<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; font-size: 26px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The Right To Vote</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Author unknown</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;">I hold my ballot in my shaking hand </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br><span style="background-color: white;">And say to myself: this is cause and effect. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The opportunity is so grand </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">I have spent all my life to expect. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">You have lived in a free country, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Here you and your ancestors were born; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Your civil rights are numerous and sundry; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Please do feel pity for the forlorn. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">I had exercised my right to vote </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">In my native land’s first ever election: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Illiterates did not know what cadres wrote; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Bad factions led them to wrong direction. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Wanting self-rule, people grew wiser; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The patriots just built a young nation. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But the invaders, however, were slyer: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Elections were only to shield usurpation. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">That is why I came to this world; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To become a proud citizen I strived. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Liberty in the starred banner unfurled; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Human rights by none to be deprived. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">I cast my vote for the candidates I trust; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">I opt for the propositions I approve; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">No choices imposed by others as a must, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">No revenge on the dissidents as a move. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">It is the result of my struggle in the past </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To resist despotism and exact democracy. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">It is the stimulus to advancement here fast </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To expand regardless of geography. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Though somebody dislikes time wasted, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Why not to use the right to go to the polls? </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">This is for me Freedom so long awaited: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Let me, the baby, enjoy my favorite dolls.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>