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Sarah Silverman & Leonardo DiCaprio: "Don't Vote" watch!

collegehumor.com — A cavalcade of Hollywood stars give Americans a dozen reasons not to visit the polls this November.

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  • tjallen, on 10/01/2008, -62/+478This is the best political commercial I've seen, hands down. Do your part, and vote!
    • njiska, on 10/02/2008, -6/+17Agreed. Whoever wrote this did a fantastic job and the point is clear. If you don't care, then don't vote, but if you really do, then you need to vote.
      • PEENkiller, on 10/02/2008, -7/+15Electoral college.
      • Godlike, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9I'm going to vote while utterly baked this year.
      • Godlike, on 10/02/2008, -4/+18Electoral college is decided by state votes, which are decided by you and I.

        I don't like it either but it doesn't mean you aren't a part of it.
      • Bravedude, on 10/02/2008, -6/+1If you don't vote then you are totally not flame.
      • arobicha, on 10/02/2008, -3/+18Exactly! Vote blindly! Because all that matters is that whoever you're TOLD to vote for is elected into office... not that you read their campaign platforms, or recognize the importance of each and every point they have, or that you try and find a party that matches you as best as you can... Just vote... Democrat.

        I mean *****... A bunch of people who can't do anything but act and throw money at problems larger than anything they ever hope to be are telling you to do it. What are you going to do with your life? NOT vote?
      • whahaa, on 10/02/2008, -6/+3you can't paint flames on a voting booth.
      • FTLJohnson, on 10/02/2008, -2/+20DAMNIT... I SOOOO had my hopes up at the beginning when I saw all the comedians.
        For years, I've been wanting to see some celebrities get together and do a SERIOUS "DON'T VOTE!" campaign. No obvious twists... just plain telling people not to vote.
        If you aren't smart enough to figure out how and why voting is important ON your OWN... You shouldn't.
        If you can't be bothered to read about ALL the candidates, including the local elections and alternate (non incumbent) parties... You shouldn't be voting.
        If you are gullible enough to be sucked into mind games in politics, and want to treat it like rooting for a sports team, or think that there is such a thing as a "wasted vote"... You shouldn't be voting.
        Lastly, and this is probably the most important one, if you make political decisions based on what a Hollywood celebrity tells you to do. YOU SHOULDN'T VOTE.
      • Larsonal777, on 10/02/2008, -2/+14I hate celebrities... at election time they are as bad as politicians if not worse... trying to get their way (which is usually not any more informed than anyone else) by "using" the general public to do their will. Like they actually care what YOU care... they want you to vote for who is OBviously their candidate.
      • PeppermintPig, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5Caring isn't enough of a justification to vote. You still need to know who you're voting for and what they stand for.

        FTLJohnson, I agree. I was hoping this was going to be a genuine don't vote video... but knowing that Sarah did the pro-Obama video, that's not the case.
    • ThiefAnders, on 10/02/2008, -11/+35I didn't watch the video because I thought the title was pretty self explanatory. Before, I was on the edge between whether or not I would vote, but now there is no way in hell I'm voting. ***** that.
    • empraptor, on 10/02/2008, -10/+2I don't care in the sense that all I care about is getting some and voting doesn't help me. All the women I see at the voting booths are wrinkly and smell. Where are all the hot chicks voting?
      • Godlike, on 10/02/2008, -0/+18Why don't you go find a bunch of them and bring them when you go to vote?
      • empraptor, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3ah yes. then we will make sweet sweet orgy in the booth.
    • DJBONEZ, on 10/02/2008, -10/+12DON'T VOTE!!!!
      • skeetmuffin, on 10/02/2008, -5/+15I'm not...
      • theOster, on 10/02/2008, -4/+8i hear polar bears can swim. - ja
      • dracostimpy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I hear polar bears can smell your period.
      • dominantcorked9, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1I hear polar bears are eating each other - no I'm serious - read the article on cnn!
      • donnie_dark0, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Don't worry, I most likely won't. It's like the saying, "you're just choosing between two crap sandwiches". The state will continue to grow, and slaves will continue to serve their masters.
      • Toowanbee, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1So choose a 3rd sandwich. A vote for republican or democrat is a wasted vote.
      • EvilFerret, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2I can't vote :( Convicted felon
    • schnurr, on 10/02/2008, -16/+4Minus Sarah Silverman. I just don't find her funny at all for some reason. But great commercial!
      • skeetmuffin, on 10/02/2008, -2/+5gtfo for reals.
      • thespiff, on 10/02/2008, -3/+8Sarah "I'm a cute little jewish girl that swears and makes racist jokes for shock value in lieu of actually being funny" Silverman.
    • kabes, on 10/02/2008, -1/+20It's really too bad the U.S. isn't like Canada in this regard. Up here we get our voting cards in the mail... we're automatically registered to vote when we do our income taxes.
      • BrainInAJar, on 10/02/2008, -2/+4no we're not, I had to go register because I moved a couple times in the last 4 years

        our registration is balls easy though, you can do it at the voting booth if you don't mind waiting in line for a half hour with the other slackers that forgot to register
      • Larsonal777, on 10/02/2008, -2/+8we really don't want retards voting though... just because they have a "feeling" on ONE issue.
      • WNW3, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Oregon doesn't have voting booths anymore. It's all by mail and it's glorious.
      • otros, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1I don't live in my country, so we vote by mail, and sometimes isn't all that glorious, WNW3. For example, sometimes the voting card will arrive for my father and not for the rest of us, or something like that, and then you have to go to the embassy, etc.
        But then, it beats not voting.
      • DelayedEraser, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1@Larsonal777

        I agree... this was a pretty good PSA, but I can't believe that amidst all that talk of insisting you vote they did not ONCE say anything about educating yourself on the issues they listed. They just listed all they could think of with the idea that everyone is going to consider themselves as "caring" about one or two things on the list.
    • anonymiau, on 10/02/2008, -15/+23Yeah, dude. Eight years of Bush is the best indication that voting is a foolproof system! It can't go wrong. The US middle class has been shrinking for 50 years but just vote, and the world will magically become a better place. Cause it doesn't really matter that BOTH your choices are on the payroll of the same ***** moneymen.

      Just utilize your illusion of power and pick one of the corporate shills so you can sit there four years later and complain about how these unreliable politicians ***** you over...again.

      I agree with the message in this video (the literal one): don't vote. Don't support a broken system.

      And for those of you who will be screaming how there's no alternative and how not voting only will empower religious rightwingers who are more determined on election day and so on, I say: They obviously get their guy in anyway, so what is your point?
      • anonymiau, on 10/02/2008, -6/+10Right...so, the people digging me down, do you understand what I'm saying? And if you do, can you tell me the last time voting in a two-party system caused political revolution?
      • littlelindsay, on 10/02/2008, -3/+5I agree with you completely.
        People who understand what's actually going on in our country will undoubtedly be frustrated by the options:
        An eloquent, young politician controlled by the system; a frustrated, old man controlled by the system. All politicians are just puppets. Our choices are dismal and always will be, and voting won't change that.

        On another note, the video was well-made! :)
      • bobthegreat1224, on 10/02/2008, -4/+7You're correct in that the US has essentially always had two parties, but they haven't been the same two parties the whole time. Every now and then a third party picks up on a popular issue and overtakes one of the main two, slowly getting absorbed into it so that a new entity with some tenets of both is created.

        The whole point of a voting system is that it doesn't cause political revolutions. Upheavals have historically been extremely violent and protracted. Furthermore, there's no guarantee that in a mob mentality your ideals will all win out. There is no system in which you will agree 100% with the government unless you're a sitting dictator. Voting gives you the opportunity to express your opinion, even with the full knowledge that if it's not a popular opinion it'll likely be swept under the boards. I find it amusing that these concepts apply tangentially to "conventional wisdom," a topic most posters here would do well to familiarize themselves with.

        Finally, you sound like an uninformed conspiracy theorist when you throw out accusations and provide no concrete evidence to back it up. It doesn't even matter how true what you're saying is. You've got to establish credibility first. Much in the same way you'll likely disregard much of what I've said because I'm just some anonymous dude on the Internet, everyone else disregards you. We're all in a giant mud-flinging match with no referee. Your projectiles do not harm me, and mine do not harm you, so we spin about in perpetual circles accomplishing approximately nothing.

        And we call this progress.
      • doublefelix, on 10/02/2008, -7/+4What are you, a nihilist? Do you honestly think things (in at least a butterfly effect way) wouldn't be a bit more positive today if Al Gore won in 2000? Or if people actually HAD rallied behind a 3rd party candidate like Nadar?
      • anonymiau, on 10/02/2008, -3/+7@bobthegreat

        So....every now and again someone with some new ideas emerges and gets swallowed by the two-party machine along with his ideas and that's progress to you?

