We are all sick and tired of the political advertisements, the
robo-calls (that’s one technology I wish they’d zap with a ray-gun), the
mud-slinging and the unseemly pandering. But at the end of the day none of that
matters – what matters is that we make democracy work by exercising our
personal responsibility to:
GO VOTE
I saw a great political cartoon in the local paper today (I
live in Fort Collins, Colorado – so LOCAL really means local. I think the vote
for Homecoming King got equal billing this morning) but anyway the cartoon
basically went like this: In the first panel it showed the White House and said “The
site of the second most powerful person in the nation” and the second panel
showed a polling booth with a person in it and said “The site of the first most powerful person in the nation.”
I also woke up to the inspiring stories on the news about
people standing in lines in New York, New Jersey and other areas affected by Hurricane
Sandy to go vote. Many of these people lost their homes, have no heat, have ruined
basements, or cars without gas. But they took the time to vote!
As people who work, innovate and explore the issues of Human
Resources, we have a special duty to show how important it is to meet our
responsibilities. And today that responsibility is to get out and vote! Voting is all about responsibility and voting is the responsibility we all accepted when we decided to be part of a democracy. There really is
no difference between the responsibility as a citizen to vote and the responsibility as an
employee to do our job.
Today – our job is to vote.
I’m Jerry Thurber and I approve this message
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