On Wednesday 23 August 2006 19:58, Steve Lamb wrote: > > ¹ For those not of US origin, > > Ignore Paul as he slants his posts to cast the most negative light on > any non-socialist administration. Given this is a Capitalist society you > can imagine how flawed his information is. For a prime example see my post > about gas prices vs. his claims that Oregon's prices are far cheaper than > the states surrounding his. That's not true. The UN has a similarly negative view of our electoral college. > You mean to say that it is legally non-binding in an increasing few > states. As in all but 9? Whoop-de-doo. > > So if you don't like the current president, you only have > > 538 people to blame, not the rest of us who had no non-violent method to > > have any say, pro or con, in the matter. > > Sorry, doesn't work that way. Try again, Paul. Maybe if the Socialist > party fielded someone other than an extremist there would be an election > closer to your liking. But blaming the loss on anything other than the > horrible candidates they field is absurd. I'm not blaming my party's loss on the electoral college. God knows my party lost every election in my lifetime without the help of the EC (and more to do with leftover Joe McCarthy sympathizers that can't distinguish political models from economic ones). By the way, contrary to the tone of your post, not all those who do not agree with your (extremely narrow) worldview are wrong. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca
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