        That sounds a heck of a lot more like status quo to me.

        The "there is no alternative" argument is something I already dealt with. And that mob-mentality you mention is something the world's got plenty of even in this day and age when 98% of the countries on the planet call themselves democratic. Is a pretty lie better than an ugly truth?

        Uniformed conspiracy what the *****? Voting in a two party system doesn't change anything I say. If you don't understand why, I'll tell you:

        In a two party system, you supposedly have black and white. Two opposites. On paper. In reality, a party big enough to represent half of the population has to be undefined and abstract enough to appeal to such a large mass of people. In addition to being sufficiently moderate to the point of no identity, they become an obvious target for any special interest who needs to get a shoe in the door with government. So all moneymen target BOTH parties in a two party system cause no matter who wins, they always get their men in government.

        In a two-party system, change is an illusion.

      • justintsmith, on 10/02/2008, -7/+1Here's your tin foil. Come back if you want some more.
      • Larsonal777, on 10/02/2008, -2/+2ananymiau... it works like this... you have basically liberal views or conservative views... even if they are very close to the middle. Now... you may have a candidate that fits these views very nicely... but for this person to WIN the election he/she has got to win other peoples votes besides yours... so they turn to political parties with similar minded people to gain support.

        Do you have a better option ananymiau... as a person from MN... i think we were ***** over when our THIRD party govenor was sworn in... people were fustrated with the system so they all backed someone else... and what do we get besides the historical govenors mansion trashed and closed by his kid's parties? not much.

        The system may suck... but its the best way to getting 300 million people to choose someone the majority can sort of agree with. That is... without relying on fate. If you had just a general election with a lot of candidates and no 2 top parties... you could have a 10 way split in the country and you could end up with only 10 percent of the people actually voting for the person elected. And the other 90 may not have even had them as second or third choice.
      • analogkid01, on 10/02/2008, -2/+3@anonymiau: in 1860, the Republican Party basically replaced the Whig party as the major competition of the Democratic Party. That's how revolutions are to occur in the US system; the only way this happens is via voting.
      • anonymiau, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2@larson

        Yes, the system does suck. So why is everyone so hellbent on keeping it? Democracy is the illusion of freedom of choice. It's not real freedom of choice. But people are so in love with that illusion they just can't let it go, even if they get the same people governing no matter which party they vote for. Humans are simple beings.

        You also ask for the alternative to a system that doesn't work, which could of course be any other system that doesn't work, along with a couple that might: representative republic or smaller scale governance to stop idiots from doing too much damage to the world when they constantly vote in their own kin. Bush has the intelligence level of a kindergartener. That he's president is just ***** silly. But why change a losing team? Everyone seems to love the bloated corruption-machine that is Washington...
      • supreme0armor, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly LIMIT the SPECTRUM of ACCEPTABLE opinion, but ALLOW VERY LIVELY debate WITHIN THAT SPECTRUM - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the SENSE that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate."

        Noam Chomsky
      • Claverhouse, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1You put it remarkably well, and are completely correct.
    • Yokohamalion, on 10/02/2008, -17/+38Duh, me no vote, me stupid. You are smart. What is register?

      ***** smart ass celebs. Could you talk down to people anymore than that?
      • orlyfactor, on 10/02/2008, -9/+20I agree. They are being just a tad condescending - come on please, all you have to your credit is you're good looking and perhaps a good actor. Does that qualify you to be like, "hey dumbass, you know you have to register to vote?" NO *****, REALLY? Thanks for the information. Hey, you know what, how do I poop? Do I have to register to defecate, because I want to defecate all over your front lawns.
      • dracostimpy, on 10/02/2008, -14/+7The sad thing is they all still think voting can make a difference. Stupid self-righteous celebrities.
      • opiniastrous, on 10/02/2008, -7/+4Don't get your panties in a knot. Given that the American population is so damn apathetic about voting, I guarantee that a huge number of people wouldn't know where to start. The reason they probably mentioned registering is because people rock up to booths without being registered ALL. THE. TIME!

        Oh, and dracostimpy. Voting does make a difference. For a start, if every US citizen voted, it would be impossible for special interest groups and self-interested politicians to manipulate the population like they do every day. Here is one example of their exploitation of your ignorance from the 59 page (!) 2008 Congressional Pig Book Summary:

        "$188,000 by Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Rep. Thomas Allen (D-Maine) for the Lobster Institute. The group’s website says, 'The LOBSTER INSTITUTE is a cooperative program of research and education with the lobster industry at the University of Maine…' Not only has the Lobster Institute been working on its 'Lobster Cam (TheLobstercam.com),' one its major accomplishments has been lobster dog biscuits: 'Your dog can now be a lobster connoisseur. Blue Seal Feeds, Inc. has launched the newest addition to its dog biscuit line – Blue Seal Lobster ‘Bisque-its’ – based on a concept devised by the Lobster Institute at The University of Maine, and their commercialization partner Saltwater Marketing LLC.' "

        How much tax do you pay? I ask this because basically every cent of your tax for the last decade or more went to creating dog biscuits for lobsters. Even if it wasn't the actual notes and coins you gave away, it was still your money.

        If you think something better could be done with that money, get involved. Vote.
      • dracostimpy, on 10/02/2008, -2/+6I will NEVER vote because I don't believe that my opinion of how America should be run is the right way it should be run for everyone, and as long as only one candidate is given power by the voters, a large chunk of America will get the shaft.

        Voting is an act that takes the power from each sovereign individual and bestows it upon a monopolistic leadership. I absolutely reject that premise, as I would much prefer a government that competes against itself to provide the best service to all for the lowest cost. Unfortunately, the act of voting is rigged from the start to ensure that executive power is centralized, which is how we end up with "Deciders".

        Change the voting process to allow for several Presidents and allow voters to pay taxes to whichever head of state specifically suits his or her interests instead of forcing each of us to compromise and settle for the "least bad" candidate, and THEN maybe I'll consider voting. Until we can vote for a multi-headed government and use our tax dollars to ensure the heads compete rather than conspire, we will accomplish nothing as voters other than to maintain the running monopoly that is the federal government.

        If you still think voting in its present form is somehow beneficial to you, "get a brain, moran!" Heck, I'm a HUUGE Ron Paul fan and I wouldn't even vote for him, because voting in itself an act of aggression against your fellow American:

        http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/turecek/turecek1 ...

        To vote is to tell the rest of America how you think they should live. I am neither that arrogant nor that smart. If you think you are, by all means go ahead and vote.
      • hottyson, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1Yokohamalion commented -"***** smart ass celebs. Could you talk down to people anymore than that?"

        I wouldn't get too upset about the way they were talking. The only reason they had to dumb down the content was because the commercial's intended audience are the United States populace.
      • opiniastrous, on 10/04/2008, -0/+1Interesting philosophy draco. Honestly. You might say it's a humanistic conclusion on Arrow's Theorem.

        I like your underlying belief that a government system should be fair to all, but do you realise that your system is completely impractical? I mean, it's absurdly impractical. I wouldn't know where to begin counting the problems with your utopian vision; it would tear itself apart due to its numerous organisational flaws. Are you familiar with organisational theory? If not, start reading a bit about it. If you can't be stuffed, simply consider the chaos that would result.

        Here's an example problem for you to solve: Government A subscribes to the notion that there should be no laws, therefore making murder unpunishable. Government B believes murder should result in a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. A 'subscriber' of A kills a 'subscriber' of B. Explain how an orderly situation could result from this situation.
    • IAmTheGuy, on 10/02/2008, -6/+26First they tell me not to vote then a few minutes later they tell me I have to? I won't listen to the advice of flip-floppers if they can't even decide what they want. Buried.
    • Trav3133, on 10/02/2008, -13/+9This video is a piece of *****.
      • theOster, on 10/02/2008, -2/+2that's the joke.
      • MrSlumberjack, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1Don't vote.
      • linoth, on 10/02/2008, -3/+2I'm glad someone else was ready to eat their mouse rather than watch the rest of the video. Was there really any point after the first thirty seconds?

        Yes, I'm all for trying to get "kids" to vote. But you had to remember that the demographic has a short attention span.
    • odigity, on 10/02/2008, -14/+21Hilarious, but slightly politically biased. Mostly talked about healthcare, welfare, social security, minimum wage.... ugh.

      Talk to me about limited government and the Constitution.

