“It ain't much, but it's the only weapon we have against the Greedheads.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

On voting, in "My 49er Habit" (4 November 2002), also published in Hey Rube : Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness (2004)
2000s

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American journalist and author 1937–2005

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