Vote, vote, vote

[labellementeuse]

Hey, guess what? It's an election year! I know, I know, I've been a little lax in the area of political ranting lately. But here, have a PSA: ENROL TO VOTE. In New Zealand, it is actually compulsory to enrol to vote if you're eligible, so you're being law-abiding as well as exercising your right as a citizen or permanent resident. EVEN IF YOU ARE OVERSEAS, now and at election time, if you're a citizen and have been in NZ in the last THREE YEARS, you can still enrol to vote, and eventually vote either by ballot or in person at diplomatic postings in your country of residence (I know, cool eh?)

I'm sure I don't need to tell anyone that this is a terrifically nerve-racking election for me. GO. ENROL. VOTE.

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Re: Neither Left nor Right but Straight Ahead

[amarynth.livejournal.com]

and it's funny because there's so much about the left that even I don't like, stuff that's potentially exactly what they're talking about, which they don't appear to be able to articulate clearly. If, for example, they found themselves suddenly able to eloquently express the fact that they oppose antilibertarian laws like controls on smoking, drinking, and other drugs - at least they'd have made a point.)

When you say 'they', who are you talking about here? The parliamentary Left, or the broader popular Left, or the Left's 'opinion-leaders' (such as they are) or...?

I'm sorry, when I meant Left I was referring specifically to our "new left" not... um, the actual meaning of left wing.

You see, this rather saddens me.