Today is the Day

I am watching CNN and it is like slow death. That is not to say that it is bad, but that it is painful and excruciating to watch the results come in like a leaking faucet. I am baffled at how a state can be called with 0% precincts reporting. Go figure!

My goal today was to go around and see the excitement of the election. It turned out that I played stay-at-home mom to my out-of-school children. Instead, I planted myself behind my television and computer and let CNN provide the pictures of excitement.

I have only one real thought for today -- until the election is called -- and that is I think it is civically irresponsible not to vote. The country that we know and love was started as a result of the inability to vote. Several angry and inspired men decided to toss tea into the Boston Harbor, their battle cry "No taxation without representation." Three years later a nation was born.

For years after these momentous events, many people fought and died to ensure that the right to vote was not limited to a few, but to all Americans. To not vote today, or in any election, is to disregard the blood, sweat, and tears of so many brave and determined men and women.

The polls are closed now, and hope that all of you let your voice be heard. If you did not, I do not want to hear you until the next election!