We were all told here in Minnesota to vote for a third party because that would get matching funds in the next election.
Guess what? A crank known as Jesse Ventura walked in at the next election and won. On election night in his winning speech all he could ramble on about was how he felt like 'Rocky' (from the boxing movie). 'Rocky' was a profoundly individual achivement, and all Jesse-the-crank could do was act like he'd won the election himself and could claim it personally.
Giving legitimacy to a third party won't change anything. We'll just have three parties for political machines to take over and control.
I'll be voting for Bush because his ideas as presented in the debates seemed to make sense.
I won't deny that I'm also glad that I'll be voting against Gore.
And I could care less about Nader either way. He's a crank. I'd definitely actively vote against him if it seemed like he had a chance, but let's face it, nuts like him don't have a chance.
I've been sending $15-20 checks to the RNC for months now, when I can afford it. It's not hard to do and it matters.
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He nonetheless dropped out of seminary.
And he left his tour of duty (as a journalist, no less) in Vietnam far earlier than expected.
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I can certainly endorse at least the title of your comment.
Nader speaks to the Middle Class. He certainly doesn't represent the Upper Class or the Working Class.
He's like those Middle Class Marxists one finds on college campuses. "Stand Up For The Worker's Rights" they exclaim as they rant and rave about some adventurist band of terrorists in Nicaragua or Bolivia. You know who I mean: middle class elitists who carry around a caricature of 'the noble workingman' in their hearts.
You're right. In fact, if government vans came by and forced everybody to vote, it would just mean that the media campaigns would have even MORE impact. The opinions of the guests on David Letterman and Jay Leno would matter more, and commercial time for political advertisements would go up tremendously in value.
I for one think there should be a competence test before people are allowed to vote.
My friend is over 18 and can't vote. He's a permanent resident alien (dual Canada-German citizenship). And it's a shame because if he could vote he'd pick GW Bush.
You've got a rather twisted view of Gore Vidal's message. I'm sorry, I just can't visualize him ever even uttering the phrase 'crack whores'. The man has good taste.
If we're going to be literary, I prefer JG Ballard's view of Ralph Nader, as expressed in 'Crash' and 'The Atrocity Exhibition.' (you know, that classic work with the chapter titled 'Why I Want To Fuck Ronald Reagan' where RR's face is compared to a radiator grill, etc..)
It's also worth noting that part of the intent when the republic was set up was for state and local governments to have a lot of the political power. Keeping government close to the people keeps it more democratic. You're a citizen of a state first, under things the way they are. And since you can have more direct impact on your state or local government, it affords you more political power.
There are numerous issues in the current election that many of us feel the National government really has no business being involved in. Education should be a local/regional issue as much as possible. Issues of morality should be settled the same way. Far be it for the residents of a small town in Kansas to impose their notions of morality on San Francisco, or vice versa (this second point is often ignored).
Maybe it has to do with the larger market (still) for Photoshop.
The Gimp is coming along, but it's still not widely used commercially. When it is, there will probably be as much training material for it as there is for Photoshop.
If you read the article here yesterday on the subject you would notice:
Gore wants all ISPs to be required to track and log where children browse. This is an overall requirement he would impose on ALL net users.
Bush proposes filter software on publicly funded terminals in libraries, etc.
My way of interpreting this: Gore wants a big overall form of censorship imposed on everybody. Bush wants a smaller form of censorship only imposed on access points that we all pay for with our taxes.
I'd choose the Bush plan over the Gore plan any day.
Here in the United States we vote for candidates, not for parties. In other countries the voters vote for a party. It isn't done that way in the United States.
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so you're homophobic-phobic.
'Homophobia' implies fear.
Disgust is not a form of fear.
What do you think about the part where it's clearly documented that many Nazi storm troopers were homosexuals?
There were two kinds of homosexuals in Weimar Germany. Butch homosexuals who wore black and femme homosexuals who wore pink.
In the concentration camps many of the guards were homosexuals.
Etc. etc.
We were all told here in Minnesota to vote for a third party because that would get matching funds in the next election.
Guess what? A crank known as Jesse Ventura walked in at the next election and won. On election night in his winning speech all he could ramble on about was how he felt like 'Rocky' (from the boxing movie). 'Rocky' was a profoundly individual achivement, and all Jesse-the-crank could do was act like he'd won the election himself and could claim it personally.
