Zen View on Voting and Democracy

From singer/songwriter extraordinaire, and Counting Crows Frontman 

Adam Duritz, 

comes this "Zen view on voting and democracy:"

"People will tell you this is a divided country these days
I would tell you that doesn't matter at all.
A democracy isn't a country where people get together to agree on something.
The idea of a democracy is that we get together to disagree and still make a decision as a nation.
If you show up on election day and cast your ballot,
you and I have the only thing in common that 2 Americans ever need to have in common.
We got up off our asses, we showed up and took part in our country.
I don't give a fuck who you vote for.
Just show up and take part.

America is a nation based on the idea that we should take part.
So we must take part.
There's no such thing as division.
If we make a decision together that is the correct decision.

That's all I gotta say ..."

--Adam Duritz
singer/songwriter/frontman Counting Crows
November 2, 2011