      /Except you, Natalie. You can talk about other things.
    • theOster, on 10/02/2008, -3/+8my only comment would be (and sorry for spewing the same bs on every post) to please please please, vote for who you think is the best person for the job. don't limit yourself to the two choices the mainstream media has fed you. if you've looked at the other possibilities and you think obama or mccain is the best there is, then fine. but if you think otherwise, please do not vote for "the lesser of two evils" just because you've been told that you're "throwing your vote away" if you vote otherwise.

      i *know* there are enough people out there to make a case (however small) for fair representation of candidates outside of the two major parties. after a few election cycles of 20 - 30% *not* voting for one of the 2 parties, maybe the MSM will look at giving everyone fair coverage. and ultimately we will benefit from having more choices.

      i'm not saying i'm for one person or another, but what i *am* for is changing the number of choices americans are exposed to. the fact that both obama and mccain are pushing for the bailout should alert you to how similar they are and what will *really* change if either is elected. i'm guessing "not much".

      thanks for listening.
      • doublefelix, on 10/02/2008, -12/+4No.
        This time, vote for Obama..
        The alternative is too horrific to imagine.
    • fokov, on 10/02/2008, -17/+18I watched it up until they said Gun Control, and I saw democrat propaganda. I'm sorry, but I will never give up my guns and I don't even believe in registering them. There was a massive killing in a third world country, the first thing they did after they took over government was to ban guns. And they had a list of everyone that owned them, if you didn't turn them in, you got executed. ***** that. Guns are meant to protect against the government, not your neighbors. But we allowed horrible morals and ethics to rule the day where your government is your friend and your neighbors are the enemy. That is completely bass ackwards.
      • odigity, on 10/02/2008, -3/+9Yup. Reps wanna ban gays, Dems wanna ban guns. ***** 'em both:

        http://www.pinkpistols.org/
      • suzaku, on 10/02/2008, -3/+15You do understand that the video is neither for or against gun control. It simply says that if you have an opinion on gun control, or anything else for that matter, then you might want to vote.
      • doublefelix, on 10/02/2008, -6/+4"Guns are meant to protect against the government, not your neighbors."
        It doesn't work that way over here, Friendo.
      • f54280, on 10/02/2008, -4/+3@fokov: I watched it up until they said Gun Control, and I saw democrat propaganda. I'm sorry, but ...

        Fine. Don't vote then.
      • iLemon, on 10/02/2008, -3/+4What suzaku doesn't understand is the language people use to describe an issue almost always identifies where they stand. People opposed to guns call it "gun control." People who support guns call it "gun rights" or "the right to bear arms."
      • Guzzy, on 10/02/2008, -3/+4Well put iLemon... and yes they want you to vote and yes they made it very clear who they wanted you to vote for.
      • suzaku, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3@iLemon

        Funny thing is that they also refer to "gun control" as "2nd Amendment" rights to try and quash the partisan jargon as you pointed out, except you failed to notice and obviously fokov remains willfully ignorant.
    • understudy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+10I'd rather the politically ignorant not vote, actually. Why would we want to encourage the uninformed to vote just for the sake of it. Encourage them to be adequately informed.

      Also, it would be better if all of these celebrities had a campaign focusing on the integrity of the vote, rather than just the act itself. You can vote all you want, but if they are not counted properly, if there is no tangible accountability, then the act of voting is all for show.

      I'd much rather see a huge, celebrity-supported campaign for paper ballots and voter education.

      _

      PS: I just realized that last comma is very important.
      • smashingmonkey, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3You are a person after my own heart. Using celebrity influence to convince people to vote puts the cart before the horse. If you use celebrity influence to encourage people to become informed, maybe they'll find something to connect to which will make them want to vote. If not, is their vote really a loss?

        And really the thing nobody seems to be talking about... Does anybody really believe that a software-driven voting system could be safe enough to trust the mechanics of our democracy to it? And what do we gain? A minor perceived convenience? We need to go 100% paper.

        In essence, software takes the power of the vote count away from thousands of volunteers and puts it in the hands of the few who control the software. If you wanted to fix an election, which do you think would be easier?
      • aadsfasdf, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5I would like to start my own advertising campaign. I am not a celebrity but I believe the idea I want to spread is powerful enough on it's own. It's called, "why the ***** are you putting celebrities on pedestals?" There is no reason to believe that they are more principled or informed than anyone else. ***** this video.
    • MrSlumberjack, on 10/02/2008, -2/+7The part when scruffy guy that just said "***** it." made me lol a bunch.
    • samw1ns, on 10/02/2008, -4/+2that didnt make me laugh, it made me upset that i can't vote.
    • Ihatepolitics, on 10/02/2008, -6/+15what if all the candidates suck? should i still vote?

      tell me what to do hollywood i cant think for myself!!
      • rignopolis, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0Write yourself in. Or how about "None of the above".
    • DryPenguin, on 10/02/2008, -5/+11Really? This is the BEST ever? Because a bunch of stars say vote SUDDENLY you are gonna get involved? Understudy is right. If your gonna just vote because Sarah Silverman said to, please don't. In fact, never ever ever vote.

      Take the time, learn the issues, learn the candidates, THEN vote. If your not gonna do that, please....don't
    • inflagrante, on 10/02/2008, -4/+9thank god for actors and their amazing powers of persuasion. thankyou actors, without your expert guidance I'd be lost forever.
    • xsecretfiles, on 10/02/2008, -2/+2we can't register online....or atleast on my state..

      what is this the 90s????

      I have to do it by mail :(
    • goosegoosegoose, on 10/02/2008, -7/+14This has got to be the most patronizing, self-satisfying garbage I have ever seen. If you don't want to vote, then don't ***** vote. It's a choice and it doesn't make you any stupider or less inferior, especially to some douchebag Entourage actor or the idiot from RHCP. The other thing that pissed me off was, despite its "non-partisan" claim and the fact that I am a registered Democrat, it had a total left-wing lean. They're all probably masturbating to the view count tonight.

      BTW, I am voting, but only for the propositions since California=Obama.
    • cgjamj, on 10/02/2008, -2/+6I have a 7 week old daughter and I'm scared for her future. I've been lazy and never voted before, but I registered last Thursday. Things are bad enough in our country that I decided to stop being lazy and vote!
    • SACubeMonkey, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2I was planning on registering anyways but this convinced me to go ahead and do it this morning. Thanks internet!
    • jzuska, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5I'm not voting. George Carlin said it best. And that's why I get to bitch.
    • brjohnson789, on 10/02/2008, -3/+3I think most Americans should in fact not vote. Most people are stupid enough to still support Obama or McCain even though both voted for the bailout bill. So yeah, go click that thumbs down button on me if you support one of those d-bags. You're just another stupid sheep who would vote for someone who is going to ROB you.
    • ChronicColonic, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Hmmm....I am not sure but I think they really don't want you to vote if you plan on voting for McCain. The way I see the message is very clear: Vote Obama or stay home.

      I really can't stand how they talk down to the viewer in this supposed PSA. "You do know you have to register to vote, don't you? DON'T YOU??" Its like they are talking to the uneducated and the people who are high on crack. Oh wait....now I get it.
    • webznz, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1john lennon got assassinated for telling the public to do the same thing...... oh how times have changed.
    • bryanedds, on 10/08/2008, -1/+1***** the vote.

      There are far more effective alternatives to protect yourself and change the system. On or before the next election day, buy a gun, gold, and a few Austrian economics books (rec'd "Economics in One Lesson" or "The Revolution : A Manifesto") to give to some friends / family

      Even a proper implementation of democracy implies slavery of the individual to the majority mob. Democracy is inherently violative of your right to self-ownership. If you participate, you only legitimize the oppressive system. And besides, your vote will not change anything anyhow..

      If you do as I prescribe, then when they come to conscript you, you can put a bullet in their *****' head. When they destroy your currency, you'll have gold that has actual value unlike their fiat dollar. And the people around you will be informed enough to educate more people and stand beside you.

      That's protecting yourself in the short run and making for change in the long run. That's REAL change.
    • HeroicLife, on 10/28/2008, -0/+1"If Voting Changed Anything, They'd Make It Illegal"
      -Emma Goldman
  • highlymodified, on 10/01/2008, -17/+408In case you didn't register while pooping:
    http://maps.google.com/vote
    • inigomntoya, on 10/02/2008, -12/+7Apparently all I need is a mouse!
      And yes, Ms. Degeneres. It IS none of your business...
    • StealthyMong, on 10/02/2008, -1/+12Am I the only one who was watching that while pooping?
      • nemrel, on 10/02/2008, -0/+9nope - nothing beats browsing on your laptop while on the toilet. kinda makes you feel rich or crazy.......yeah maybe more crazy than anything else....
    • chourobin, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3does that site work? I enter my address and nothing. Cmon GoOGLe
      • badave, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2Same here. I don't even need to register but I wanted to see what it did.
      • adidos, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1It ends up loading the following URL:
        http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://m ...

