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11-01-2004, 07:31 PM | #722 | ||
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Forest thinning is a good idea - my home city is in a very dry area whose forests are naturally controlled by fire. If we supress the fires we have to do something else...
I bet many Californians would also support this too. I guess both candidates are carefully not saying anything about the environment. Go Green Party!
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11-01-2004, 07:40 PM | #723 | ||
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Odd about the fires..... I'm quite liberal and support thinning anyway. And uncontrolled forest fires are generally disliked in society. And I have no problems with forest fires, I just don't want people's homes to burn down. Thinning is only really necessary as a management tool near populated areas, but you can't make general statements in forestry (except the one I just made ).
Voting for your principles is as important as selecting a President - but I think I know what you're getting at, they will obviously not win. I don't think someone would be wasting their vote if they voted Green.
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I have voted Libertarian - but only locally.
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Bush has by far the most attrocious record on the environment then any president since the ecology movement started keeping records. He even has made James Watt look good. He really has no environmental policy to speak of. His policy is more about how can we help big business and ranchers and strip miners and polluters get around environmental regulations to maximize their profits.
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11-02-2004, 12:12 AM | #727 |
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Polls are open...
NJ - 6:00am - 8:00pm (14 hours) NY - 6:00am - 9:00pm (15 hours) I find it very hard to believe that people would not be able to get to the polls in that time frame.
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... and it's all on... anyone's guess who's gonna win...
Don't forget folks, vote kerry, and boot that hick out.
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VOTE GEORGE BUSH!!!!
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11-02-2004, 06:55 AM | #730 | |
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The running mate is the presidential candidate's choice for vice president. Vice president Cheney is Bush's running mate and John Edward is Kerry's. They take part in the campaigns.
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11-02-2004, 07:34 AM | #733 |
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The US model is very much patterned after the Entmoot Elections, if that helps.
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That's right! I was Hectorberlioz's running mate. Weren't you somebody's running mate Val? SGHs?
Cheney (sp?) and Bush, and Kerry and Edwards, wanted to be as cool as us Mooters!
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If you're away from your permanent address (ie. living in another town or city) do you need an absantee ballot, or can you simply vote at the local polling station?
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ta muchly, i believe i understand now.
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I remember reading about the European observers who were going to monitor the elections in Florida a while ago and I was certain some people wouldn't like that at all, considering America has never had observers before. However the observers were invited by the state mainly to prove to the world that the elections are entirely democratic (a good thing, other western democracies should do that too). Florida probably wouldn't have invited any observers if they weren't positive that the voting is going to be fair. So there's nothing to fear from these 'dangerous persons'
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By the way - Oregon is the only state that has 100% mail in ballots. Eärniel - ALL Europeans are "dangerous persons" and should be avoided at all costs. Actually what I think they are saying is that NO ONE should be interfering in our elections. Also - there is NO reason for observers to HAVE to come to view our elections - it's fine that Florida invited them - but it would be wrong if the world came here to observe them as we do in developing countries. The US has INTERNAL laws which handle these things, we are NOT a lawless developing county who is just getting out to vote for the first time - like Afganistan. I can guarantee that European elections aren't 100% accurate either.
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They said something quite interesting on CNN just now. If there is a 269-269 tie in the Electoral College, then the president would be chosen by the House of Representative while the Senate would have to choose the vice president. The House would most likely elect Bush since the Republicans are in the majority there. However, if the Democrats gain a couple of more seats in the Senate, then they would be in the majority and pick Edwards as vice president! That would mean a Bush/Edwards administration!
That outcome is very unlikely but what if...? Found an article about it - In a tie, Edwards could be named Bush's VP
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