Decline Cooperation...

Re: Blood Donations Desperately Needed
http://www.wtop.com/?sid=217614&nid=25
I was born and raised in Wisconsin, moved to DC at age 24. I am a law-abiding contributing citizen, have given MANY pints of blood over the years, I pay my taxes, and have spent a career as a public servant. And how am I treated in return? -- like a felon, I have had my voting rights suspended for the past 30 years.
We have "progressed" in this "democracy", from counting non-whites as 3/5ths of a person to actually letting them vote; we have overcome generations of tradition by letting the female gender have an equal say in national and local affairs; we have extended the franchise to 18-21 year-olds. It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, etc., but it is still legal (and embedded in the Constitution to boot ?!?) to discriminate against residents of the 200 _ _ ZIP CODE??.
In the Declaratory Act of 1766 the British Parliament asserted absolute power "in all cases whatsover" over the unrepresented 13 colonies. They rebelled. In the Constitution (the "District Clause"), Congress asserts the same power over the unrepresented citizens of the District. As American Patriot Thomas Paine said, "...if this be not slavery, there is no such thing as slavery upon the earth. Even the expression is impious, for so unlimited a power belongs only to God."

Disenfranchised Citizenry? Decline Cooperation! In other words, you want my blood, give me my (inalienable, inherent, intrinsic) VOTE!!!