Count Me Out.

Today I was going to write about charity, and then it happened.

The political machine began revving up its engine, gears starting to turn, little minions pouring oil on the pistons, smoke beginning to drift into the atmosphere.

Count Me In. Joe is in. Are you?

I realize that I cannot influence the outcome of this election. The drones have already drawn the line in the sane, and no one dare cross it.

If anything this is a simple call for sanity. For a brief acknowledgement that you were duped, and that I was in a vague haze two years ago. If you can read this and understand even for a second that what these people are feeding you is poisonous, even one person, then....well, then nothing. Shit still won't change.

You elected change in Barack H. Obama. What you got was George W. Bush with a tan. He has intruded more into the private sector without actually adding any accountability to the people that put our society on the brink of collapse. He has continued two wars, and now added a third to our plate. He has created a monstrosity that won't ever be killed or controlled in Obamacare. Every week we find out new information about this, and truly no one understands it a year later.

The system perpetuates itself by putting forth candidates that expand government, and limit freedoms. Voting Republican or Democrat only serves to help perpetuate it. When the first black president does nearly the exact same things as the last white president, from a different political party, what are you voting for anymore? Who are you trusting in? What are you actually counting yourself in?

If you're voting for him because he's black, don't. He lied to you. The change you wanted, the hope you chased, has done nothing in the past two years. Our economy is bleak, our wars endless, and the Patriot Act continues to infiltrate your most private information.

If you're voting for him because he's a democrat, don't. There is very little difference between the two parties, and in a two party system, meaningful change is gridlocked anyway. Private and public interests are so over represented with paychecks and free hookers for politicians, that it doesn't matter who you vote for--the checks are too large for your vote to stop the vested interests.

I challenge you to name one meaningful difference between the previous president and the current one. Even when they disagree (the gay marriage ordeal) they still agree in how to go about it (unconstitutionally).

Don't buy into the slogans. Don't listen to the illogical. When a candidate is derided by both sides, they might be onto something (see: Ron Paul). However, following someone because they make enthusiastic speeches, and yet give you two years of the same bullshit that has been shoveled for decades, means you are either an idiot or criminally insane.

I'm not advocating a non voting policy, only a rational thinking one. For me, it's beginning to make more and more sense not to vote, however, if you can just start to see through some of the ridiculous notions that these politicians put out, then that is a start.

Here is a tidbit from the reelection campaign for our Commander in Chief: The 2012 campaign is just getting started -- and it will belong to us. With our ideas, our inspiration, and our hard work, we can continue to build a better America together.

Building a better America? Do you think you're better off now than when ole Bushey Boy was in office? Do you think this guy is any more honest than him? Do you think that your ideas are being included in this discussion that decides our future?

Because I don't.