Yeah really. Do they really think we don't realize that they are using the so-called "Patriot Act" as a spy tool for the record companies? We don't need revolution though, maybe "regime change" but not revolution.
None of this stuff ever happened under Clinton, but it has been a constant in every Republican administration since Nixon. If only there weren't so many genuine idiots out there who are so insecure about their moral identity that they will vote for a conservidiot politician just because they think his stance is "moral". Damn, that's like... fully 1/3 of the population and the other 2/10 that voted for him just don't give a damn! And it's in their brains to think this way so what can anybody ever do!?!?!? It is so damn depressing.
hiretsukan
on Sep 9, 2003
Not that Clinton was that great, but that's very true.
I particularly liked how he blew the shit out of Iraq with missles without even asking the Senate or the U.N. what they thought. (That's part of why Iraq is so screwed up right now.)
thespeedbump
on Sep 9, 2003
I'm no politician, but it was my understanding that Bush did not win because the most people voted for him. He won because of some weird legal bullshit that escapes me at the moment. (I have little working knowledge of how the US election system works)
thespeedbump
on Sep 9, 2003
oh, also
COME TO CANADA :D
aegisknight
on Sep 9, 2003
YES :D Canada rules. (Just because they have one of the fastest fiber-obtic, cross-country networks.)
aegisknight
on Sep 9, 2003
He (barely) won in electoral votes, which are a way of segregating actual people-votes. Each state gets a certain amount of electoral votes. The majority (usually) wins within each state.
rizen
on Sep 10, 2003
The electoral college system was designed as a way to keep minorities from taking over the government. They figured that if there's a signifigant number spread all throughout, but never enough in one area to count, it keeps the government stable. I forget which document this was discussed in. It is, however, a fairly important feature of "Republic". (Which we are, as opposed to a democracy, which everyone assumes we are, for whatever reason.)
I don't think the founding fathers forsaw the internet.
autopr0n
on Sep 10, 2003
The EC actually gives more power to minorities, just look at Cuban's in Miami, who basically control the state. Anyway, even with the EC, if Florida's voting system weren't basically completely broken in any kind of close race, gore still would have won.
I think it can be a good thing, but I would prefer that if the a state actually [HTML_REMOVED]split[HTML_REMOVED] it's vote 50/50 like Florida the local government shouldn't get to pick, which is basically what happened in Florida.
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Yeah really. Do they really think we don't realize that they are using the so-called "Patriot Act" as a spy tool for the record companies? We don't need revolution though, maybe "regime change" but not revolution.
None of this stuff ever happened under Clinton, but it has been a constant in every Republican administration since Nixon. If only there weren't so many genuine idiots out there who are so insecure about their moral identity that they will vote for a conservidiot politician just because they think his stance is "moral". Damn, that's like... fully 1/3 of the population and the other 2/10 that voted for him just don't give a damn! And it's in their brains to think this way so what can anybody ever do!?!?!? It is so damn depressing.
Not that Clinton was that great, but that's very true.
I particularly liked how he blew the shit out of Iraq with missles without even asking the Senate or the U.N. what they thought. (That's part of why Iraq is so screwed up right now.)
I'm no politician, but it was my understanding that Bush did not win because the most people voted for him. He won because of some weird legal bullshit that escapes me at the moment. (I have little working knowledge of how the US election system works)
oh, also
COME TO CANADA :D
YES :D Canada rules. (Just because they have one of the fastest fiber-obtic, cross-country networks.)
He (barely) won in electoral votes, which are a way of segregating actual people-votes. Each state gets a certain amount of electoral votes. The majority (usually) wins within each state.
The electoral college system was designed as a way to keep minorities from taking over the government. They figured that if there's a signifigant number spread all throughout, but never enough in one area to count, it keeps the government stable. I forget which document this was discussed in. It is, however, a fairly important feature of "Republic". (Which we are, as opposed to a democracy, which everyone assumes we are, for whatever reason.)
I don't think the founding fathers forsaw the internet.
The EC actually gives more power to minorities, just look at Cuban's in Miami, who basically control the state. Anyway, even with the EC, if Florida's voting system weren't basically completely broken in any kind of close race, gore still would have won.
I think it can be a good thing, but I would prefer that if the a state actually [HTML_REMOVED]split[HTML_REMOVED] it's vote 50/50 like Florida the local government shouldn't get to pick, which is basically what happened in Florida.