Giving legitimacy to a third party won't change anything. We'll just have three parties for political machines to take over and control.
I'll be voting for Bush because his ideas as presented in the debates seemed to make sense.
I won't deny that I'm also glad that I'll be voting against Gore.
And I could care less about Nader either way. He's a crank. I'd definitely actively vote against him if it seemed like he had a chance, but let's face it, nuts like him don't have a chance.
I've been sending $15-20 checks to the RNC for months now, when I can afford it. It's not hard to do and it matters.
He nonetheless dropped out of seminary.
And he left his tour of duty (as a journalist, no less) in Vietnam far earlier than expected.
I can certainly endorse at least the title of your comment.
Nader speaks to the Middle Class. He certainly doesn't represent the Upper Class or the Working Class.
He's like those Middle Class Marxists one finds on college campuses. "Stand Up For The Worker's Rights" they exclaim as they rant and rave about some adventurist band of terrorists in Nicaragua or Bolivia. You know who I mean: middle class elitists who carry around a caricature of 'the noble workingman' in their hearts.
You're right. In fact, if government vans came by and forced everybody to vote, it would just mean that the media campaigns would have even MORE impact. The opinions of the guests on David Letterman and Jay Leno would matter more, and commercial time for political advertisements would go up tremendously in value.
I for one think there should be a competence test before people are allowed to vote.
My friend is over 18 and can't vote. He's a permanent resident alien (dual Canada-German citizenship). And it's a shame because if he could vote he'd pick GW Bush.
I think you jumped too fast. Nader is definitely the lesser, but not of two evils.
Actually, execute Mumia, and keep Peltier locked away.
Cop killers don't need to ever see the light of day.
What if I believe in George Bush's philosphy of small government and local control? Can't I just vote for him then?
Actually, Gore also went to seminary. But only long enough to get his ass out of Vietnam. As soon as the danger was gone he flunked out.
He flunked out of or had bottom-of-the-class grades in numerous institutions of higher learning, in fact.
You've got a rather twisted view of Gore Vidal's message. I'm sorry, I just can't visualize him ever even uttering the phrase 'crack whores'. The man has good taste.
If we're going to be literary, I prefer JG Ballard's view of Ralph Nader, as expressed in 'Crash' and 'The Atrocity Exhibition.' (you know, that classic work with the chapter titled 'Why I Want To Fuck Ronald Reagan' where RR's face is compared to a radiator grill, etc..)
It's also worth noting that part of the intent when the republic was set up was for state and local governments to have a lot of the political power. Keeping government close to the people keeps it more democratic. You're a citizen of a state first, under things the way they are. And since you can have more direct impact on your state or local government, it affords you more political power.
There are numerous issues in the current election that many of us feel the National government really has no business being involved in. Education should be a local/regional issue as much as possible. Issues of morality should be settled the same way. Far be it for the residents of a small town in Kansas to impose their notions of morality on San Francisco, or vice versa (this second point is often ignored).
We can always hope that Corel buys them.
heh
I don't believe in evolution.
And I don't like Nazis, particularly the homosexual ones.
Yeah, right.
Somebody makes up a story about his Graphics Professional sister coming over and being awed by The Gimp. It gets marked up to 5.
Geez, what a bunch of cheerleaders.
Maybe it has to do with the larger market (still) for Photoshop.
The Gimp is coming along, but it's still not widely used commercially. When it is, there will probably be as much training material for it as there is for Photoshop.
If you read the article here yesterday on the subject you would notice:
Gore wants all ISPs to be required to track and log where children browse. This is an overall requirement he would impose on ALL net users.
Bush proposes filter software on publicly funded terminals in libraries, etc.
My way of interpreting this: Gore wants a big overall form of censorship imposed on everybody. Bush wants a smaller form of censorship only imposed on access points that we all pay for with our taxes.
I'd choose the Bush plan over the Gore plan any day.
He said extra money, dude. Not your 'fair share.'
And no, voluntary contributions to the IRS are not tax deductable.
I'm glad you're at least willing to acknowledge that evolution is something people have to believe in.
Here in the United States we vote for candidates, not for parties. In other countries the voters vote for a party. It isn't done that way in the United States.
AT and T sold the Unix rights to Novell, and then Novell to SCO. It happened quite awhile ago.