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Today is the 4th day of the 41st week, the 12th day of the 10th month, the 286th day in 2016, and:
- Columbus Day (Traditional) – in 1492 Christopher Columbus's expedition made landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas; he believes he has reached the Indies.
- Cookbook Launch Day
- Day of the Six Billion
- Drink Local Wine Day
- Emergency Nurses Day
- Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as "Crowleymas"
- Freethought Day -- annual observance by freethinkers and secularists of the anniversary of the effective end of the Salem Witch Trials
- Independence Day: Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968
- International Moment of Frustration Scream Day
- International Top Spinning Day
- National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work and School Day
- National Fossil Day
- National Gumbo Day
- National Pet Obesity Awareness Day
- National Stop Bullying Day
- National Take your Parents to Lunch Day
- Old Farmers Day
- S.A.V.E. (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) Day
- Spanish Language Day
- Stop Bullying Day
- World Arthritis Day
On this day: In 539 BC the army of Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered Babylon. In 1113 the city of Oradea was first mentioned under the Latin name Varadinum. In 1279 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, is said to have inscribed the Dai-Gohonzon. In 1582, due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. In 1692 the Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips. In 1773 America's first insane asylum opened, Eastern State Hospital, in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1810 the first Oktoberfest was celebrated -- the Bavarian royalty invited the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. In 1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland sold the first raincoat. In 1928 an iron lung respirator was used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston. In 1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on a desk at United Nations General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of Soviet Union colonial policy being conducted in Eastern Europe. In 1971 the 2500 year celebration of the Iranian Monarchy [AKA Persia] was held and "Jesus Christ Superstar," a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, opened on Broadway. In 2005 the second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.
Today an article came my way about voting, and being as I am one of those who simply say “VOTE” no matter who you are voting for, I read it. In the article, Mike Rowe – who is not an expert about anything in particular – commented that “…the truth is, the country doesn’t need voters who have to be cajoled, enticed, or persuaded to cast a ballot. We need voters who wish to participate in the process.” He goes on to make the case that if you don’t care about the outcome, that if you don’t know enough to make an informed opinion, that if you really believe it doesn’t make any difference who you vote for, then sitting out the election and letting someone else make the decision is a perfectly valid, and perhaps even sensible, choice.
I do not like that message.
But I think he is right. If you haven’t sat down and at least read about rudimentary economic, education, foreign, religious, technology and science happenings in the world about us, how do you know WHAT you want in a leader, in a Senator, in a representative [State or national] or even on the local school board? Can you articulate your vision of the future you want to see? Do you have at least a vague idea of how to get there? Then VOTE FOR IT.. No? THEN WHAT ARE YOU VOTING FOR OR AGAINST?
Don’t take your right to vote for granted.
Think about it, then decide.
(( And yes, Mike, if you are voting for the opponent of the person I am voting for, I will not only drive you to and from the polls, I’ll invite you for a drink and bite to eat afterwards so we can share our points of view.))
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