Okay, rare political post

[gement]

I really hope that you (yes, you. YOU.) are registered to vote. It is embarrassing to me how many people never even bother to register, let alone vote. In voter turnout, America is 35th in the world [cite]. 56% of eligible voters participated in the last presidential election, which means almost half of us didn't vote. This is embarrassing.

Are you registered? Deadline's October 4th. Are you sure? Please check here. If it turns out you're not, that link will also help you fix that.*

I'm not kidding around here.

Anyway, in other news, this video made me laugh out loud at work. I haven't seen so many celebrity cameos since the David Duchovny video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtHwWReGU0

* Edit: the previous link is paid for by the Obama campaign, but is the user-friendliest I could find and doesn't say anything about how you should vote, just gets you signed up. If you want the non-partisan (as if registration is partisan), more DIY version, try http://www.votersunite.org/info/RegInfo.asp

Comments

[ursuscelticus.livejournal.com]

David Duchovny video? What David Duchovny video? I must see! Show me!

[gement.livejournal.com]

The compression is horrid, because only one copy ever made it out of the Fox employees VHS circle and onto the Internet. And yet, it is still a classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLwrjRj-q5s

To kiss and to hug me, debrief and debug me...

[ursuscelticus.livejournal.com]

Yay! I've heard Vixy do this song, but I didn't know there was a video for it. Thanks! :)

[gement.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMa6KREX7gY seems to have better sound synch.

[adularia.livejournal.com]

I had JUST succeeded in getting that song out of my head.

*frowns at you*

*frowns*

*frowns*

gah.

Also, the Web 2.0tacular voter registration app is charming, but it's uncanny how "friendly" ends up referencing "Fisher-Price." I am going to send in my registration again, because I'm not sure the people at the DMV are to be trusted.

[gement.livejournal.com]

Hooray and thank you!

Yeah, it IS Fisher-Price! I was trying to figure out what it reminded me of. On the other hand, I can make none of the usual accessibility complaints about text size or obscurity. Sometimes that's what it takes.

For the song, I am unrepentant.