Unlike the first responder, I do agree that the founding fathers, if not ingenious, were at least creative. They had to deal with a series of states so disjointed that when Jefferson went to France to set up trade as first secretary of state, France wouldn't accept him until the other tweleve delagates arrived. Their response was easy and logical, make sure a state gets all the possible credit where credit should go, even if people couldn't get out and vote. This was especially important in a time where voting wasn't fair, i.e. public votes based on weights in barrels, corrupt counting practices, and off course a travel time of weeks, especially since the elections were in the winter. The best solution was the all or nothing idea of the electoral college. This idea means that one no longer votes for a President, but merely a group of electors. This tends to get the same point across, with only four exceptions in 54 elections and those were only 1 state per election, it creates the fairest system possible at the time.
Next, I want to correct some of the random, and seemingly uneducated quips in hopes of staving off ignorance. First the 17th Amendment was passed by 2/3 the senate and 3/4 of the states because it moved us closer to a democracy, giving the people more say. Remember democracy, like what the middle east is lucky enough to have now.Your line about the Executive branch is odd at best. It represents the Union of States, duh, it is very obvious, that is why the President gives the state of the Union, he represents it. Next, according to Wiki...
The word fascism has come to mean any system of government resembling Mussolini's, that
* exalts nation and sometimes race above the individual,
* uses violence and modern techniques of propaganda and censorship to forcibly suppress political opposition,
* engages in severe economic and social regimentation, and
* espouses nationalism and sometimes racism (ethnic nationalism).
How does that relate to a republic unless you confused republican with republic, then yes Mussolini was in fact conservative.
Finally, your loser line, is obviously aimed at Gore, this has happened before and will happen again, even in this election all the polls are based on populare vote, if it was important why would major news groups still run them.
In summary, you are a math major.
"the wine was finished, and the romantic meal was finished. Nick sensually kissed Candice as they slowly went upstairs. As he slowly pushed her back on the bed she moaned, 'arouse!' and the voice activated silicone...."
Here's the way this makes sense:
Yahoo vs Google
Musicmatch vs iTunes, Napster, any other seller
Musicmatch vs WinAmp or dare I say Windows Media Player.
Huttah for draggin your once millionare company in to the ground by purchasing software that most folks I know have uninstalled at least 5 times.
So Chuck, what do you wanna do today...
Well Stan, let's watch all 12 million Simpsons episode and make a map of a fictional town!
Sounds Great, Chuck, but what if bigger nerds question us?
Screw them and their blogging! It changes every episode anyway.
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Thank God they stole from a less safe OS then.
Unlike the first responder, I do agree that the founding fathers, if not ingenious, were at least creative. They had to deal with a series of states so disjointed that when Jefferson went to France to set up trade as first secretary of state, France wouldn't accept him until the other tweleve delagates arrived. Their response was easy and logical, make sure a state gets all the possible credit where credit should go, even if people couldn't get out and vote. This was especially important in a time where voting wasn't fair, i.e. public votes based on weights in barrels, corrupt counting practices, and off course a travel time of weeks, especially since the elections were in the winter. The best solution was the all or nothing idea of the electoral college. This idea means that one no longer votes for a President, but merely a group of electors. This tends to get the same point across, with only four exceptions in 54 elections and those were only 1 state per election, it creates the fairest system possible at the time. Next, I want to correct some of the random, and seemingly uneducated quips in hopes of staving off ignorance. First the 17th Amendment was passed by 2/3 the senate and 3/4 of the states because it moved us closer to a democracy, giving the people more say. Remember democracy, like what the middle east is lucky enough to have now .Your line about the Executive branch is odd at best. It represents the Union of States, duh, it is very obvious, that is why the President gives the state of the Union, he represents it. Next, according to Wiki...
The word fascism has come to mean any system of government resembling Mussolini's, that
* exalts nation and sometimes race above the individual,
* uses violence and modern techniques of propaganda and censorship to forcibly suppress political opposition,
* engages in severe economic and social regimentation, and
* espouses nationalism and sometimes racism (ethnic nationalism).
How does that relate to a republic unless you confused republican with republic, then yes Mussolini was in fact conservative.
Finally, your loser line, is obviously aimed at Gore, this has happened before and will happen again, even in this election all the polls are based on populare vote, if it was important why would major news groups still run them.
In summary, you are a math major.
At least Windows will always meet our IT expectations. And cause IT pros to keep getting hired for tech support. Programmers have to move to india.
"the wine was finished, and the romantic meal was finished. Nick sensually kissed Candice as they slowly went upstairs. As he slowly pushed her back on the bed she moaned, 'arouse!' and the voice activated silicone...."
Here's the way this makes sense: Yahoo vs Google Musicmatch vs iTunes, Napster, any other seller Musicmatch vs WinAmp or dare I say Windows Media Player. Huttah for draggin your once millionare company in to the ground by purchasing software that most folks I know have uninstalled at least 5 times.
So Chuck, what do you wanna do today... Well Stan, let's watch all 12 million Simpsons episode and make a map of a fictional town! Sounds Great, Chuck, but what if bigger nerds question us? Screw them and their blogging! It changes every episode anyway.