It'll be here before we know it...
And for some reason, I don't think it'll sound half as good when it actually is...
Still one of my favorite musicians...
Still one of my favorite musicians...
On politics and more...
I worked politics at one point in my career. I truly wish this parody wasn't reality. I can't do that. I even wrote prize-winning editorials in Texas, telling readers exactly what their 60 percent voter turnout meant in the Lone Star State, an all-time high as I recall in my lifetime, the day is was published. While even the newest, most poorly executed versions of Democracy the world over typically boasted minimal figures of 90 percent or better voter turnout, we get mighty proud when we get over half the populace to show up in our country. Such turnouts were common in the post-911 days of apocalypse some of you may remember. I can't say I've seen it since. While impressive for any election I could ever recall in my years, it betrayed another set of numbers none of us wanted to see: Although 60 percent of any given population may seem like a lot, a full 40 percent - often tens or hundreds of thousands of people - did not vote. As I was proud to...
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