Thanks, interesting. Several other posts from down under do not seem to approve of it, some are apathetic. Nice seeing an opinion from the other end of the spectrum.
Agreed. We make a big deal about the national elections, but don't bother informing and voting on the local elections, which can have a greater effect on your life and ideology.
Not being from a rural state, I have no dog in this hunt. The electoral college was created to help prevent the tyranny of the majority. In the long run, this is probably good.
I to have noticed how close the two populations are. Each side finds a wedge issue to support. The other side reacts by finding a wedge issue that a different segment of the population supports. It's all a big balancing act.
Your analysis is insightful. Your attempt at a solution is problematical.
How to solve this? (If it is even remotely possible...) Demand that children are COMPETENT in critical thinking and understand that the underlying principles of this country are about taking the RISK OF LIBERTY, that government DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS, and to take personal responsibility for things around them.
Problem is, who makes the tests? What is competency? Who gets to define it? Do you really think you could get a set of wingnuts in a room to actually agree about something?
I agree with you about the personal responsibility bit. I disagree with the categorical shout about solving problems, because all it takes is one (1) instance to disprove the opinion.
"Oh, goody, it's National Voting Day again. I can sleep late, and then we can go to the lake and drink a few brewskies..." Good for the brewers, but not so good for the rest of the economy.
Nonsense. Buying votes for beers is a fine old custom. That's the ancient version of "corporate monied interests".
I've personally made it a point to stop registering to vote and not vote at all just because of how pointless I feel the whole thing has become
That's fine. I support your right to do that. But please don't complain that politicians don't care about you or your problems. You have given them no reason to care.
Yeah, I quit reading his post at that point because if he doesn't care about his opinion, why should I?
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...probably during "Titties & Beer".
whoosh
Thanks, interesting. Several other posts from down under do not seem to approve of it, some are apathetic. Nice seeing an opinion from the other end of the spectrum.
"If it is clear which way the vote is before we go to the polls (and it almost always is) then why go vote?"
Because, not always?
Agreed. We make a big deal about the national elections, but don't bother informing and voting on the local elections, which can have a greater effect on your life and ideology.
Not being from a rural state, I have no dog in this hunt. The electoral college was created to help prevent the tyranny of the majority. In the long run, this is probably good.
I to have noticed how close the two populations are. Each side finds a wedge issue to support. The other side reacts by finding a wedge issue that a different segment of the population supports. It's all a big balancing act.
I remember Ralph Nader. Without him Gore would have been prez, and the whole 9/11 response would have gone down differently.
" If anything it makes it difficult when the entire country coordinates its vacations to take advantage of a 5 day weekend."
truth
Mod this up, please! Don't be afraid of four-letter words that start with F.
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Your analysis is insightful. Your attempt at a solution is problematical.
How to solve this? (If it is even remotely possible...) Demand that children are COMPETENT in critical thinking and understand that the underlying principles of this country are about taking the RISK OF LIBERTY, that government DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS, and to take personal responsibility for things around them.
Problem is, who makes the tests? What is competency? Who gets to define it? Do you really think you could get a set of wingnuts in a room to actually agree about something?
I agree with you about the personal responsibility bit. I disagree with the categorical shout about solving problems, because all it takes is one (1) instance to disprove the opinion.
Some consider ignorance to be a basic right.
Which party is always clamoring to increase spending?
Both. Just in different areas.
Which party carves out exemptions and exceptions for those increases for the wealthy/ruling class?
Both. Just in different areas.
I agree. The disdain and sometimes outright hate projected at most Americans makes me wonder why I would want them as my leaders.
Osama is dead and GM is alive!
+1
Right now, my vote is drowned out by a sea of morons. If everyone voted, it would be an ocean.
"All my dreams, just a drop of water in an endless sea.
All we do, crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see."
What would be the difference to now?
Well, we don't want the uninformed, gullible morons from the *other* side voting, do we?
It is argued that term limits gives more power to political machines.
Whoooosh...
Yeah, a whole lot of whooshing on his satirical comment. Hope they don't vote!
Why not just a "None of the Above" option? If NotA wins, all candidates in the election are disqualified, and new candidates must be presented.
+1. NotA works for the SAT, so why not for the USA?
"Oh, goody, it's National Voting Day again. I can sleep late, and then we can go to the lake and drink a few brewskies..." Good for the brewers, but not so good for the rest of the economy.
Nonsense. Buying votes for beers is a fine old custom. That's the ancient version of "corporate monied interests".
I've personally made it a point to stop registering to vote and not vote at all just because of how pointless I feel the whole thing has become
That's fine. I support your right to do that. But please don't complain that politicians don't care about you or your problems. You have given them no reason to care.
Yeah, I quit reading his post at that point because if he doesn't care about his opinion, why should I?
The real question is why do you have a plastic poncho from 20 years ago?
The real real question: "Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?"
Great movie. It'd be tough to do it justice with a remake nowadays. idk, I guess we could blame it on agw or something instead of radiation.