        It probably should have just been http://maps.google.com/vote though (no www).
      • theOster, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1it just tells you when your deadline is.

        go here:
        http://www.rockthevote.org/
        it seems to be pretty slow right now, and i think you'll still have to mail the form...
      • nemrel, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1pay attention to the video and try again. the url in the video is: www.maps.google.com/vote . Make sure that you DO NOT put a forward slash at the end of the url.

        www.maps.google.com/vote - works
        www.maps.google.com/vote/ - does not work

        BUT, with that said Google needs to add a redirect for the forward slash version. Most internet users, these days, are used to adding a forward slash to the end of url's.
    • davidsmero, on 10/02/2008, -1/+28Sarah took off her bra while she looked at me...yeah we scored.
    • LRE13, on 10/02/2008, -9/+1Sarah is the only reason that I dugg this.
    • Agger, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3Hmm... it seems that having to register to vote is a strange system, it probably even gets the voter turnout down, if people don't even know they have to register. I remember the first time I could vote in the general election here (2006), I was all done, I got a letter saying something like "You're eligible to vote, go to this address on the September 17th and bring ID". Guess the government register everyone....
      And what's the deal with felonies not being allowed to vote America?
      • NinjaBoy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Felonies vote democratic, I guarantee right before the general election you will see a MASS crack down on old warrants. It has happened every 4 years for as long as i can remember, and they just HAPPEN to be blacks that they nab. Nothing to due with the fact that most police officers are republicans and minorities vote democratic some 70% of the time.

        /Nothing to see here, move along
      • VoidOfsPg, on 10/02/2008, -4/+2Felons don't deserve to vote.

        If you commit a serious crime, you should get no say in the direction of the country. Felons are social deviants so their input is more than likely going to be skewed.
      • mikesbaker, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1because it's meant to be a very sever form of punishment. in America two rights which SHOULD mean the most to you are the right to vote and the right to own guns. you commit a felony and get convicted you lose both of those rights. it's mean to be a deterrent.

        also it's felons - felony is a type of crime and felons are the people who commit those crimes.

        @Ninjaboy - felons not being able to vote is not new. they ***** up bad and shouldn't be allowed to vote regardless if they are black or not. also 78% of statistics are made up on the spot at least 53% of Americans know that.

        @voidofspg - it isn't about whether their vote is skewed it's about punishment.
      • nemrel, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1@voidofspg - The ***** whole point of jail is to rehabilitate people! Felony convictions are easy to get. You can get them for writing bad checks over certain amounts. You can get a felony conviction for protesting or civil disobedience. Convicts and felons should be allowed to vote - maybe not while in prison - but when they get out they should still have that right.

        @agger - when I turned 18 I did that registering with the US thing at the post office (forget what it is called). When I filled out that form it also asked if I wanted to sign-up for voting. Same thing happened when I got a new driver's license. A year ago I switched from democrat to independent.

        One thing people often forget about is you need to vote! If you signed up like 6 years ago and haven't voted in that time - you probably should sign-up again. Same goes for change of address. It's simple to do.
    • moush, on 10/02/2008, -12/+3If you have waited this long to register, you are a ***** and a slacker that probably wanted Ron Paul to win.
      • goosegoosegoose, on 10/02/2008, -4/+1HAHAHA, best thing I've seen on Digg in a long time.
    • EndGamePlayer, on 10/02/2008, -2/+0Ralph Nader for 2008
      He never screwed anyone -Paper Ballot Only https://www.votenader.org
    • darny, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Huge. This site was extremely useful. I was able to check the status of my registration in like 2 clicks.
    • artout, on 10/04/2008, -0/+0**** you, two of my friends died trying to register while pooping.
  • Ralphdraw3, on 10/01/2008, -26/+76I going back to watching porn... even if V.P. pick Sarah Palin strongly disapproves!!
    • badastronaut, on 10/02/2008, -3/+2Stop scaremongering diggers with porn, you'll start a riot.
    • trogdor282, on 10/02/2008, -8/+10http://www.rule34.com/view/28/Sarah-Palin/
      • Doctype, on 10/02/2008, -0/+15NSFW, but goddamned funny.
      • Scaryclouds, on 10/02/2008, -1/+9***** man at least say it is NSFW. Granted one would be a little dumb for being on Digg while working, all the same if you are posting ***** like that give a freaking warning.
      • nbcaffeine, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5It has rule 34 right in the title, IDK what those two guys think that means...
      • cquinnd, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6A lot of people are still not familair with Rule 34:
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34_(number)#In_other_ ...
      • sap959, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1is that real?

        she has a lovely pearl neckless
      • Lifetrip718, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1That looks really real ... look at her nose and her jaw line ... the only thing that makes it look fake is their ears.
    • tillerman00, on 10/02/2008, -2/+10Palin should star in porn herself. She's more qualified for it, and she wouldn't have to talk because some dude's crank'd be stuffed in her gaffe-hole.
      • rudeboyskunk, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3dugg for being the greatest thing i've ever read on digg
    • arcanesmile, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3she disapproves of aborting your fathers rape child too.. so uh, logic and reason aren't her strong suits.. watch the porn
    • MrCrumbles, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Julie's hot. I've got a vote she can tally.
  • pmorejon, on 10/01/2008, -28/+71Great PSA. I hope it makes a difference. Spread the word!
    • geddon, on 10/02/2008, -9/+2I just hope that people listened between the lines: free health care for everyone, ending the War on Terror in Afghanistan as well as Iraq, ending the War on Drugs -- those are third party issues! VOTE THIRD PARTY!!!
    • godmode, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2all that for a chain email boo!
      p.s. Julie is hot.
      p.p.s.(?) im canadian.
    • goosegoosegoose, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1*whisper* And don't vote for McCain!

      Predisposed fun!
    • aadsfasdf, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1I hope the "difference" ruins America so it can begin anew.
    • Jger, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1They make it sound like the popular vote actually counts for something..........
      • subliminalurge, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1It does.
      • Archos, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Yeah? It does? Like it did the past hundred years since the Fed took charge of the country?
    • diggzoid, on 10/02/2008, -3/+1If this doesn't top 10,000 Diggs I'm disgusted.
    • imcostalong, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Sure, make a difference.. for Obama.. DONT CHOOSE.. vote Obama...

      ***** the Canidates, ***** Fake Celebrities, and ***** the fallacy you live by that your making an "impact."

      The Electoral COLLEGE decides, not you, and if you dont wana believe that... LOOK AT LAST Term.

      My vote is as gone as my choice for RON PAUL is... even if he is third party, its retarded to think the country will do anything about it. Once he was not nominated I stopped caring. I dont care who gets elected, and I dont see the country getting any better. Every year its the same BS commercials, and every year people like you waste their ***** time convincing everyone to do what YOU want them too.. Save your breathe and worry about your life, cuz the country will be ***** either way, just "MAYBE" a little bit less one way than the other...

      THE PEOPLE shouldn't be able to vote in this day and age, your all too tied to your biased ass media outlets to genuinely think for yourselves. DIGG and the internet has no REAL influence on this country past probably 8% of the entire country, and those people waste their lives trying to get other people to do what they want..
    • Archos, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2George Carlin on Voting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6lCBnRoHQ
      "The public sucks. ***** hope. ***** hope."
    • frostbyt, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1It won't. So I wont vote. I am a Democrat in a heavy Republican state. So because of electoral votes deciding who is gonna run the show instead of popular votes. I have been made into a Republican. maybe if I lived in a swing state I would vote, but I don't.
  • aliceyoo, on 10/01/2008, -18/+151funniest parts are easily sarah silverman and jonah hill. not sure if i like celebs telling me what to do (in a condescending way) but if it gets the word out, i'm all for it. dugg.
    • FinalSight, on 10/02/2008, -2/+20The "take my bra off under my shirt" thing caught me SO off guard. Haha, +1
      • inigomntoya, on 10/02/2008, -1/+7I think she was on something... Especially after that Herpes remark.
      • Enasni1212, on 10/02/2008, -2/+13Something Sarah Silverman did in front of a camera surprised you? I envy your innocent outlook.
      • godofallcows, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1I was hoping she would be shot or something... maybe next election year.
    • InfernoX, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9news flash: the government has been doing that for years.
      • BrianOl, on 10/02/2008, -1/+31Taking their bras off from under their shirts?
      • mushoo, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2Actually the funniest part is Jamie Foxx's spoofing of the whole keffiyeh fiasco Rachael Ray went through with Dunkin Donuts.
    • cyrix, on 10/02/2008, -1/+5"Darfur? I don't even know what the ***** that is. That sounds like a t shirt company to me."

