but now that you've drawn my attention to it, i might just take them up on their offer.

thanks. i'm going to be pompous and ignorant now, and ask somebody from Ohio to vote for Kerry because it might help prevent me & my family (and our children, and our childrens children) dying from malignant melanomas.

as far as your domestic issues go; i'd like it if women had the right to choose, i'd like it if gays were allowed same-sex unions, i'd like it if gun control was tighter, i'd like it if healthcare was run by the state, etc etc.

the same compassion that makes us bleeding heart hippies feel sorry for homeless people in Sudan, Palestine, Iraq, etc, also extends to the downtrodden in the States.

not only that; after having your culture forcefed to me since i was born (via TV, music, movies, books, news, politics), well, i'm actually kind of miffed that i don't get a vote.

because the messages that come from behind your castle walls are screamed out amongst the rest of the world population, and even if they aren't affected directly by it, it still becomes part of our lives.