I made freedom count

That was the little tag line on my "I voted" sticker tonight.

We did take the opportunity to teach our children the valuable lesson about the importance of voting tonight. We had to stand in line for a total of 55-60 minutes to vote and by the end of that time, the wiggly, hungry children were begging to vote and leave. We used the time to explain to them the privilege of voting and how many people in the world don't get that luxury, so it is worth the wait. In the backs of our minds, though, we were wondering. ;)

These wonderful *note the sarcasm* eScan voting machines wreaked havoc on the voters and caused us to wait in line like we've never done before to vote. Unlike other regions, we didn't have the choice of using a paper ballot, and so far, I haven't heard lots of great things about the electronic voting machines. Kelly didn't have good luck and I have to add I was highly pissed that there was an option to pick a language other than English in which to vote. My opinion, as non-PC as it is, is that if you can't speak English well enough to vote intelligently, then maybe you shouldn't be able to vote at all in the United States.

There, I said it. My left leanings escape me at times like this. I lean to the left on several issues, but speaking English in the United States should just be a given. If I planned to make my life and living in Mexico, I would expect to speak Spanish while I was there. Same for any country in the world.