Thought of the day
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I think we should be able to vote *against* someone without voting *for* someone. Then the one with the most negative votes should be thrown off a cliff.
But why killing?Isn't defeating them enough.
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But why killing?Isn't defeating them enough.
Who said killing? It's a small cliff, they're only maimed.
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Do elections only serve to make the future moron-certain?
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Quite possibly, and viewing the matter from a geopolitical standpoint, it may be that "relations" between China and the U.S. are strained because China calls elections "erections" and vice versa.
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k5054 wrote:
One vote can be the winning margin.
It'd be interesting to see how many times, if ever, that has happened.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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at least once, recently: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/05/06/rare-tie-vote-in-calgary-_n_7223920.html[^]
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Who said killing? It's a small cliff, they're only maimed.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
No, no really - big cliff. They should be removed from the gene pool. If they can't generate enough votes to be at least minimally popular, there is no reason for them to be running around.
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No, no really - big cliff. They should be removed from the gene pool. If they can't generate enough votes to be at least minimally popular, there is no reason for them to be running around.
But the suffering part is way too short.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I think we should be able to vote *against* someone without voting *for* someone. Then the one with the most negative votes should be thrown off a cliff.
Additionally, if the elected does not do what he said, he should be thrown off a cliff :-\
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k5054 wrote:
One vote can be the winning margin.
It'd be interesting to see how many times, if ever, that has happened.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
It happened here in New Zealand. The winning margin in one of the MP electoral races was 6 votes. We had to wait for the special votes to be counted before we discovered who won. I've heard of similar close elections at various places in the United States.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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I think we should be able to vote *against* someone without voting *for* someone. Then the one with the most negative votes should be thrown off a cliff.
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It happened here in New Zealand. The winning margin in one of the MP electoral races was 6 votes. We had to wait for the special votes to be counted before we discovered who won. I've heard of similar close elections at various places in the United States.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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Do elections only serve to make the future moron-certain?
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Somewhere in my vast collection of lapel buttons I have one that says: Nobody can fix the economy. Nobody can be trusted with his finger on the button. Nobody's Perfect. VOTE FOR NOBODY! At times such as these, the sentiment acquires extra resonance.
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It happened here in New Zealand. The winning margin in one of the MP electoral races was 6 votes. We had to wait for the special votes to be counted before we discovered who won. I've heard of similar close elections at various places in the United States.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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Do elections only serve to make the future moron-certain?
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I always thought we should have a "No Confidence" vote on the ballot. If we don't like either/any of the idiots on there, they should be forced to bring us new ones till they get to one we actually like. As an added bonus, if a politician is part of an election where "No Confidence" wins, they are never allowed to run for any office ever again and their campaign funds are forfeited to charity.
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Do elections only serve to make the future moron-certain?
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We do! We can choose to be governed by **this** bunch of incompetent embezzlers serving **these** special interests, or by **that** bunch of incompetent embezzlers serving **those** special interests. And all of them will stick their snouts into the public trough as deeply as physically possible, elected or not.
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Member 10707677 wrote:
6 votes.
:doh:
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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We do! We can choose to be governed by **this** bunch of incompetent embezzlers serving **these** special interests, or by **that** bunch of incompetent embezzlers serving **those** special interests. And all of them will stick their snouts into the public trough as deeply as physically possible, elected or not.
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Our last hope is a COS (Convention of States), where 3/4 of the state legislatures can pass amendments to our constitution without congress/president required to approve them. The Book: The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin has some good starting points. And Yes, we should be able to vote for what happens to the OUTGOING politician!! So, we vote for Obama to get him in the office, and when he is on his way out, we add some questions, and you can vote for all of them: The Ex-President Should: - Lose Secret Service Protection - Lose Any future payments from the government - Be Prevented from Speaking Publicly - Be Stripped of the POTUS/Mr. President title - Be investigated for lying during his campaign - Be Jailed for his performance (for the same time as his presidential term) - Be forced to pay for the Deficits he ran up :-)))) Furthermore, No member of Congress or the Senate should be allowed to collect ANY payments or reimbursements if they fail to pass a balanced annual budget! Once the deadline comes, they stop getting paid, and changing this law requires a constitutional amendment! Finally, it should be a Felony that prevents serving in public office to knowingly deceive the American People. Even while running for office, and especially once in it. All forms of government misconduct should be tried as Treason. Other than that... I am an easy-going, nature lover who enjoys long walks on the beach :-)))
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Our last hope is a COS (Convention of States), where 3/4 of the state legislatures can pass amendments to our constitution without congress/president required to approve them. The Book: The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin has some good starting points. And Yes, we should be able to vote for what happens to the OUTGOING politician!! So, we vote for Obama to get him in the office, and when he is on his way out, we add some questions, and you can vote for all of them: The Ex-President Should: - Lose Secret Service Protection - Lose Any future payments from the government - Be Prevented from Speaking Publicly - Be Stripped of the POTUS/Mr. President title - Be investigated for lying during his campaign - Be Jailed for his performance (for the same time as his presidential term) - Be forced to pay for the Deficits he ran up :-)))) Furthermore, No member of Congress or the Senate should be allowed to collect ANY payments or reimbursements if they fail to pass a balanced annual budget! Once the deadline comes, they stop getting paid, and changing this law requires a constitutional amendment! Finally, it should be a Felony that prevents serving in public office to knowingly deceive the American People. Even while running for office, and especially once in it. All forms of government misconduct should be tried as Treason. Other than that... I am an easy-going, nature lover who enjoys long walks on the beach :-)))
It would be a good start just to make Congress live under the laws they pass. That is, no exempting themselves.
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Additionally, if the elected does not do what he said, he should be thrown off a cliff :-\
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}That just leads to them making patriotic-sounding noise but not promising anything at all (to the extent they don't do that already). Political commercials sound more and more like commercials for vitamins and food suppliments, full of phrases like "supports a healthy immune system" that mean nothing at all. This thought just crystalized in my head. I am so depressed.
