1. I want to get my health care from the same competent, efficient, cost-effective, customer-service-focused folks who run the U.S. Post Office, the Pentagon, FEMA and the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
2. Sen. Obama has promised to cut the taxes of 95% of the people, including the 30% who don't pay taxes.
3. I think that drilling for American oil is foolish when we can buy oil from the Middle East.
4. Parents shouldn't get to choose the schools their kids go to. Parents should leave their children's education to the teachers and stay out of it.
5. Freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended.
6. When we pull out of Iraq, I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people.
7. I believe the oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% is perfectly fine.
8. I believe that small businesses should not be allowed to make a profit. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution to people who didn't start businesses.
9. I'm not concerned about restoring partial birth abortions; as long as we keep all death row murderers alive.
10. Sen. Obama has adequate experience in the Federal Government, and "hope" is a great strategy.
11. I'm way to irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
12. I think this is the perfect time to raise the capital gains tax and drive investment money out of the stock market.
13. I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
14. I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would, and I want to spread my wealth around to those who earn less - or nothing.
15. I miss the high unemployment, inflation and interest rates of the Jimmy Carter years.
16. The media would call me a racist if I didn't.

-Author Unknown

Ok, the above is obviously tongue-in-cheek (or is it?). Those of you who really know me already know how I'm going to vote. That isn't the primary point of this post.

I am directing this post at those of you who are currently undecided.

Let's face it, the simple truth is that I would prefer if you voted for my candidate. However, of you've taken the time to honestly weight the issues, and seriously think about whom and what/why to vote; then I want you to vote for whomever / whatever your reasoning tells you to.

Even if you disagree with me; as long as you have given honest and reasoned thought to your candidate / issues, then please vote your conscience.

If you haven't made a decision by now, stay the hell out of the voting booth.

Seriously, the campaign has been going on for over a year now. If by now you still have not made a decision, then you have demonstrated you are incapable of rational thought or that you do not value the importance of your vote. In either case, you have abdicated your vote to those of us who give a shit. Stay home and let people who have taken the time to think about the issues; who are capable of making a decision handle this. You'll probably just bruise your brain anyway.

Leave the hard decisions to those of us who understand our responsibility as citizens. Whether we are right wing, centrist, or left wing is immaterial. The mere fact that we have taken the time to weigh the issues demonstrates that our opinions are more important than yours.