      I ***** cracked up at almost every one of his lines.
      • 510dustmite, on 10/02/2008, -6/+7sure, it's condescending as *****.

        but to be honest, most of the unregistered might just need a little "do what the magic celebrities tell you" kind of message to get the point... as condescending as it might seem to you and me.
      • subliminalurge, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3If anyone needs to be told by celebrities what they should do, I'd really prefer they stay the ***** home on election day.
      • 510dustmite, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2somehow digg threw this under the wrong comment... sorry for the non sequitur, diggers.
      • Verdanic, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2@510dustmite

        It was funny. They're funny people. They're not telling you what to do, they're presenting an obviously necessary action. It's aimed at young people.
    • ralphthemagi, on 10/02/2008, -8/+3The reality is that voting is kind of stupid. Due to the way that the electoral college acts like a statistical equalizer, voting in non-swing states really doesn't matter at all. It doesn't matter if 10,000 or 10,000,000 people in California vote; as long as the sample is random after taking districting into consideration it makes no difference.

      The electoral college is actually designed to preserve the preferences of those who don't vote, so long as they live in an area where their preferences represent the majority. There is no need fo an individual to vote in this case.

      In swing states it can make *some* difference, but again the math ensures that those who don't vote are still represented. These non-voters also recognize that whoever the next President is will not have an impact on their life.

      And then there is the reality that most of the issues that are talked about with respect to Presidential politics are pseudo-issues with regards to the Presidency, and non-issues with regards to government as a whole since; the Congress will never take a vote on something as volatile as abortion.

      The reality of American politics is far less romantic than this idea of voting, democracy, and the idea that the individual can use voting as a voice. There are many better ways that an individual can try to institute their preferences. Voting for President is bottom of the barrel.

      Whether or not Obama or McCain is the next President isn't going to change a whole lot, sorry to say. There may be a shift in foreign policy, but it would hardly be dramatic. Everything else is really up to the Congress. And Congress doesn't deal with real issues, because people, at some level, don't really care.

      But whatever. Don't listen to me. Go vote I guess if it makes you feel good about yourself. You didn't change anything. You aren't "better" than those who didn't vote. The person who picks up the phone and actually talks to someone who can inject a real discussion into American politics is far better poised to create "change". If you care about the environment, an email to the Sierra Club is going to do a lot more than voting for Obama. Sorry, but it's true.

      People are so ignorant with respect to America politics that people use this voting guilt trip as nothing more than a way to try to inject their own preferences into the national stage. They really don't give a flying ***** whether or not you vote.
      • pikpikcarrotmon, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2You really have it all figured out, don't you? I can't believe people use voting as an excuse to inject their opinions into national politics, that's just ridiculous.
      • BuenoCabra, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1/tinfoil helmet
      • worldchanger, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1tl dnr.
    • worldchanger, on 10/02/2008, -6/+4yeah, buried for celebrities telling us what to do.
    • donttaseme, on 10/02/2008, -6/+1I hate this vid. ***** it, I won't vote. I live in California anyways.
      • bluezinc, on 10/02/2008, -3/+2If you live in California, and you're planning to vote Democratic... just stay home, the rest of the population of the state has you covered.

        Anyways, as we saw in 2000, the votes don't matter. It's the electoral college that matters.
      • goosegoosegoose, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3The propositions matter though. That's the only real reason for visiting the booth.
      • scottc, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3If you live in the 8th district you could do the rest of us a favor and vote against Pelosi.
  • humblepatience, on 10/01/2008, -18/+529'I haven't faught a war on drugs. I haven't done ***** on drugs except play Halo 2' - Jonah Hill
    • 0zzy, on 10/02/2008, -3/+6Jonah Hill, who will fight the war on drugs? Who will end it?
    • Godlike, on 10/02/2008, -9/+54 Results 1 - 10 of about 41,500,000 for fought. (0.13 seconds)

      Results 1 - 10 of about 472,000 for faught. (0.07 seconds)
      Did you mean: fought
      • hypogenic, on 10/02/2008, -1/+56They have installed... the Google algorithm... into... a man!!!
      • nemrel, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Introducing the new Google Neural-Net IRL Cloud Computing Search Engine - of course still in BETA. They usually just call it the Google GODengine.
      • Blydchyld, on 10/02/2008, -6/+2Heres a ***** 8==========D choke on it.
      • skyroket, on 10/02/2008, -3/+2Wait, you had to Google that to realize it was wrong?
    • userperson, on 10/02/2008, -13/+7Because Obama won't throw you in jail for doing drugs.
      • einrobstein, on 10/02/2008, -3/+29Uh...he sure as ***** will. Kucinich and Gravel were your options. Nader probably won't. Biden was one of the original architects of the war on drugs. Sorry, but either way you vote you're *****.
      • PedoRcketSrgeon, on 10/02/2008, -5/+2einrobstein: That may be true. However, the difference is that McCain will throw you and your family in Gitmo in perpetuity for doing pot, whereas Obama probably will just give you a 2 month regular sentence. (even though Obama is on youtube as stating medical weed wont be prosecuted under his admin... yeah right)..
      • userperson, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2@einrobstein
        /s that was my point. Though what if I disagreed with Socialism and Crazy? respectively.
        about voting, also my point. Thanks for your reply.

        @PedoRcketSrgeon
        yeah... we're all gonna die unless you vote for Obama. /s
      • fugazied, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9Imagine a world where drug addicts got treatment and free un-cut drugs to treat their addiction, instead of being forced to mug you on the street for their fix, which is sold to them by a drug dealer. If drug addiction became a medical issue instead of a criminal issue, public citizens wouldn't have to deal with anywhere near as much violent crime from drug addicts.
      • userperson, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1@fugazied
        Imagine a world were your government cooks up stories like that to mug you repetitively, under the threat of a big bad boogey man. who by the way they can't totally stop anyway.
        If you want to help drug addicts, then I'm sure there's a charity, it can probably do a better job per the money than any government program could anyway.
      • PedoRcketSrgeon, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0userperson: no my point is was that in terms of the "war on drugs" your ***** either way. The established bureaucracy is not going to be dismantled by Obama or McCain.
        I do think the republicans do have an edge in this department however.
      • userperson, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1@PedoRcketSrgeon
        Good point. Why should I vote for people who are going to throw innocents in jail, or do nothing to stop it.
      • PedoRcketSrgeon, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0userperson: I guess I would have a somewhat utilitarian answer for that. But yeah it's certainly either between bad or worse. However, if everyone becomes apathetic the real lunatics do creep in. And I do believe there are far worse out here.
    • sgregory416, on 10/02/2008, -2/+3get a new game!
    • Shiftgood, on 10/02/2008, -7/+5talk trash on it all you want... Halo is awesome and you know it.
      • mdm08, on 10/02/2008, -5/+5Halo is only awesome if you haven't played CS1.6
      • Shiftgood, on 10/02/2008, -5/+3Listen. 1.6 is the best game of all time and thats a cold hard fact. everyone knows it.

        and halo is awesome.
      • godofallcows, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0Custom Map Servers FTW
    • Zabstract, on 10/02/2008, -1/+10Darfur What the ***** is that? Sounds like a T-Shirt company -Jonah Hill
    • moush, on 10/02/2008, -10/+4*Writer

      Jonah is just a fatass actor.
    • julianpowers, on 10/02/2008, -5/+1Website Fail.

      The requested URL /vote/ was not found on this server.

      Good job google.
    • Skettalee, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5I gotta be honest. I faught a war on drugs for a little while.
    • internetcoward, on 10/02/2008, -2/+2that joke was lifted from stephen wright. not original but funny.

      "Politicians want us to fight a war on Drugs. I don't want to fight a war on drugs. Its hard enough going to school on drugs."

      • mxmj, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1Its a similar joke in that it is a joke about the war on drugs. Not stolen (at least from your guy).
      • internetcoward, on 10/03/2008, -1/+1my guy??? you shoudl follow stand up so you can actually develop a good sense of humor, not this dane cook pineapple express *****,
      • mxmj, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1I'm not sure where you got that I like Dane Cook, especially because the comment I posted right before this was, get this, an attack on Dane Cook. I was just pointing out that while similar, the jokes are not the same.
  • joach, on 10/01/2008, -53/+94I have five friends....IN SWEDEN!! Oh.. wait, I have my friends on digg as well, so you American guys please register to vote... FOR OBAMA!!!!!! You will do a great favor not only to yourself but to the whole world!
    • TSK05, on 10/02/2008, -36/+31Oh shut up. You don't see us saying "if you don't elect who we want, your country sucks and your people are backwards," do you?
      • Deevo55, on 10/02/2008, -14/+44He's just pointing out the fact that most of the world wants Obama to win. This election has a lot to do with the rest of the world as well chief. If you want to ***** the world over I guess you could vote McCain...
      • dhighway61, on 10/02/2008, -10/+18He didn't say that. He was just pointing out that Obama is a responsible choice for not just domestic reasons but international reasons as well.
      • greenm1981, on 10/02/2008, -5/+16I think at this point, we(America) have lost any legitimate reason to council another nation on how best to elect their leaders.

