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Wisefawn's Proof Of Janky Election

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Wisefawn's Proof Of Janky Election

thank you

from JoeUser Forums
Thank you wisefawn. Sadly, I haven't had the time to put together the blog that suggests, if not proves, in my book, that elections hardly mean a thing anymore. A deal between the Bush Dynasty and the makers of so many of the electronic voting machines has been created. The same company that makes the voting machines will be installing a wave of ATM machines in Iraq. Big surprise. It figures. Like everything else the Bush Dynasty does, it's all about the power and money. Yuck.

If anyone is interested, here is the link to the article.
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Reply #51 from JoeUser Forums Top
It is time to end the tradition of challenging election results

I disagree.

serious work is needed on our method of counting votes

Yes

that would amount to a fatal cancer on our type of government

How so?
Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top
And you don't see what you've said in this thread as whining?


Hmm....not really, moreso just a simple effort to try and get y'all to calm down and worry about more important things like what Jessica Simpson was wearing in the latest issue of People or how many grapes your best friend can fit into their mouth. Onward with the distractions!

Suspeckted

PS - Lizard, sorry I've picked your blog as a playground for my ADD and secondly I would like to inform you that the CEO of the Lovesac company is on that Rebel Billionaire show....thought you'd appreciate possessing such information.
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Reply #53 from JoeUser Forums Top
Lovesac! YeeHaw! I don't know what show that is, but thanks for the information.
I had one first. I had one first. La la la la la la. *stick out tongue*

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Reply #54 from PolMach Forums Top
that would amount to a fatal cancer on our type of government

How so?

A popular election places the public in the position of making the final determination. If, when the polls close, the real action is just beginning, then the power shifts away from the public.

You might wish that there is someone wise and benevolent and impartial who will walk in and make everything fair and just and accurate -- but that is not real life. In fact, the more we rely on judges and other officials to make important decisions in our elections, the more furious the infighting will be to place the "most reliable" individuals (to the party, not to impartiality) in those positions.

If you read up on the death of the Roman republic, you see exactly that process. Long before Augustus ended the republic, the elections had become shams where the winners had little credibility and civil war became the norm.

We have so long mouthed empty words about our perfect system of government, that we have lost the ability to discuss the attributes of a governmental system that works. One of the foremost attributes is that of succession. No country can long prosper if succession of power is not reliable and smooth.
Reply #55 from PolMach Forums Top
The extreme right negates the extreme left.
Only when the size of the two groups is equal.

Actually, I think that one of the effects of the media is that we analyze the "horse race" aspect of elections to death, and in doing so, we come up with abstractions that hide more than they illuminate. We come to see the most left leaning X million votes as canceling the most right leaning X million votes, thus obscuring the particular beliefs, changes in beliefs, and reasons for changing beliefs. We miss that what the middle voters believe today may be quite similar to what the "extreme" voters believed yesterday.

Reply #56 from JoeUser Forums Top
The extreme right negates the extreme left

Really though, the spectrum is cyclical. The extremes have a lot in common.

Long before Augustus ended the republic, the elections had become shams where the winners had little credibility and civil war became the norm

Since we know this, what can we do from here?

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Reply #57 from JoeUser Forums Top
Given the recent events on JU, should I be considering changing the title of this article?
Reply #58 from JoeUser Forums Top
I've decided, no. Sorry WiseFawn. You'll be missed.