I wouldn't expect many people to appreciate the significance of what day it is today, but apparently everyone outside of the US feels they have as much riding on this election as the people who live here. It's definitely a smaller world than it used to be that one nation can have so much impact outside of its scope.
Take it with a grain of salt though, people are more than happy to overlook the good things and the first ones to point fingers when they feel something bad has happened.
I actually did my civic duty a while ago. I choose to early absentee vote because my job takes me away from my home area on election day and I never know if I am going to be able to make it home before the polls close. One unexpected network outage and my vote becomes worthless.
Despite the title this isn't really a political post. Since it is Tuesday, it's actually a #threetunetuesday post sponsored by 
It's also a bit of a silver post, since I visited the bullion store the other day and I picked up my first modern Silver Eagle coin from the store. I think I have some older ones of these, but they are pretty worn. I plan on taking much better care of this one.
It just felt right to share it with you on election day.
These next couple of days are going to be quite interesting. I literally have no clue how everything is going to pan out. What I do know is that while many Americans are fooled by the lies, we are also resilient, and though it might hurt at first, we will figure out a way through the next four years.
Of course I need to start with Willie Nelson. Both folk and country music has always been quite good and poking fun and speaking out against the government. Although Willie is from Texas and you might think he takes a certain path because of that. However, I am fairly certain he leans more left than right. I could be wrong though.
"Vote Em Out" is a fun view of elections from a bit different perspective. While most of the time we think of elections as voting someone in, as he says in the song, it's also about voting the incumbents out sometimes. I know a fair number of people who will be happy to see Biden gone. They might not like the alternative, but as I said, voting is as much about getting the old out as it is getting the new in.
Too bad we can't start getting rid of some of those dinosaurs in the other branches of government!
I've had the chance to see Willie live two or three times in my life and he always puts on a great show. Even at his old age, he is still killing it and doing his thing. It's honestly quite impressive. I hope I still have that much energy when I am his age. Perhaps I need to start smoking weed!
My second song today is from none other than Alice Cooper and it is called "Elected". It's a funny thing about Alice Cooper, I always considered him to be this heavy rocker, but when you listen back to his songs now, they are actually pretty tame. The same is true with bands like KISS as well. What used to be considered hard rock back in the day, is about one tick away from Yacht Rock these days.
Despite that, "Elected" is still a good tune with an fun message. Could you imagine Alice Cooper as president of the United States? He actually seems like a pretty level headed and cool guy in real life, so it actually might not be that bad of a thing.
Apparently he did launch a satirical campaign to be president in 2024. If we are being honest, he definitely would have gotten my vote!
I've gotta be honest. I don't really know much about The Replacements, which is weird to me given the fact that they could be considered one of the main influencers of alternative rock. They were formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota back in 1979 which could be part of the reason I missed them since I would have been a toddler.
They were also pretty early on the punk scene in the US as well in earlier incarnations of the band. They actually have a pretty interesting story and I would encourage you to jump over to Wiki and check it out sometime.
Despite my unfamiliarity with the band, they have a song called "Election Day", so that felt like the perfect way to end this post. It's actually a good tune and if this introduction to the Replacements for me is any indication, I am going to like a lot of their other stuff today.
While the rest of the country is heading to the polls to cast their vote, I am going to be sitting in my office listening to The Replacements.
You can take that to the bank!
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