      • TSK05, on 10/02/2008, -9/+18"He's just pointing out the fact that most of the world wants Obama to win."

        And if Obama doesn't win, most of the worlds reaction is going to be "they're too racist and too stupid to elect Obama." It will not just be..oh .. he lost..like 1 out of 2 candidates do in every election - it's because we're too stupid and too racist.
      • RAEP, on 10/02/2008, -5/+9Which is, seeing the reasons why people dislike Obama, astoundingly true.
      • potofgravy, on 10/02/2008, -6/+6Especially since last time you had Kerry and Bush to pick between. We could maybe, just maybe, forgive you for that. But now it's old man McCain and a woman who is less intelligent than Bush vs an exciting well spoken young candidate and old man Biden (who I don't care as much for but it's the lesser of 3 evils).

        If there is another four years of this ridiculous right wing, no thinking, lie ridden politics then I don't think the world can stomach it. And I sure as hell prefer having America at the top of the world than China so don't ***** it up!
      • georgemason01, on 10/02/2008, -2/+3"You don't see us saying "if you don't elect who we want, your country sucks and your people are backwards," do you?"

        Maybe the American people aren't saying that, but that has been the the attitude of our federal government for several decades.
      • jhandfield, on 10/02/2008, -0/+10If you think electing Obama means we'll have 4 years of happy, fun-filled peace-telling, you're deluding yourself.

        It's politics. Doesn't matter who's elected, they're going to lie to us. All the candidates have already proven to us they're quite capable liars and cheats.
      • ahoy, on 10/02/2008, -2/+6we affect everyone though, whereas sweeden ...not so much so.
      • fedja, on 10/02/2008, -3/+3@ahoy
        Great point. The world pretty much agrees that the effect you have is a bad one. I'd much rather see you not affecting the world so that we may go on and prosper as a collective.

        Oh, and... if McCain wins, we won't call American racist. We will, however, call them stupid.
      • mishelly888, on 10/02/2008, -3/+2In case you haven't noticed America is the most powerful country in the damn world. So YES the whole world is watching and YES the whole world is hoping America isn't stupid enough to elect idiot Palin and her grandfather McCain. YES what you do in America, who you vote for in America affects all of us.

        From a Canadian who supports Obama.
      • martelo, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1You guys from outside the US, you know that a whole lot of us voted for Kerry last time around? We didn't all vote for Bush. I don't see why it's ok to say "Americans are stupid if McCain wins." If that happens, yes it will be true that SOME Americans are stupid, but there are actually stupid people everywhere, in every country.
      • smoke81, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1Country First! Suck it Sweden!
    • trogdor282, on 10/02/2008, -0/+12More generally: Study the candidate's platforms, listen to the debates, and then make up your own mind.
      • PatNolan, on 10/02/2008, -0/+17I have studied and listened to the candidates. And the more they talk, the more I want to vote for mickey mouse.
      • keymanjim3, on 10/02/2008, -0/+14***** mickey mouse.
        I'm voting mighty mouse. He'll save the day.
      • patch6, on 10/02/2008, -1/+5Upon doing so and watching the two major party candidates vote for the creation of a financial czar with arbitrary purchasing power, I'd say that not voting is at least easier on the conscience. Still, a third-party vote would voice disapproval more effectively.
      • mightymouse, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7my plan all along

        muahahahahhahahaha *evil grin*
    • orlyfactor, on 10/02/2008, -2/+7Know any single girls in Sweden? I want to get the hell out of here :D
      • Platina, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Yeah i do. But there are better girls here in Norway. And iknow alot of girls here too:)
      • McDeath, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Do you guys mind if I come along?
        Cause if Obama doesn't win, this country is going to hit rock bottom pretty soon!
      • Platina, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1No i don´t mind:) Welcome to Norway!!!
    • Azerael, on 10/02/2008, -2/+5@ TSK05,

      When we don't elect who you want, you send the CIA and/or the Marines to make sure that, once you're done, our country most certainly does suck and is backwards.
      • geddon, on 10/02/2008, -2/+2@Azeael

        Joe Biden has already been sent to Georgia to ensure that the South Ossetians don't get who they voted for.
      • fedja, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Geddon, South Ossetia voted for independence. Twice. With a MASSIVE majority. I think we should honor that decision first. You know, like Kosovo.
      • dhorn92, on 10/02/2008, -2/+0@ Azerael

        Maybe if you and the other countries we help didn't whine and complain and took care of things yourself we wouldn't have to come save your ass.

        If it was up to me we wouldn't do a damn thing for you because you whine and complain and we fix it and then you still whine and complain you unappreciative little *****.
      • Azerael, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1Like you fixed Iraq? If that's your idea of 'fixed', I like my country broken.
    • LanEvo, on 10/02/2008, -14/+5vote for McBama?
      ***** you.
      • McDeath, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1Typical conservative, the only thing you can do is curse or yell. No actuall rational opposition.
      • hmunkey, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1You don't have a 3rd choice who will win. Sorry, but Barr has little to no chance.
    • dhorn92, on 10/02/2008, -7/+1Hell NO! NOBAMA!!! Go McCain, Obama is a joke. How can Americans vote for someone who dishonors our country by calling our war and our soldiers "a mistake" and keeping his right hand by his side instead of over his ice cold heart when our National Anthem proudly rings loud?

      Obama... hope? More like false hope. Obama is fake, he is charming. And when someone like that is up for presidency its very scary. He charms the un-informed American people into believing he will make great changes because he is different. He wants to take from the wealthy who worked hard to earn their money and give to the low lifes and lazy people that whine and complain all the time. People, THAT IS COMMUNISM!!

      I'm not saying McCain is the best choice for America but being that we only have two options he is a hell of a ton better than Obama, on several important levels.
      • McDeath, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2You're mom should have just swallowed you!
        There's nothing more to say.
    • ChicknsNaBasket, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/anthem.asp Not a lot of details, but it is non-biased.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_03IRTw3Bag This is clearly made by Obama supporters, and a little cheesy, but it has some good pictures (you can watch it with the sound off if you want).

      http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements ...

      Do yourself a favor and get a new argument that doesn't take less than 3 seconds to disprove with a simple google search.
    • woodengiraffe, on 10/02/2008, -1/+5God...I just threw up in my mouth. Idiot rich celebs trying to sarcastically tell people not to vote....I'm so sick of them actually thinking they have a shred of a clue what real life is like. I work in hollywood and believe me, every one of those people is a duche bag. Frankly if you wan't to make that sort of ad it wouldn't hurt to make it objective also. Let us mere mortals make up our own minds.....Jeez I really hope the next terrorist attack is at the next oscars.. that would be great.
  • charm803, on 10/01/2008, -34/+8Video was taken down. Anyone have another link?
    Thanks in advance!
  • jeromekristi, on 10/01/2008, -19/+6Send it around!!!!!
  • JeremyK684, on 10/02/2008, -19/+8It's awesome!
  • toucha, on 10/02/2008, -49/+13I was watching porno and by accident this commercial was playing in the background...im pretty sure that it wasn't the porno that made me cum but this video...i ***** love voting
    • alihaq717, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7...what the *****?
    • Papajohn56, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2hahahahah
    • W16three, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1toucha, if there was anyway to project your "love" for voting to your fellow countrymen/women this November wouldn't be so scary!
  • iChopPryde, on 10/02/2008, -23/+4Really good commercial just finished watching it haha Sarah Silverman is really funny
  • veryskeptical, on 10/02/2008, -26/+7Elitists, MILFs, Veterans, Bullies, Rednecks, Wall Street Assholes, everyone.....vote.
    • m4csrgh3yk3v, on 10/02/2008, -0/+10digg comment wankers...everyone
  • WebCHO, on 10/02/2008, -49/+12This was about 4 minutes too long.

    The fat guy from superbad was pretty funny though. Only parts worth watching imo.

