awakened scratching my head. What if that had been real life? What if a law was passed barring folks with sub-par credit from voting? That would be extremely unfair. Would the people revolt then? The funny thing is, I think that such a law has probably crossed some evil politian's mind.

I was listening to Doug Banks' interview with P. Diddy yesterday morning while driving to the golf course. P. Diddy was saying that already politicians are trying to suppress voting by telling people the following things:

You can't vote if you're a former felon. I believe that this is flexible in various states

You can't vote if you owe child support. I've never heard of this before, so I can't comment on the validity of it. However, it sounds crazy to me.

I recall one guy explaining to me that he was a registered Independant who wanted to vote for Al Gore. Well...a Bush supporter at the polls told him that he wouldn't be allowed to vote Democrat since he is a registered Independant. The Bush supporter failed to mention that that rule ONLY applies to Caucuses & Primaries. There was another instance of a person attempting to vote & being told that he couldn't vote because he needed to 18 for at least 3 months. Election day occured a day after his 18th birthday.

This is why voter education is SO important. People are told lies and half truths to discourage them from voting. Even scare tactics are used as a method of discouragement. THAT is not patriotic. That is shameful.