pandamano said:
and neither of those activities matter nearly as much as the three E's:
economy
education
environment.
Economy:
The economy is actually on the rebound. Funny thing too about that article, because I attended a democratic presidential candidate seminar where their official representatives spoke, all they really did was throw around that 3 million jobs figure for about an hour, (they should have just called it a "lets talk about how much we hate bush" seminar) and they never gave any plans for correction either. Whats even funnier is that they don't even take into acccount for the dot-com bubble exploding which resulted in that economic slump, and merely coincided with Bush's term in office. To add to that note, the commercialization of the internet that lead to the dot-com bubble happened in clintons administration, so they think that somehow democrats make the economy better. It realy had nothing to do with either president.
Education: Believe it or not, the US spends more money on education than any other country. The problem is usually at the local levels, where the state governments don't manage how effectively this money is being spent.
Environment: Blah. Lemme bring a few scientific facts to your attention: that hole in the ozone layer has always been expanding and contracting,
in fact, its shrinking right now. Also, global warming currently doesn't mean a whole lot, because only a thousand years ago, the earth was much warmer. The only concern is the amount of CO2 in the air, which is primarily from fossil fuel emissions, but this is NOT because of the current politicians (in fact, they have actually put legislation into effect that requires car mfrs to sell more fuel efficient or alternative fuel cars, the margin of which is increasing every year.) This is mostly because of societies refusal to quickly switch to another means of transportation or energy resource, and that would include people just like yourself.
By that I mean, most people who call themselves charitable (especially the socialist/communist types) aren't willing to put forth the effort to do anything. They always talk about how good it might be, but they always demand that somebody else does it. For example, you may insist that say...everybody should have a home. But, you would never be willing to share your home with them, nor spend any worthwhile amount of money to ensure that they do. Rather instead, you demand that some wealthier person does it, and then act like it is some sort of obligation or duty on their part that they MUST do, whereas you would never in a million years obligate yourself to do it.
pandamano said:
of course you'll never hear any real news because the fcc is owned by aol/time warner, and they just want you to elect one of their retarded dancing puppets so they can continue their activities unabated.
You should seriously consider getting yourself a tinfiol beanie.
pandamano said:
so good luck having an election with any validity at all, even IF the votes weren't counted by a private firm who is co-owned by the democratic and republican parties, and who would NEVER allow a viable 3rd party candidate a chance at an election.
Did it ever occur to you that like every media outlet out there scruitinizes the shit out of these vote counts as well?