    "I've never fought a war on drugs. I've never done ***** on drugs besides play Halo 2." - Superbad dude
    • bigd063, on 10/02/2008, -2/+7"Superbad dude"?
    • futebollounge, on 10/02/2008, -13/+1man if you really don't know who Jonah Hill is then your a ***** philistine
  • homesickalien, on 10/02/2008, -20/+26Wow, I don't think I've ever seen so many stars in one PSA. That's awesome. Pass it around.
  • TonyTheTerrible, on 10/02/2008, -18/+9thats a lot of cursing
    i wonder how they got this all together, pretty well done
  • Jacolyte, on 10/02/2008, -24/+107Yes, do the right thing, choose one of the two candidates that our overlords have placed in front of us.
    • atchon, on 10/02/2008, -21/+7What are you doing to change the system? If Nothing shut the ***** up.
      • aadsfasdf, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2Kill yourself *****, how about learning some arguments that make sense outside of kindergarten.
      • nekaidesigns, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1@aadsfasdf the irony of your statement is overwhelming.
      • atchon, on 10/02/2008, -2/+0@aadsfasdf
        Because all these people complain about the two party system, and how our government is set up. Then they do absolutely nothing to change it, or do something stupid like vote for 3rd party and expect it to actually do anything. Voting third party doesn't change the system since the system doesn't allow a third party candidate to win, it is merely throwing your vote away. Even if a huge percentage voted for a third party they would still never win, and it isn't like the politicians would see this and try to change the system. Digg me down and call me a *****, I am the one who at least understands how stupid all this call for 3rd party votes and complaining about the choice between two "overlord" picked candidates really is.
    • ZeroFive1, on 10/02/2008, -11/+4It doesn't who you vote for. Just vote.
    • trogdor282, on 10/02/2008, -9/+2There's lots of people on the ballot. Statistically your vote won't matter anyway, so why not vote for whomever?
    • OsiVert, on 10/02/2008, -4/+5I voted for Kodos.
    • BryanCDowney, on 10/02/2008, -2/+10Reminds me of the giant douche vs turd sandwich episode of south park. Here's a good clip.

      http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/154575
    • Unexploded, on 10/02/2008, -1/+19I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' 'Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!'
      -- Bill Hicks
    • SkinnerBox, on 10/02/2008, -5/+5Overlords? You mean the two parties that are made up of people we all voted in?
    • Rally603, on 10/02/2008, -1/+6I, for one, welcome our new.. overlord.. overlords.


      wait what?
    • BobScratchit, on 10/02/2008, -3/+5If I vote for Micky Mouse for President, people will tell me I'm throwing my vote away. But that vote actually boosts the percentage of Micky Mouse voters by a higher proportion than the R and D people we are told to vote for every 4 years. Also, my Micky Mouse vote is worth the exact same as for any one else so technically if I'm throwing my vote away by voting for Micky, then I'd also be throwing my vote away by voting for anyone else that matter.

      Micky/Goofy '08
    • OneLess, on 10/02/2008, -1/+7I will probably be voting, but I might as well not. New York is definitely going to Obama, and even if I were in a swing state, I've only got a choice between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.

      This country needs to get rid of the electoral college and institute instant runoff voting to at the very least make sure the turd sandwich wins when it should.
    • mikesbaker, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2well there is also state and local gov to vote for not to mention your congressman and possibly a senator to vote for. those elected officials will have an impact on your daily life too. probably more so than the president. especially the state and local ones.

      also Jacolyte at 19 years old you haven't voted ever. you need to get some more life experience before becoming cynical and jaded. don't just parrot something someone else said. think for yourself. old people vote in droves because they know it works. hopefully you will figure that out before you are a retiree.

      and yes it was clinton that made it a lot easier for us to vote
      http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/42usc/subch_ih.htm ...
    • mikesbaker, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2missed the edit
      some of what I said applies only to Texas
      http://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2002 ...
      still you are a total ***** eating retard if you can't figure out how to vote.
  • Zuljin, on 10/02/2008, -12/+353OK, Spiderman! I WILL VOTE.
    • yellowfish04, on 10/02/2008, -12/+4Did anyone else expect to hear

      "..to name a few"

      after Toby said "Rising gas prices.."

      ? (Make John McCain Exciting Challenge, anyone?)
    • twoyups, on 10/02/2008, -2/+15But Spiderman saved the children AND Kirsten Dunst.

      Does that mean he gets to vote for Obama AND McCain?
      • mtcobb2, on 10/02/2008, -4/+3No... Those are two completely different things.
    • kevlar21, on 10/02/2008, -2/+32But remember: With great power comes great responsibility.
    • diskit, on 10/02/2008, -2/+3Parker 08!
    • TheVirus, on 10/02/2008, -1/+4Everybody gets one.
    • iainbonics, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0I said those exact words to my girlfriend while watching.
    • OhSn4p, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2I logged in to digg that comment
    • liljerk, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1where's wolverine at when i need him to kick spidey's ass?
    • MOJIRA, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1I WILL NOT VOTE until Batman tells me to in the Bat Voice.

      "WHERE'S YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION!!!!?"
  • bodegit, on 10/02/2008, -6/+46I still don't know how to register, the webpage didn't help.
    • kabes, on 10/02/2008, -2/+5Type in your address, state, and zip code on the left and it will give you a link telling you where you can register in your area.
    • greenm1981, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Go to the post office. Fill out a form. Mail it. Do it before the 4th, unless your state allows to register later.
    • tunit000, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2It did not work for me. Said we will have a place for you by mid-october. Registration ends then. o_O
      • sulthernao, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6That's the precinct to actually vote on election day. You can register to vote at the DMV.
      • nemrel, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1"You can register to vote at the DMV". - I prefer to call it: HAVING YOUR SOUL SUCKED OUT at the DMV. Having to do anything at the DMV sucks! Go to the Post Office instead.
    • JessicaSarahS, on 10/02/2008, -1/+4Easier site! http://www.voteforchange.com
    • flintmecha, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2PROTIP: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=register+to+v ...

      Was that really hard?
    • ChristianaMM, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0www.studentvote.org
    • ChicknsNaBasket, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1In several states (including Texas) the voter registration deadline is this Monday October 6th.

      If you registered when you got your ID/License in TX, you didn't really register, they send you a form and you have to send that form back, so make sure you have done that! If that form is still in your hands, you are not registered!

      If you have moved, or changed dorms you HAVE to re-register!! If you are a student, register to vote either in the city where you live (where you're going to college), not where your parents live unless you plan on driving there to vote. OR, if your hometown is in a battlegroud state where your vote will count more, go online and find out how to vote absentee for that state.

      In a lot of places your registration could be purged from the voter rolls, sometimes for no apparent reason, please double check your registration while you still have the chance. Do it NOW!
  • DonTazeMeBro, on 10/02/2008, -16/+4Hey, was that Evangeline Lilly, the bad girl from LOST, at 1:31.. or that girl from Friends? Back to the point, but I don't think any of those people there are even considering to vote 3rd party.
    • atchon, on 10/02/2008, -11/+3Because voting 3rd party is a giant waste. The system is not designed for more than two parties, so get over it. You want there to be a 3rd party change the system don't do it by throwing your vote away on a third party candidate. They will never get elected end of story, choose from the two who you would prefer to run the country.
    • InfernoX, on 10/02/2008, -1/+5Where in the video did they say to vote for a specific side?

      They said to vote, vote for who you want if you want your "voice" to be heard. ( democracy is a joke tbh, you vote for someone to make decisions for you.)

  • thegrantman, on 10/02/2008, -24/+16I only watched the first 2 minutes....so I'm not going to vote.
  • catestarrr, on 10/02/2008, -8/+3status bar would have been nice...and all the language makes it not as "pass-onable" but if it gets someone to go out in the rain to vote then ok
  • firepowered, on 10/02/2008, -8/+197In Australia, voting is compulsory. If u dont, you get fined.
    • changedmind, on 10/02/2008, -19/+10If you do, you get Rudd.
    • jmoo1, on 10/02/2008, -6/+56You don't have to vote, you just have to attend a booth on voting day. It's forced participation, but the voting booths always have such delicious BBQs
      • Bartboy919, on 10/02/2008, -5/+17I heard they have shrimp.
      • ajbl, on 10/02/2008, -5/+15From the barbie?
      • soulkitchen, on 10/02/2008, -1/+57Wait wait wait, is that true? They have BBQs at the polling place AND voting is compulsory?

        I've got to visit.
      • ccalabro, on 10/02/2008, -3/+2lammies
      • aadsfasdf, on 10/02/2008, -8/+1That law is so ***** retarded.
      • zujik, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2@soulkitchensoulkitchen: You bet. I know when it's time to vote because I can smell a sausage sizzle at the local school.

