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Mock World Vote
beaverbrother writes "As an experiment, a group of engineers from around the world created us-election.com. People over 18 from around the world can vote on the site. Its amazing the difference between U.S. viewpoint and world viewpoint. Kerry leads on the site overwhelmingly, while Bush is ahead in the U.S."
How so Kerry's plan is to send more US troops over..
Top 10 Reasons to Vote for John Kerry:
10. John Kerry would handle the war in Iraq differently. I think.
9. He's got better hair.
8. John Kerry will personally create thousands of jobs in America.
7. He has a plan for America's future. I think.
6. George Bush stole the last election.
5. I think John Kerry may have served in Vietnam.
4. George Bush didn't go to Vietnam, AND he skipped a physical!
3. The french people and the rest of the world all like him best.
2. Didn't he get some medals in Vietnam?
1. He's Not George Bush! (TM)
Top 10 Reasons to Vote for George Bush:
10. George Bush is Tough on Terrorism.(TM)
9. He supports educating children.
8. George Bush freed all those Afgan and Iraqi people. Personally.
7. He will lower your taxes.
6. George Bush was President on September 11th, 2001.
5. John Kerry's medals are fakes.
4. Those CBS memos were forged, duh.
3. The french people and the rest of the world all hate him most.
2. He's not as rich as John Kerry.
1. George Bush will keep America safe.
You probably shouldn't click this.
BetaVote.com does the same thing.
Few countries have true free press ? You might want to revise your judgement a bit.
Maybe we deserve this world ?
I particularly like how preslashdot, according to the story, Bush was ahead in the US... and post slashdot it is like 70% Kerry - 20% Bush.
I mean how accurate can a survey be when it's posted on slashdot and not immediately reduced to a pile of smoldering rubble.....
Free press in the US? Give me a break!
Drill baby drill - on Mars
Actually... quite the opposite is true. In NZ most people oppose Bush, yet its well known that the Republican party is more likely to agree to a free trade deal than the Democrats.
*Despite* the Democrats being worse for NZ's financial well being, the vast majority of NZr's want to see Bush out.
What a pile of utter crap. The US media is utterly biased. Having seen what the media is like in several countries (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New guinea, Argentina and Chile) I'd have to conclude that the US media is the least interested in world affairs and most likely to chant the party line.
The fact that you can blindly assert the superiority of your media would be funny if the ramifications weren't so serious.
Just read the two provided bios of Bush and Kerry; there's not any doubt that the site is heavily tilted toward the latter:
(Particularly one-sided parts are bolded)
Bush:
President Bush has built his re-election campaign around his War on Terror and an economic plan based on his consistent support of tax cuts and opposition to new taxes despite the increasing budget deficit.
He supports:
* A Constitutional amendment to ban marriage between two people of the same sex
* Pre-emptive military action anywhere in the world to prevent potential threats toward the United States
* Addressing the budget deficit, if at all, by cutting government spending (except for defense spending) rather than raising taxes
* Delivering Federally funded social services and poverty aid through religious and other non-profit organizations
* Opening more forests in the US to logging and opening more Federal land to oil exploration, including the Arctic National Wilderness Reserve
He opposes:
* Permitting US citizens to be held accountable by international institutions that infringe on the sovereignty of the US, such as the International Court of Justice in The Hague
* Abortion, except where necessary to save the mother's life
* Most restrictions on gun ownership although he favors renewal of the current ban on assault weapons
Kerry:
Senator John Kerry became a national political firgure in the 1970's, when he was one of the organizers of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. A war hero himself, his called the Vietnam War a "mistake" and demanded that the US leave Vietnam. As a Senator, he has supported free trade. He led the floor fight for permanent normal trade relations with China and sponsored a bill to commit $100 million per year to a fund to fight AIDS in Africa. He has won the support of most labor and environmental groups.
He also supports:
* a woman's personal right to choose whether to have an abortion
* President Bush's War on Terrorism
* Restoring the Bush cuts to the Clean Air Act
* Increasing use of solar and wind power
* Some increased restrictions on guns and firearms, such as limits on sales of guns at gun shows
* Earned legalization of status for illegal immigrants to the US who work and pass a background check with amnesty for any illegals in the US for more than 5 or 6 years
* Repeal of part of President Bush's tax cuts to help pay down the deficit
* A continued but declining American presence in Iraq until multi-national organizations are prepared to provide the needed stability
He opposes:
* Same sex marriage
* Unilateralism in international affairs, favoring a multilateral approach with international institutions like the United Nations and with America's traditional allies
* The increased trade embargo with Cuba
* Limitations on welfare benefits for the children of legal immigrants