GW#3 - p19 (17)

1. AMIC (round the neck) 2. Ама (wom as a bood)

TYPES OF AUGER A, screw auger; B, ship auger; c. lip-ring auger

Ok, Austin. We've got to get the punks to vote. I don't care
what anyone says, voting does matter, you've got power, maybe
not much, but if we all get on the ball, we can make something
happen. If you feel like you are just a drop in the bucket,
it's because you are. But here's something you can do about it:
Next time you come across a stack of voter registration cards,
fill one out, then send it in, then give one to someone else,
maybe lots of people, an then go vote, and take a bunch
of people with you.

The thing is, most of the kids I know don't want to vote because
they don't want to "play their game." Sure you don't want to be
part of the System and take part in the fucked up workings of
this institutionalized establishment, but the problem with that
is that you are doing exactly what They want you to do. See,
whether we like it or not we were born into this system. Sure
you can change your identity, try to become anonymous, even live
in a fucking cave in the mountains, but somebody is going to own
that cave, and it ain't gonna be you. Someone will have
political control over you no matter where the fuck you go
unless you start your own country, which-especially if you don't
follow politics- is going to be extremely fucking difficult.
But if you vote, maybe we can gain a little power. Remember
when Rock the Vote started? clinton won. Sounds like an influx of
young voters to me. And the coolest part is that politicians
can see that and they've already started courting younger
people, not much, granted, but if we keep voting and our numbers
keep going up, They' ll gaet scared and start checking us out and
maybe even trying to find out what we really want instead of
cramming what They think we want down our throats.

Here's an example of how they are keeping potentially powerful
people out of the way (I know this is totally paranoid, but it
is one of the only conspiracy theories I believe in): So my
friend goes to a Dead show in Atlanta and I ask him a bunch of
questions when he comes back since I've never gone to one and I
nevar plan to and I'm wondering how it all works what with the
cops and the drugs and all. So I say, "If the cops know there
are all these people camped out with all these highly illegal
drugs in their possession, why don't they just do this massive
raid and bust a bunch of people and put 'em in jail?" "Well,"
he says, "they aren't hurting anyone, so I guess the cops just
don't want to bother with it." Seems to me there's more to it
than that. I know how much cops like to bust kids and people
with drugs- they LOVE it. So why wouldn't these cops have a
fucking field day here? Because, as long as these potentially
revolutionary folks are all high and happy and only interested
in seein' this band all the time and stayin' high, They have
nothing to fear from them. If there was a real crackdown on
drugs (not just a bunch of media hype and publicity busts), then
less people would be high and more people would be spending time
trying to subvert the Man and the System-and get their drugs
back-and they'd all be fuckin' shit up! And voting!! Now They
can't have that horrific scenario come to life, can They? So
They just let us do our drugs and leave them the fuck alone so
that They can take over the world without us even noticing- much
less getting in Their way.

So go vote. And take someone with you. If you don't have an
address to put on the voter registration card (which you can get
at grocery stores, post offices, schools, etc.) put mine on
there. I could use some more mail anyway. Write me- lets talk
about this. And in the meantime, go out there and fuck shit
up!!

AMOEBAS