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tailbest
Posted: November 6th, 2012, 12:52pm Report to Moderator
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Ray, you just need to show girls that every vote matters.


"Why don't we just...wait here for a little while...see what happens?"

MY WORK

2 versions of my short script: "Writer's Block"? Why not.

Version 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmMqDVoAwCA

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bert
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Anybody else seen this floating around this morning, allegedly from PA?

The guy says he shot it with his iPhone or something while voting.

Surely this cannot be real....can it  



Hey, it's my tiny, little IMDb!
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I heard about that yesterday, except for that the machines changed from Romney to Obama.


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I've seen several over the last few days that converted Romney to Obama. Election officials said a certain percentage of machines simply malfunction.

Definitely not cool, either way.
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We did pencil and paper on scan-tron sheets.


"I remember a time of chaos. Ruined dreams. This wasted land. But most of all, I remember The Road Warrior. The man we called 'Max'."

THE PINBALL WARRIOR (scifi, WIP, ~30 pg.)
A STAND AGAINST EVIL (short, 9 pg.)
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Mr. Blonde
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Kind of reminds me of the opening scene to The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror when Homer attempts to vote for Obama.

http://youtu.be/1aBaX9GPSaQ


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Never been a fan of the conspiratorial stuff, bert. Obama will win today because his vision for America will benefit average Americans in an FDR kinda way. This should be called the 'Second Bill of Rights election'.

RE: Foreign policy? Unnecessary war with Iran is far more likely under Romney - hence the reason the vast majority of the world would vote Obama. A bit like the majority of Americans will today.


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Obama will win today because his vision for America will benefit average Americans in an FDR kinda way.


Andrew, I have this image in my head of what will happen if Obama is re-elected (which he probably will be).

In a generation, full-time jobs will be a myth. Every job will be part-time, household median income will continue to drop and we'll all, for the most part, become reliant on the government.

Not exactly the future I want to end up with, but certainly the one that's looking more and more likely.

P.S. Andrew, I don't know for sure because I've never seen it mentioned, but are you an American citizen living in England or are you a citizen of England?


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\ A bit like the majority of Americans will today.


Ah, but you can still win the majority of votes and lose the presidency here in the states due to our electoral votes. A broken system that needs replaced.

James



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Andrew
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I'm English via Northern Ireland and Germany. My intense affiliation with Obama is owing to him crystallising a lot of what I believe. Back in '04 I watched his rise to prominence at the DNC and then afterwards read The Audacity of Hope. It simply chimed with how I, and many left-leaners, view the world. That said, I am a pragmatic progressive. Romney is no doubt a decent man who wouldn't govern as he has campaigned - he's simply had to bend to a ridiculous, basically thick (English slang for dumb/ill-educated) far right. That's dangerous. FOR THE WORLD. Obama has the shown himself to be sensible and IMO, the stuff you mentioned there re: full-time/part-time is nothing more than talking points. It's not reality, mate. IMO!

Aye, you have a quirky system, Jamo. But O has the advantage in EC. All of my confidence is not without the realisation Romney can win tonight. I just believe Nate Silver and Intrade more than Karl Rove, Dick Morris, George Will and Michael Barone - angry white old men who cannot reconcile America for what it is to what they think it is.


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Quoted from Andrew
Never been a fan of the conspiratorial stuff, bert.


Ha!  I am not a conspiracy theorist by trade, Andrew, but I also lived in Tallahassee, Florida, for Bush v. Gore in 2000.  That was ground zero for the battle.

I am not sure how much that will mean to a Brit -- though you seem well-studied -- but you can trust me when I tell you there is ALWAYS more to American politics than a simple ballot box.

Often I am nearly convinced it is just a big dance, with the outcome predetermined.

Kind of like professional wrestling -- only dirtier.


Hey, it's my tiny, little IMDb!
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Quoted from Mr. Blonde
In a generation, full-time jobs will be a myth. Every job will be part-time, household median income will continue to drop and we'll all, for the most part, become reliant on the government.

Larger than a breadbox and smaller than a house, how does a President "create" jobs?
How does the absolute responsibility lie on his or her shoulders or at his or her feet? (For those of you playing the home game abroad, this question could be applied to your Prime Ministers.)



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Ah, but you can still win the majority of votes and lose the presidency here in the states due to our electoral votes. A broken system that needs replaced.

Replaced with what?
How do states with smaller populations or more industrial investment or long-term investments gain any voting representational equality to states with simply larger populations?
Should Congress also be replaced, specifically, dissolve the Senate?  



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How does a President "create" jobs?


Ray,

He doesn't! But he can sure destroy them...


Shawn.....><

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All afternoon I watched CNN in Miami at a polling station where the line was a 2 to 4 hr wait. Now for those that followed the 2000 election, they know that the elections are run in Florida by county. Miami is a Democrat county, so the voting there is run entirely by Democrats. That's why Gore picked the counties he did for recounts.

Anyway, seeing the line today, I found myself thinking, "Jeez, those Dems in Miami must be kicking themselves", because those lines are going to cost significant votes by people who can't wait in line. And since it's a Democrat county, they are shooting themselves in the foot!

But then CNN revealed that THIS particular district was heavily Republican!

So the Democrat county is running a polling station that will vote Republican, and they are running it with up to 4 hour lines.

Coincidence? Maybe. But politics is dirty, and it's dirtiest in the big cities.
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Quoted from RayW

Replaced with what?
How do states with smaller populations or more industrial investment or long-term investments gain any voting representational equality to states with simply larger populations?
Should Congress also be replaced, specifically, dissolve the Senate?  


So on the other hand, people in smaller states get 4x the voting power of larger states??? You're cool with that? Wyoming has one Elector for every 165k people. Texas has one elector for every 652k people.

Simply put, if you win 50.1% of that state's votes, you win them all. Also, the electoral delegates are not obligated by any law to vote their state's choice. I could be a delegate for Ohio and say Romney wins Ohio, I could simply not cast my ballot. It's happened 150x already.

It's a flawed system...

James  



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