Unqualified voters and target practice

Since when did schools start letting kids out of school on Election day? I know I was never that lucky back then and I'm sure as hell not that lucky now. Instead of letting kids out of school for the day, they should be on lockdown within the confines of school property throughout the day while the polls are open. Feed 'em cheese & crackers, whiskey & beer, whatever the hell you want, but just make them go to school. No wonder why kids today have the brains of my left nut. They get out of school for every reason known to man. If nothing else, educate them so that they can make wise decisions when they do get old enough to vote on election day. Speaking of kids voting...

The voting age should be raised to 25. Very few people under the age of 25 have the capability to form their own opinion based on the actual political issues that we face. Sorry kids, but getting your political education from Carson Daly, MTV, the Dixie Chicks, lame activist groups, MySpace, and Hollywood doesn't make you qualified to vote. It makes you more of an idiot than you already may have been. Don't raise the whole, "If I can go register for the Army and fight for my country, then I should be able to vote, drink, etc." That's nonsense. We recruit you for the Army simply because you have not the brains to do anything else in society at that age. That's why you have the choice: College, Army, or McDonald's.

In addition to raising the voting age, we should lower the drinking age and raise the age at which a kid can get a driver's license. Let 'em start drinking at twelve. They need to experience enough adversity in order to figure out that they should do something more than just being drunk and stupid their entire life. Get it out of the way early that way they will have sobered up by the time we allow them to go to the polls. Raise the driver's license age so that these young punks can get the drinking out of their system before they get the fancy idea of throwing beer bottles at road signs and other nonsense that I was 100% guilty of during my youth.

And you thought I was just going to rant and rave about kids, eh? People who do not have jobs and have never held jobs and do not contribute to society should not be able to vote. Lazy people, bums, the poor crack heads that bitch and moan about how we should spread the wealth...these people should not be able to vote.