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Last night I went home to do laundry, let's just say I hadn't done any in at least 3 1/2 weeks... not really something I enjoy doing. Not important.

While there I watched a particularly interesting episode of Boston Legal. I don't normally watch t.v., and when I do this is not a show I typically watch. I don't think I've ever seen one episode actually.

Well, this particular episode was rather interesting. One of the cases involved a 17 year-old girl who wanted the right to vote. I felt the closing statements of her attorney were very smart.

"This country is ruled by the old, the white, and the rich" "Kids have idealism we have forgotten. They have a voice." (after listing all the problems there are with the United States and the world, he sarcastically says), "Let's not dare let children mess up our masterpiece... the kids are getting screwed."

And finally, he made the connection that teenagers are taxed freely but are not represented because they are not allowed to vote, that this is taxation without representation, and that we as American citizens have a history of excluding certain segments from the voting process.

I thought it was interesting.