{"id":3769,"date":"2016-03-15T17:24:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T22:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2016-03-15T17:24:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T22:24:56","slug":"elections-and-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3769","title":{"rendered":"Elections\/Voting and of course, Paxton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t discuss\/argue politics. \u00a0I just don&#8217;t do it. \u00a0Yes, I vote BUT I don&#8217;t broadcast that I voted and\/or who I voted for.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure, if you are like most Americans (assuming you&#8217;re from the US and reading this blog) you might look at going to the polls and voting as a pain in the patoot. \u00a0If the weather is bad or you see yourself as just too busy, you might just pass on your right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>With all of this in mind, I want to introduce you to a friend of mine. \u00a0He is originally from India but immigrated to the States a ways back. \u00a0Became a legalized citizen. \u00a0Got a job and is raising a family. \u00a0He is a nice guy.<\/p>\n<p>Today, for the first time since gaining his citizenship, he was able to vote. \u00a0I stumbled on his FB post a little while ago and it was a breath of fresh air. \u00a0We shouldn&#8217;t look at voting as a pain, we should recognize it for a tremendous opportunity that so many people around the globe do not have. \u00a0I am going to share that post&#8230;minus names *privacy and all that*<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wooohooooo I voted in United States of America wow wow still cannot believe this but was a little more than surprised that the ballot itself wasn&#8217;t electronic. Now I can say I voted in the first and second biggest democracies in this world not that it matters but feels good to say that Hahahha. \u00a0Happy Voting in this greatest country on earth!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On a completely different note:<\/p>\n<p>Paxton got mail again today! \u00a0Did I get any mail? \u00a0NO. \u00a0Did MFH (My Favorite Husband)? \u00a0NO. \u00a0Just Paxton. \u00a0Our dog.<\/p>\n<p>He received not one but TWO Mississippi State University Bow Ties in the mail. \u00a0One tie is for everyday wear. \u00a0The other tie is for &#8220;special occasions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He is feeling pretty spiffy!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3770\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3770\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3770\" alt=\"11220079_942779775842159_7746162341647779014_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/11220079_942779775842159_7746162341647779014_n.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/11220079_942779775842159_7746162341647779014_n.jpg 480w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/11220079_942779775842159_7746162341647779014_n-300x211.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/11220079_942779775842159_7746162341647779014_n-426x300.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3771\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3771\" alt=\"1011497_942779785842158_80008183984210195_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1011497_942779785842158_80008183984210195_n.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3772\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3772\" alt=\"10644560_942779802508823_4534583584583076617_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10644560_942779802508823_4534583584583076617_n.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goofy dog!<\/p>\n<p>#IRun4Aiden<\/p>\n<p>#teamZensah<\/p>\n<p>#AbbottWMM<\/p>\n<p>#MoveItMonday<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3773\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3773\" alt=\"image001\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image0014.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image0014.png 180w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image0014-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t discuss\/argue politics. \u00a0I just don&#8217;t do it. \u00a0Yes, I vote BUT I don&#8217;t broadcast that I voted and\/or who I voted for. I&#8217;m sure, if you are like most Americans (assuming you&#8217;re from the US and reading this blog) you might look at going to the polls and voting as a pain in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,6,8,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3769"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3775,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions\/3775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}