




My vote gets the Green Party a buck and a half in funding. Every little bit helps.




if you dont believe in the system and dont vote and think they are all evil, then i hope you never try to take advantage of things like medicare, medicaid, food stamps, WIC, social security, or any other gov't run benefit/assistance program.
since those are all run by the system you so hate.
As has been said in the past....by choosing not to choose, you still make a choice.
one drop on a bucket might not count for much, but put thousands, or millions of them together and you get something significant.
^^^ I don't think it's that black and white. You don't have to hate every aspect of the government or love every aspect. If you pay your taxes, you have a right to take advantage of the very programs you helped support when you need them, even if you don't feel there's any issues worth voting on in an election, even if you feel there is more integrity in not voting than choosing between the lesser of two evils. Voting isn't the only way of supporting your country and community, voting isn't the only way of being politically involved.
Blergh. I should never have subscribed to a political thread.![]()
The democrats have brought it upon themselves by being pussies who would rather just roll over to the republicans than actually fight to keep the campaign promises they've made. Just look at Biden, calling people "whiners" for criticising Obama for not living up to his promises. The people elected them based on certain promises, and when THEY don't live up to it, they blame us, the people who voted for them. Of course we are becoming apathetic when we elect candidates to do something and then have the blame thrown back at us when they continually cave at the first sign of having to fight for us, i.e., do the damn job we hired them to do.





When Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle was asked about what a 13 year old girl who was raped by her father should do about her pregnancy, she said we should "err on the side of life" and talked about turning a lemon situation into lemonade.
Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck also opposes allowing rape victims to get an abortion. As a prosecutor, he refused to prosecute a rape case because the victim was drunk and let the perpetrator in, even though the perpetrator admitted she said "no". Another reason why he refused to prosecute is because the victim allegedly had an abortion. (She said she had a miscarriage)
What's scary is, both of these candidates came close to winning. This is why women, and rational people in general, need to vote.




the problem is that the US is a country of people who want instant results. instant gratification.
obama has been president for less than a full 2yrs and they are pissed that he didnt wave a magic wand and turn the country into utopia.
change happens over time, not overnight. I voted for him and still stand by him.
then again, im someone who has not missed an election since i was 18, loves politics, is a liberal (though lean conservative fiscally), in law school, and think there are too many damn uninformed, stupid people out there voting.





Yes, I would definitely want Athena on my side, in the unlikely event a zombie apocalypse should occur. Unfortunately, right now the Republicans are a much bigger threat to our country than zombies.
What's the difference between the captain of the Titanic and the Republican Party?
The captain of the Titanic was trying to avoid the iceberg.
No, we're pissed because Obama promised us real health care reform and without much of a fight, rolled over and gave us a "solution" that now just requires us all to give money to the same corrupt people who have been fucking us over forever. We're pissed because he stabbed the gay community in the back when he promised again and again to do away with DOMA and then turned around and openly supported it. So please don't reduce our very real and valid objections by pretending we want him to "wave a magic wand."
^^^ I'm sorry if that sounded harsh, I don't actually want you to leave the thread. I just find it irksome when people continually announce that they are leaving a thread, as if it must be announced. Even more so when they do it repeatedly. Even more so when they do so as a "response" to something I've posted. Even more so when they apparently have no interest in leaving the thread, just periodically announcing that they are leaving the thread. It often looks like they want to portray themselves as being above it, while still continuing to participate. I just don't get it. If you want to contribute, do so. If you don't, don't. *shrug*





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The best thing i have heard in a strip club to date:
customer: we should get married right now! we should get a shotgun marriage!
me: uhh... i think you are misunderstanding what a shotgun marriage means. A shotgun marriage means you knock me up and my daddy shows up at your door with a gun and forces you to marry me and raise the baby. You mean elope.
customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.
Slow change is not going to happen because the system is broken. Our politicians are owned by corporations, and as long as that system is in place our politicians will act according to their interests. Which is why we ended up with "health care reform" that just gives more money to the crooks who gave us this healthcare crisis to begin with. No one is asking for perfect, what we are saying is that Obama has compromised waaaayyy too much. Republicans fight for what they want. Democrats don't, that's why they're suffering. It's not the people's job to stand by the democrats no matter what. If the democrats are concerned that this is turning people off to them and leaving people less enthusiastic about voting for them, maybe they should take the hint and actually do something to try to reverse that.
I am sorry Charlie. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or give the impression you're not wanted in this thread. As I said, so often when people announce they are leaving a thread but continue, it seems like they are trying to say they are above the discussion, even though they clearly aren't since they're going to keep participating actually. I don't think that's what you were doing anymore though.




ok...i am actually going to bow out because it is not my job to change peoples minds and all this thread is doing is annoying me. But, I knew that it would going in and just couldnt help myself. my bad.
vote or dont vote. but if you dont, then dont bitch to me about how you dont like what the gov't is doing.
i hope all of you who hate the system can find a place that has one you like.
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