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Offline Thrawn

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« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2004, 03:12:13 PM »
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Yeah Thrawn saw a TV show about Pittsburgh once, how dare you question his authoritay!



Indeed, it was called, "The taxi riding, apartment dwelling, metrosexual Pitzberg steelworker".
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« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2004, 03:21:46 PM »
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Indeed, it was called, "The taxi riding, apartment dwelling, metrosexual Pitzberg steelworker".


Did you see the episode where J.C.'s job was outsorced, and he tried to learn Japanese? The Scene where he winds up driving the Cab with Rico in the back was hillarious.

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« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2004, 03:36:30 PM »
To answer your question directly Nils, no your vote does not count. It is solely decided by electoral votes. The percentage of votes cast for a presidential candidate has no relation to the number of electoral votes he recieves from that state's EC. It's all or nothing.
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2004, 03:42:39 PM »
thrawn... what is good for city dwelling steel workers is not what rural people feel is good for them most of the time.   simply look at any map of how the country votes and how few counties have such a large effect on the rest of the country...  the needs are very different.

nilelsen.... both.... I live in a fairly rural area but my states electorial votes are decieded by the metrosexuals in the population areas.

either way...  I don't worry much about what is going on in canada.

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« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2004, 03:46:40 PM »
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To answer your question directly Nils, no your vote does not count. It is solely decided by electoral votes. The percentage of votes cast for a presidential candidate has no relation to the number of electoral votes he recieves from that state's EC. It's all or nothing.


I see. So that is why the stuff that happened down in Florida last time around had such an impact?.

If they had counted each and every vote the outcome could have been different.... or not.

Anyways... thx for clearing it up everyone. :)
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« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2004, 03:47:55 PM »
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If they had counted each and every vote the outcome could have been different.... or not.



If we went by popular vote "counting each and every vote" as a whole, then Gore would have won.

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« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2004, 03:48:26 PM »
to add to the confusion, each states electoral col. reps. USUALLY vote the way the state votes, (i.e. if Missouri votes majority bush, the electoral guys do too), BUT not always.  

In the past states have voted for one guy for prez, and their electoral reps. for the other.  (history buffs/google wiz's help me out here.)
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« Reply #22 on: October 27, 2004, 03:49:32 PM »
What lazs means is we should vote according to elbow room. The more elbow room the more votes.

For example San Bernardino County in California should have the same number of votes as Rhode Island. No wait... more. Since the folks in SB county have way more elbow room.

Why the heck doesn't the Mojave desert have the same clout as LA?

Life is just not fair!
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« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2004, 03:49:38 PM »
Pittsbugh does not have any steelworkers anymore, the enviro-nazis closed all the steel mills and sent the jobs to japan.


the prez of the USA is chosen by a secret international cartel called the "blunderburgers", we just pretend to hold elections to keep the UN out of it.
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« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2004, 03:49:52 PM »
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thrawn... what is good for city dwelling steel workers is not what rural people feel is good for them most of the time.   simply look at any map of how the country votes and how few counties have such a large effect on the rest of the country...  the needs are very different.

nilelsen.... both.... I live in a fairly rural area but my states electorial votes are decieded by the metrosexuals in the population areas.

either way...  I don't worry much about what is going on in canada.

lazs


Dont get me wrong lazs... I dont have anything against people that are not urbanised city people. I only see the ocean when looking outside myself :)


Or to say it in another way.... If i fire a gun in either direction i wont hit anyone :D
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Offline lazs2

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« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2004, 03:57:04 PM »
mt.. weren't we talking about entire states?

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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2004, 04:08:32 PM »
Why is it called electoral college?
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« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2004, 04:13:50 PM »
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Why is it called electoral college?


Because "Electoral High School" didn't sound serious enough.

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« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2004, 04:48:07 PM »
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Because "Electoral High School" didn't sound serious enough.

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Boooooooo!




Hey, is there anyone from Rhode Island on these boards?
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« Reply #29 on: October 27, 2004, 04:52:25 PM »
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Boooooooo!




Hey, is there anyone from Rhode Island on these boards?


Not anymore.  I was attached to the War College for a bit.  I'm still close, though.
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