Thank you brothas and sistas for the thought provoking, stimulating responses. I am a registered voter here in GA, and have been a registered voter since I was 18. I do agree alot with what Rich posted and Carrie Monet posted, but I also see the other side. That night the brotha who was against voting was, at least to me an anarchist. He was ready to talk about taking down the system, but not ready to die for the cause. We as not only Americans but Black People have to realize that many Tribesmen died in this fight for freedom. And in the late 50's and early 60's we as a people made a choice; along with Dr. King, the NAACP, CORE, and other groups to intergrate fully into this system. Now I have my problems with intergration (please read more on Malcolm X and his views about intergrating before we come together as a whole and one), but as a people we made that choice, and for the past 40-50 years we have stood by that choice. It is imperative that we get more involved in local politics, not only mayoral but senators and house members because these are the people that we put in place to put pressure on our executive branch. Now I'm not trying to get people to register because it's too **** late for that, but we have made a choice and we need all the support we can get!!! So get involved in your communities, so that the electoral college for your state will have your vote along with all your brothas, sistas, cousins, aunties, uncles, moms and pops!! So thank you again for voicing your opinion and keep the dialog open!!!