January 24, 2012

• Just One.

  This past weekend I was driving home from Algoma and the particular radio station I was listening to was doing a top 10 countdown of the best songs of the week. You know how all countdowns work. Start with number 10 and work your way up to the best. You can't give the best ones first or you'll lose your audience. I got in the car and they were on number 5. 4-3-2- and the obvious commercial before revealing number 1, which I expected. Again, building suspense to number 1. The station came back from break, only to say they were going to play another song before revealing the top song of the week. That seriously irritated me. In my own spiteful way, I turned the station and felt instantly vindicated. Sure, I would have liked to hear what the song was but that kind of marketing tool won't get me. I wasn't so hooked that I would sit in my car waiting for it. I may only be one listener but that was one listener I wasn't going to allow them to hold onto and count for their ratings. 

  Earlier this week someone sent me this link and I took the couple seconds to fill it out. Why not? It can't hurt right?

  And on Sunday morning during church, our Pastor did a sermon on Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life in recognition of Sanctity of Human Life Day. One man full of passion on the subject, spoke out numerous times (which is quite unusual) that voting for a democrat would only be supporting abortion and things on those lines. Somewhat inappropriate and not the place to speak out but he felt it necessary. 

  I'm not an overly political person. Actually not at all.  You won't find me in some heated conversation about who needs to win the preliminaries and so on. That's just not my personality. I do however think it's important and think we'd be naïve to think otherwise. 

  The real question is did it matter? Does it have an affect? Does 1 person changing the channel send a message? Or filling out a form online? Or speaking out in church?  Does your opinion or views really come through by voting?  In the broad scope, does 1 person casting their vote this way or that way really matter? 

  I'd like to think it does matter and makes some kind of a difference but maybe it doesn't.

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