[TheZookie007]

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PET said:
are US citizens going to vote now, when everything seems to be a done deal?

Nothing is a done deal, and until the swearing-in in January 2009, I'm not going to be able to relax. Eight years ago, we saw what happened. Without constant vigilance that sort of thing can always re-occur.

[TheZookie007]

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MasterDragonfly: I don't think I've seen this speech previously which Obama is doing in this video, but I found it quite captivating/touching (such as I was able to grok).

I can't remember which speech it is from, I think it was from his speech soon after he started his head-to-head campaigning against Hillary Clinton.

[TheZookie007]

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Hiram: What about the 30 minute commercial, its not been on yet?

This being the Obama campaign, you know it's going to be also up on the Internet.

[TheZookie007]

Talk about plucky Yankee practicality:

The Times of London: "'Obama looks like a terrorist but I'll vote for him anyway'"

And here's the other side of the aspirational Obama story:

The Times of London: "Found in a rundown Boston estate: Barack Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango"

[TheZookie007]

Barack vs. Michelle: The Ellen deGeneres Dance-Off!

Nice to see the candidates talk about the real issues, such as, does he have boogie shoes? Can he out-breakdance the Iranian president? Will John McCain get his groove on too? etc. etc.

-- TheZookie "bust a move...bust a muthafuckin' move!" 007

[gOOber]

Fascinating!

 

[PET]

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TheZookie007 said:

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PET said:
are US citizens going to vote now, when everything seems to be a done deal?

Nothing is a done deal, and until the swearing-in in January 2009, I'm not going to be able to relax. Eight years ago, we saw what happened. Without constant vigilance that sort of thing can always re-occur.

good to know....we dont want the same thing again..the person who won didnt win....strange system, in my world most votes win.

[gOOber]

 

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in my world most votes win.  

Where's the fun in that?

[pedonbio]

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PET said:

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TheZookie007 said:

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PET said:
are US citizens going to vote now, when everything seems to be a done deal?

Nothing is a done deal, and until the swearing-in in January 2009, I'm not going to be able to relax. Eight years ago, we saw what happened. Without constant vigilance that sort of thing can always re-occur.

good to know....we dont want the same thing again..the person who won didnt win....strange system, in my world most votes win.

Good grief! Where's the fun in that? It sounds so-o-o-o predictable!

[PET]

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pedonbio said:

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PET said:

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TheZookie007 said:

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PET said:
are US citizens going to vote now, when everything seems to be a done deal?

Nothing is a done deal, and until the swearing-in in January 2009, I'm not going to be able to relax. Eight years ago, we saw what happened. Without constant vigilance that sort of thing can always re-occur.

good to know....we dont want the same thing again..the person who won didnt win....strange system, in my world most votes win.

Good grief! Where's the fun in that? It sounds so-o-o-o predictable!

you have to learn, everything in life cant be just fun, sometimes things have to be adressed serious as well...or not....youre %¤##@ election and your *&"%#@ finical status have made my few earned money worthless, so I think the whole world should be able to vote in U.S., couse it have a profound impact on us non U.S. members as well...

[AZWolf]

I already voted for Obama.  Sick of the wealth migrating upward.  

[SwitcherX]

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PET said:
....strange system, in my world most votes win.

In America most electoral votes wins.

[SwitcherX]

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TheZookie007 said:The Times of London: "'Obama looks like a terrorist but I'll vote for him anyway'"

How could he be a terrorist?  Just look at him:

 

[pedonbio]

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PET said:
....strange system, in my world most votes win.

In America most electoral votes wins.

True.

PET, every country has quirks that come from whatever history has made it what it is today. For example, in Britain the electoral districts have very uneven populations. One vote in Cornwall may have five or ten times the electoral power of a vote in London. Here in the US we would find that disproportion to be unconscionable; Brits don't seem to mind.

One problem that Americans have is thinking that "democracy" means the same thing everywhere. If I were a teacher, I would assign my class to write an essay about free speech. America, Britain, France, and Germany all think they have "free speech", but when you compare them, they have completely different ideas. For example, the SCOTUS has declared that naked titties or money can be "free speech", but naked kiddi3s aren't. On the other hand, folks in Germany go to jail for what American courts consider to be protected political advocacy. And the French? Ah, who can understand the French?

[PET]

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pedonbio said:

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SwitcherX said:

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PET said:
....strange system, in my world most votes win.

In America most electoral votes wins.

True.

PET, every country has quirks that come from whatever history has made it what it is today. For example, in Britain the electoral districts have very uneven populations. One vote in Cornwall may have five or ten times the electoral power of a vote in London. Here in the US we would find that disproportion to be unconscionable; Brits don't seem to mind.

One problem that Americans have is thinking that "democracy" means the same thing everywhere. If I were a teacher, I would assign my class to write an essay about free speech. America, Britain, France, and Germany all think they have "free speech", but when you compare them, they have completely different ideas. For example, the SCOTUS has declared that naked titties or money can be "free speech", but naked kiddi3s aren't. On the other hand, folks in Germany go to jail for what American courts consider to be protected political advocacy. And the French? Ah, who can understand the French?

you are correct - Who can understand the French? they dosent even understand themshelf..