Indeed... I've often noticed that, not just amongst US Republicans but also amongst their Canadian counterparts.RPGguy wrote:Typical Republican response: yell, kick and scream...insult, suggest violence but then quit and pout when you don't get your way.
The rental situation here in Oz is terrible, and you scared him off before I could get the lease for under his bridge. Sorry Ode, but the good news is Rush Limbaugh promised to leave the country if the health care bill became law. So his place should be available...Ode to a Grasshopper wrote:Guys!
I know this isn't directed at me, but I would like to point out that you can also choose to abstain from voting if you do not like any of the candidates/parties represented (based on past experiences, what they stood for, etc). It may sound ignorant, but it is one way to issue a form of protest against them.jklinders wrote:I am not an American as my profile clearly states, if you would like advise from an outsider and truly despise what both parties down there have become(as I do) give up the myth of the 2 party system and vote for someone else, your vote is only truly wasted if you vote against your conscience .
I have been there, and I completely understand the sentiment and argument that inspires the feeling. However, I've only ever abstained from casting my ballot once; I did so because I personally knew the candidate representing the party I'd have normally voted for and I couldn't stand the person at any level... they were a nasty, manipulative piece of filth.DesR85 wrote:I know this isn't directed at me, but I would like to point out that you can also choose to abstain from voting if you do not like any of the candidates/parties represented (based on past experiences, what they stood for, etc). It may sound ignorant, but it is one way to issue a form of protest against them.
Just saying.
Whoa whoa whoa buddy. We still have Harper up here. He might find the climate better for himself here. I would rather not have that blow hard any where near Canadian soil.RPGguy wrote:Sorry Ode, but the good news is Rush Limbaugh promised to leave the country if the health care bill became law. So his place should be available...
...aaaaany day now. (taps finger waiting for him to leave)
True. Then again, it all comes down to numbers. I remember that the threshold for the number of voters in an election result to be legitimate is 50% or more in the majority of democratic countries. Less than that, then it is void.dragon wench wrote:I have been there, and I completely understand the sentiment and argument that inspires the feeling. However, I've only ever abstained from casting my ballot once; I did so because I personally knew the candidate representing the party I'd have normally voted for and I couldn't stand the person at any level... they were a nasty, manipulative piece of filth.
I've often wrestled with the temptation of not voting, but ultimately I do go out to the poll booth. Why? Because not voting achieves absolutely nothing. You might feel better at having "voiced" your protest, but in the grand scheme of things it does diddly squat, and simply breeds apathy.
Well, I understand the need if voting is made mandatory. Since it's voluntary, you can either choose to vote for one or to abstain.jklinders wrote:...I do appreciate the opportunity to vote "none of the above"
The number of Americans who demonstrate their complete ignorance of politics with startements like this is incredible. Obama far left!!?? He's right of centre as far as most of the world is concerned, and fairly well to the right at that! Of course almost every American who would say something as daft as that are so insular they think the world ends at Florida Keys!Obama is as far left as Palin is far right, if you can't see the similarities that's very sad indeed.
galraen, you have to trust me bud (remember, I am Canadian)...I have probably 100 or so friends/business contacts in the US.galraen wrote:Of course almost every American who would say something as daft as that are so insular they think the world ends at Florida Keys!
, which i realise is a minority, but sadly that minority seems to get a lot more media attention than their numbers warrant. It really doesn't help when people like Palin get within spitting distance of the White House though.every American who would say something as daft as that
*Sigh* I live within a days drive of these yahoos. Too close to home, way way too close to home. Glad to see there are at least SOME teachers down there who would DARE to teach critical thinking though. It's the teabagge-er I mean tea partiers that are the sheep not the students in this case.:mischief:
I had to laugh when I saw your post.galraen wrote:The number of Americans who demonstrate their complete ignorance of politics with startements like this is incredible. Obama far left!!?? He's right of centre as far as most of the world is concerned, and fairly well to the right at that! Of course almost every American who would say something as daft as that are so insular they think the world ends at Florida Keys!
How to underline the fact you are ignorant! Never heard of Michael Moore or Ralph Nader?Ausoi wrote:I had to laugh when I saw your post.
You really had to dig deep to find something to insult me with.
Honestly, its all about perspective. You made an assumption that I was including all of the ''world'' in my political spectrum. Which I wasn't.
Hell, why stop there, why not include the entire history of man in our discussion of what's left and right.
FYI, don't make stupid comments unless you have some evidence to back them up with, yeah, maybe Obama isn't as far left as you or the country you live in; but he is sure far left for the United States, more so then any president to date.
Honestly your thought processing is fail. peace
