Looks like the war on apathy isn’t going so well. They’ve pulled out the big guns this time. Things are so bad, in fact, that we don’t just have the politicians acting. They’ve had to finagle celebrities to pretend like they relate to us just to get us to vote, too.

Leo DiCaprio and a host of other starlets have pulled together in a last-ditch vote-rallying attempt using the latest forms of persuasion, from reverse psychology to wearing commoners' clothing (particularly convincing) to video game references to threats. (Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhDRVKDcXQo). Next thing you know, they’ll be friending you on Facebook.

Maybe I’m a little out of touch, but seeing as how I don’t really call him at home in the first place, the idea of Leo going mum if I don’t vote isn’t so bad. In fact, celebrities threatening to ignore me if I play hooky on Nov. 4 is practically an incentive to skip the election. It’s bad enough figuring out who to believe in this three-ring-circus without Hollywood’s hottest sneaking in their say as well.

Vote. Please vote. But don’t do it because people push buttons with hot-topic issues like global warming and Darfur to get a rise out of a generation hidden behind iPods.

When we vote we exercise a freedom that countless people have died to defend. Consider that when you go to the polls. Ignore the beautiful celebrities. (If you didn’t learn your lesson from Titanic, Jack will just wind up freezing and dying on you anyway.)