ELECTIONS!!!!!

Election season is on !! I think it is pointless to go to the polling booth and cast our votes as every candidate is worse than the other ..
I don't even want to talk about JDS .. Deve Gowda sucks !! So does his son !! SM Krishna (congress) is OK, I guess .. But I doubt he'd be given a second chance to come back what with Kharge trying desperately to become the CM !!
And as for BJP .. I can't even name a few leaders who have done anything at all to develop K'taka or the country as a whole

If, by development, we mean having about a dozen(or probably more) millionaires in our country; sorry, but, this is not what I mean by development. There's a lot of social disparity in our country. The rich become richer; the poor poorer.
By development, I mean, equal sex ratio, women empowerment, good education, an end to child marriages, child labour, female foeticide, and all those things which our "honest" politicians promise to do .. but as usual , never keep up to their word (Ha! Note the inverted commas. there's a bit of sarcasm there.)

Even though I said it's pointless to vote, I think we ( 18 years and above, of course) must all go and vote for the best among the worst !! I can't believe our country has come to this stage.It's like choosing either the shark's mouth or the deep blue sea! .. we, after all, are the biggest democracy in the world !! WOW! That is something to be proud of .. but with the present political scenario in our country, this claim seems quite meaningless.. what with a meagre 44% voter turnout! I think we should all exercise out duty towards the state and in turn the country by voting ..

Boy, how I wish I was 18 !! Sigh, I will have to wait for another year to vote (people might think that I slept through all my Civics classes because a govt is formed not for a year but for 5 years).
Oh, you earthlings, nothing is confirmed yet .. who knows .. maybe the government might fall out in a few months' time. I wouldn't be surprised if it did .. with all these if-you-give-me-money,-I'll-lick-your-shoes politicians trying desperately to gain power and become CMs to bring about "changes" in the states.
Now I wonder what their definition of change is ..
maybe a change in the amount of money(tch..tch.. money is too nice a word .. maybe it should be read as BRIBES!) they accept from poor citizens .. !! Or maybe a "hike" in the public money that they pocket!
cant there be candidates who inspire graciousness, chivalry and decorum?

Whatever their definition maybe, the bottom line of this unsuccessful rant is

go ahead, pick the lesser of the multiple evils :
Absistence is plain laziness .. apathy is bad too ! JUST GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE! We don't want another disastrous coalition govt!

ARGH!!

I really don't understand why some people are NEVER happy in life. They keep grumbling about something or the other and those "something or the other" seem so stupid to me. I mean, sometimes I ask people to shut their mouths up and stop grumbling but somehow I can always find them complaining about everything around them. Why can they never see the brighter side of life? Why do they always find a fault in everything they see or hear or touch? Why can't they just be happy with what they have? I call it pessimism but some call it the REALITY! :O I'm really confused and frustrated at the moment!
Here's a small instance which I think I should mention here.
Our final exams were going on and we were done with 5 subjects (out of 6) . A friend of mine calls me up and says, "Oh, man! We have one more to go! I'm sick and tired of these exams. We have ONE more" (She's not excited and all about having to write just one exam. She's cribbing that we have ONE more). I told her that she should be happy that we have just one more and we're done with FIVE! She snapped back telling me that I always see the brighter side of things(She SNAPPED back! Is that something to complain about?! Being optimistic, I thought, was a good quality! She made me look like a cretin!)
This irritated me a great deal. I don't know why these days I get irritated by the smallest of things and shout at everyone. I must try controlling my temper, but such things really get onto my nerves.
All I say is, "Smile, it won't harm you!"

Now, I'm feeling a lot better. Blogging is a good stress-buster! :):) I feel great, actually! I should blog more often. There are some more issues I need to talk about but not now.. I'll probably write them when I'm disgusted with things around me.

Going for a walk with Anitha now. signing off...