Marylanders, get out and vote!

[jrenaut]

If you don’t vote, only the stupid people will be voting, and then we’re stuck with the politicians who appeal to stupid people.

Go vote.

[DismalScientist]

@jrenaut 88942 wrote:

If you don’t vote, only the stupid people will be voting, and then we’re stuck with the politicians who appeal to stupid people.

Go vote.

Hmm… I haven’t noticed a difference in outcome when I have voted or not.
:rolleyes:

[dbb]

@DismalScientist 88949 wrote:

Hmm… I haven’t noticed a difference in outcome when I have voted or not.
:rolleyes:

Alas, the election day shirt I find myself wearing far too often.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@jrenaut 88942 wrote:

If you don’t vote, only the stupid people will be voting…

So everyone is stupid except for me? Or was that a plural “you”? Everyone is stupid except those who have read jrenaut’s voting plea.

[VikingMariner]

Vote for none of the above. Hahaha.

[jrenaut]

@ShawnoftheDread 88952 wrote:

So everyone is stupid except for me? Or was that a plural “you”? Everyone is stupid except those who have read jrenaut’s voting plea.

It was a plural “you”.

It makes sense, right? Biking is awesome. Smart people do awesome things. Therefore, cyclists are smart. Perfect, unassailable logic.

[jabberwocky]

I’m a non Marylander and honestly don’t care a whit about your giant communist hippy commune , but local advocate on the MTB side Joe Fritsch posted this list of candidates he was worked with on cycling issues if anyone is wondering where some of them fall on that issue.

[jrenaut]

If that doesn’t motivate you to vote, how about this: if you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain about the government. If you can’t take an hour every year or two to do your bare minimum civic duty, you can’t really be too upset when our fearless leaders steer us into a deep pit of despair and excessive highway spending.

[jabberwocky]

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[cyclingfool]

@jabberwocky 88959 wrote:

I’m a non Marylander and honestly don’t care a whit about your giant communist hippy commune

Man, if MD as a whole is a “giant communist hippy commune”, what does that make Takoma Park?!

[ShawnoftheDread]

@jrenaut 88958 wrote:

It was a plural “you”.

It makes sense, right? Biking is awesome. Smart people do awesome things. Therefore, cyclists are smart. Perfect, unassailable logic.

But if some of us vote and some of us don’t, doesn’t that mean the stupid ones are those who listened to you and voted?

[jrenaut]

@ShawnoftheDread 88963 wrote:

But if some of us vote and some of us don’t, doesn’t that mean the stupid ones are those who listened to you and voted?

Less arguing, more voting.

[sethpo]

I voted happily. What a refreshing change Maryland politics are from Arizona. In Arizona, they pose with guns. Here, they are practically firing up joints to attract the pro-pot vote. Love it.

[dasgeh]

@cyclingfool 88962 wrote:

Man, if MD as a whole is a “giant communist hippy commune”, what does that make Takoma Park?!

I would expect better cycling infrastructure in a “giant communist hippy commune”. Just saying.

[Greenbelt]

I voted, but wasn’t impressed with any of the candidates positions on suburban pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, which just happens to be the missing component for lots of redevelopment and tax revenues, and making the suburbs just nicer places to be.

I’d also like to see a candidate pledge to find ways to use our highway funds for repairing the highways we have rather than building new highways, and conversion from car sewers to complete streets in the densely populated suburbs.

Finally, as a low-lying state with billions in tax base located within a couple feet of sea level, it would be nice if some politicians figured out that maybe we should start thinking about protecting that investment from flooding — since major rebuilding plans take decades and even the more conservative sea level forecasts say levels could go up several feet over the next fifty years. I propose a Venice-like canal system for Kent Island. Hey, better than parking lots.

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