        There is no butter on the cheap donated bread, home brand sauce, tasteless onion and overpriced can of drink broken apart from a retail pack clearly marked "NOT FOR RESALE" but I always, ALWAYS walk away satisfied...
    • qwertyxuiop, on 10/02/2008, -6/+71compulsory voting with delicious BBQ!!
      we NEED that here in Canada
    • Jayphen, on 10/02/2008, -3/+9You only get fined if you register to vote, and then don't..
      • Jayphen, on 10/02/2008, -1/+6Why am I being dugg down for this statement?

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_registration#Au ...
        "An individual has 8 weeks after turning 18 to register, but may register at any time with no penalty being enforced for failure to register"

        The father of a friend of mine has gone 57 years without registering to vote, and has yet to be fined.
      • stu3, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2True that.

        I haven't registered yet at 21 and haven't been fined.
    • AmericanParty, on 10/02/2008, -11/+3thats retarded, then uniformed people will ***** up the election (even more then it does now)
    • lifeisahighway, on 10/02/2008, -7/+196It's very similar here in America. If you don't vote, you get ***** over for eight years by a dumbass president.
      • esfisher, on 10/02/2008, -2/+70I voted and I still got the dumbass.
      • hypogenic, on 10/02/2008, -2/+25Except that everyone gets *****, not only the guys who did not vote.
      • doople, on 10/02/2008, -3/+9In Soviet Russia, voting ***** you...or wait, was that here?
      • tidu, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2And if you do vote, you get ***** over for eight years by a dumbass president.
      • BTime, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3In Republican America, Diebold votes for you..
      • getzwane, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1The nineties *were* pretty bad.
    • SkinnerBox, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1When I was there my friend called his dad and had him vote for him. How does that work?
      • retzed, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1You don't need I.D. Just give them your name and address. Then go to a different official to vote as someone else. (hey it better than your diebold system although probably a little less advanced than Iraq's finger in ink system).
      • ChinezePanda, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3So none of you know that voter fraud is illegal?
    • frumpsnake, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3We also have paper elections. You know, with accountability and paper trails and stuff, not Diebold's faulty code.

      (We did actually come up with an electronic voting system, which we don't use for Federal elections. Unlike yours it's completely open source and can be scrutinised by anyone...)
      • subliminalurge, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1And how can you verify that the copy of the code you're scrutinizing is the same as the code that's actually running in the voting booth?
    • DogGunn, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1You still have to register. If you don't register, you don't get fined if you don't vote on the day. You do register, and you don't vote, you'll get fined.
    • StatusWoe, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2Compulsory voting is a bad idea, compulsory participation is a good idea. I think Australia uses the second. I don't want a bunch of people with no idea what the relevant topics are voting for the first name on the ballot to save themselves a 10$ fine. I do think it's a good idea that everyone attend some sort of civic event where they can be informed of issues that will affect them.
    • zarvensha, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2I'm more than happy in OZ to go to the polling place, get my name marked off the roll, take the form, look at the options, fold it up in disgust and put it in the box.

      Except for the senate, then i can find the one party who I think is the dumbest most ignorant pack of troglodytes and give them my lowest preference, and then work my way up to see who disturbs me the least to get my top preference.

      I do love democracy
      • Kivenkantaja, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0Yep, compulsory voting is a great idea we have here in Australia. As it's been said you don't actually have to vote, but for lazy people who have an opinion it's a good motivator.
      • subliminalurge, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2"then i can find the one party who I think is the dumbest most ignorant pack of troglodytes and give them my lowest preference, and then work my way up to see who disturbs me the least to get my top preference."

        That's pretty much how most intelligent people do it here in the states, too.
    • davidlow, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3To Americans, the voting system in Australia is amazing. You get to vote for your first choice, your second choice, third choice etc. If your first choice doesn't win the election then your second choice vote is applied instead, and if he/she doesn't win either it moves to your third choice, etc. So there's no danger of some rogue candidate "splitting the vote" and causing the most popular candidate to lose, like happens here in the U.S. sometimes.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_electoral_ ...
    • BonerMachine, on 10/02/2008, -2/+3That is a terrible system. People should not be coerced into voting.
  • Mac454, on 10/02/2008, -9/+37Vote or Don't!
    • georgemason01, on 10/02/2008, -1/+22Thanks for the enlightening advice. I had no idea those were my choices.
    • lifeisahighway, on 10/02/2008, -6/+1There is no try.
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1Whoa! I was just two Diggs away from being the 6,666th!

      Would've been quite a bad omen, don't you think?
  • sidianmsjones, on 10/02/2008, -25/+10long video is looooooong
  • PussInBoots, on 10/02/2008, -5/+26Sound like a T-Shirt company to me... I cracked
    • xavier2010, on 10/02/2008, -3/+3"i didnt do ***** on drugs... except play halo 2" I want that on a shirt!
  • myshambar, on 10/02/2008, -26/+174Translation: Vote for Obama or we will stop making movies.
    • Eloosive, on 10/02/2008, -23/+17Well, it wasn't a commercial of lobbyists, evangelicals, corporate businessmen who were telling people to not vote, so yeah, I guess it's more toward Obama.
    • geddon, on 10/02/2008, -15/+7What made you think Obama? Free Health Care for everyone? Ending the War on Terror in Afghanistan? Ending the War on Drugs? Those are third party issues, man. VOTE THIRD PARTY!!!
      • RipleyIsDead, on 10/02/2008, -3/+2No, no, no, no... Vote for voting reform first, THEN vote third party.
      • dunmasterkane, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1No no no no vote obama and you're good.
    • mrno, on 10/02/2008, -12/+6I only wish these idiots stop making movies. Maybe, people will actually watch documentaries and something educational.
  • DonTazeMeBro, on 10/02/2008, -18/+78And no offense, but what was that one guy saying about the biggest finanical crisis ever... if you vote mainstream, you're not going to be voting to remove the problem ( The private bank called the Fed, who has been artifically inflating the dollar )
    • m4csrgh3yk3v, on 10/02/2008, -2/+20then don't vote mainstream. beats not voting at all.
    • SkinnerBox, on 10/02/2008, -2/+4One crisis comes along and all of a sudden we're firing the SEC chairman and getting rid of the fed. We know what caused this, how bout we just go back to the reasonable amount of regulation that we had before Reagan.
      • sasshole, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3oh yeah, the inflation years of carter was just living the dream, wasn't it

        idiot
      • SkinnerBox, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Yeah, if only we'd all follow the leader Ron Paul, everything would be perfect all the time.

        moron
    • KingRat6, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1You clearly, CLEARLY, have an entirely incomplete view of this financial crisis as do the people who digged you up. If the Fed is at fault here it was for maintaining low interest rates for so long. This made borrowing cheap driving up housing prices. So housing prices are inflated. This whole mess came about from the so called "housing correction" and all of the related securities and loans on the balance sheets of the various banks.

      There's a reason they don't call this the "dollar correction." You want to talk about inflationary crises, check out the Carter years.
  • Hoffpa, on 10/02/2008, -44/+59woot bunch of liberal celebrities telling uninformed people to vote love it!
    • ShinRaTDR, on 10/02/2008, -22/+18That was a great sentence vomit. Next time try forming a comment with the words.
    • Kelden21, on 10/02/2008, -13/+29Yeah, liberal celebrities telling us to go vote is clearly worse than thousands of tax exempt churches telling their congregations to vote for McCain.

      Hypocrisy is a bitch.
      • xavier2010, on 10/02/2008, -12/+5well.. here's the switch, thousands of tax exempt churches telling their people to go McCain, or millions of lazy american bums on welfare, and such telling they want to vote for Obama? South Park said it best. What do you pick between a douch and a turd sandwich?
      • jhandfield, on 10/02/2008, -1/+7As opposed to busing poor and homeless people in to vote?
      • Axon14, on 10/02/2008, -4/+10Yea! Shut down public transit on Election day.
        Only white land owners should be able to vote!
      • Theboytucker, on 10/02/2008, -3/+1YEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAH!!!!
      • KobraKommander, on 10/02/2008, -2/+0Yea! Shut down public transit on Election day.
        Only white land owners should be able to vote!

        I agree BTW I am a white land owner! yay me!
        too bad you lazy ***** won't get your fabled 40 acres and a mule huh? hahah suckers!!!
    • EasyMCcheesy, on 10/05/2008, -0/+0yea, I was thinking the same thing!!

      "If you do care, then please vote........................ for Barack Obama."
  • omjeremy, on 10/02/2008, -6/+8The website doesn't work for me.
  • jeebodon, on 10/02/2008, -14/+22Maybe it's just me, but I thought Silverman was pretty...unfunny in that video. Jonah Hill cracked m