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Do it…TODAY!

If you haven’t yet registered to vote, this day was created for you in 2012. The idea is to get as many people as possible registered to vote, because everyone should have a voice in how our democracy will be run in the coming years. If you think your one vote doesn’t matter, think about the math. Your one vote, added to another single vote, added to another…that’s how elections are won and lost and how propositions win or lose. And who gets elected and what propositions we’ll have to live with really DO affect each one of us.

Here’s a safe, bipartisan site you can go to to register on line (there are many others, of course): https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/ Or at the federal government’s site at https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote. Or fill out and mail in a paper voter registration form. However you do it, just DO IT!

Make a difference. Decide your own future. Register now, and be sure to vote.

How to Win that Argument

Often, our discussions, especially on hot-button issues, end up in an argument. At some point, all that matters is that we win. Today’s Thursday Thought quote reveals what actual winning looks like.

Powerball: Easy Way to Win

Power Ball begins in California today, and I know I’ll win.  I looked at the odds for the set-amount prizes: 1 in 5,153,632.65 for the million dollars (5 numbers but not the Powerball); 1 in in 648,975.96 for the $10,000 (4 winning numbers, no Powerball); 1 in 12,244.83 for $100 (3 winning numbers plus the Powerball);2 in 706.43 for $4 (1 number plus the Powerball); 1 in 55.41 also for $4 (no numbers except the Powerball).  True, crunching all the numbers looks good, in that my chances of winning SOMETHING are 1 in 31.85.  So I open my wallet, then snap it closed.

Maybe, as people say, you can’t win if you don’t buy a ticket.  On the other hand, not participating also means that I can’t lose.  To me, not losing that green stuff in my wallet is a big WIN, every time!