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Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:42 am
by SKiNnTo
I don't give a damn who you vote for, just go vote! That's your right to complain for the next 4 years! Git-R-Done!!!!!!

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:23 am
by Sp3c-BuLLeT
SKiNnTo wrote:I don't give a damn who you vote for, just go vote! That's your right to complain for the next 4 years! Git-R-Done!!!!!!
I prefer you do NOT vote. Makes my vote more meaningful. And you always have the right to complain whether you vote or not.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:26 am
by Airnick15
too lazy to upload george carlin's thoughts, but yeah.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:18 am
by Sacred
Airnick15 wrote:too lazy to upload george carlin's thoughts, but yeah.

haha thats all ive been thinking about with all this election shit.


“I don't vote. Two reasons. First of all it's meaningless; this country was bought and sold a long time ago. The shit they shovel around every 4 years *pfff* doesn't mean a fucking thing. Secondly, I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around – they say, 'If you don't vote, you have no right to complain', but where's the logic in that? If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote, who in fact did not even leave the house on election day, am in no way responsible for what these people have done and have every right to complain about the mess you created that I had nothing to do with.” -- George Carlin

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:29 am
by nunz
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:46 am
by mdmahangover
voted almost 2 weeks ago.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:37 am
by Swiss
So are Chuck and Corey shoutcasting tonight?

(I guess Ken could as well, serving as a very partisan Obama black supporter)

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:11 pm
by scorch-
Swiss wrote:So are Chuck and Corey shoutcasting tonight?

(I guess Ken could as well, serving as a very partisan Obama black supporter)
I think everyone that uses these forums is part of the 47% of America that can't be helped. No one can force us to care about our lives or take responsibility for our futures.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:24 pm
by knockout
let's just face it. we're all feeling like victims here. we are the 47%. #occupyDC

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:27 pm
by hildebrand
anyone watch letterman and gervais last night? shit was hilarious. looks like those two are pretty good friends.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:33 pm
by aLpha.cn-[tang]
Sacred wrote:
Airnick15 wrote:too lazy to upload george carlin's thoughts, but yeah.

haha thats all ive been thinking about with all this election shit.


“I don't vote. Two reasons. First of all it's meaningless; this country was bought and sold a long time ago. The shit they shovel around every 4 years *pfff* doesn't mean a fucking thing. Secondly, I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around – they say, 'If you don't vote, you have no right to complain', but where's the logic in that? If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote, who in fact did not even leave the house on election day, am in no way responsible for what these people have done and have every right to complain about the mess you created that I had nothing to do with.” -- George Carlin
So the obvious solution is to not vote? Go inform yourselves instead of being lazy/apathetic.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:19 pm
by Rambizzle
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:30 pm
by scorch-
aLpha.cn-[tang] wrote:So the obvious solution is to not vote? Go inform yourselves instead of being lazy/apathetic.
I wonder how many million man-hours were wasted attempting to vote this weekend in Florida.

I wonder why people bother voting for the president when the outcome in their state is already decided by the masses with no clue what is going on.

I wonder about a lot of things, but never why someone chooses to not vote.

Accept that you are unable to effect political change in this country and stop wasting time and energy on the idea.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:39 pm
by aLpha.cn-[tang]
scorch- wrote:
aLpha.cn-[tang] wrote:So the obvious solution is to not vote? Go inform yourselves instead of being lazy/apathetic.
I wonder how many million man-hours were wasted attempting to vote this weekend in Florida.

I wonder why people bother voting for the president when the outcome in their state is already decided by the masses with no clue what is going on.

I wonder about a lot of things, but never why someone chooses to not vote.

Accept that you are unable to effect political change in this country and stop wasting time and energy on the idea.
I understand that, with the electoral college system, it's plenty logical/rational to decide that voting can't effect political change unless you're in a swing state--for all intents and purposes, a Republican vote probably doesn't matter in California. There are more things on the ballot than just the presidential election, things that affect local communities, in which your vote does matter.
scorch- wrote:Accept that you are unable to effect political change in this country and stop wasting time and energy on the idea.
Doing nothing ensures there is never change.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:48 pm
by Airnick15
aLpha.cn-[tang] wrote:
Sacred wrote:
Airnick15 wrote:too lazy to upload george carlin's thoughts, but yeah.

haha thats all ive been thinking about with all this election shit.


“I don't vote. Two reasons. First of all it's meaningless; this country was bought and sold a long time ago. The shit they shovel around every 4 years *pfff* doesn't mean a fucking thing. Secondly, I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around – they say, 'If you don't vote, you have no right to complain', but where's the logic in that? If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote, who in fact did not even leave the house on election day, am in no way responsible for what these people have done and have every right to complain about the mess you created that I had nothing to do with.” -- George Carlin
So the obvious solution is to not vote? Go inform yourselves instead of being lazy/apathetic.
The obvious solution is to realize that this country is too dumb to ever make voting truly relevant. As such, I vote for the lesser of two evils and mourn the increasing stupidity of the citizens of this country.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:52 pm
by Quikey
aLpha.cn-[tang] wrote:
scorch- wrote:
aLpha.cn-[tang] wrote:So the obvious solution is to not vote? Go inform yourselves instead of being lazy/apathetic.
I wonder how many million man-hours were wasted attempting to vote this weekend in Florida.

I wonder why people bother voting for the president when the outcome in their state is already decided by the masses with no clue what is going on.

I wonder about a lot of things, but never why someone chooses to not vote.

Accept that you are unable to effect political change in this country and stop wasting time and energy on the idea.
I understand that, with the electoral college system, it's plenty logical/rational to decide that voting can't effect political change unless you're in a swing state--for all intents and purposes, a Republican vote probably doesn't matter in California. There are more things on the ballot than just the presidential election, things that affect local communities, in which your vote does matter.
scorch- wrote:Accept that you are unable to effect political change in this country and stop wasting time and energy on the idea.
Doing nothing ensures there is never change.
For people that don't think a vote really matters (and I'm quoting you just to use your Republican vote in California example), if you don't vote based on that logic, then how will you ever even things up between Republicans and Democrats in that state? How will you ever know if you're getting closer to evening things up and becoming a "Swing State"? I know California is a loooong way from that, but just using it because it was mentioned before.

If you feel your vote really doesn't mean anything, that's fine. But I still don't understand why you wouldn't want to at least throw it out there on the 1/100000000000 chance that it does? I don't know if you own a home Scorch-, but if a new levy comes down that would raise property taxes, when it's for a cause or program you don't agree with, wouldn't you want to do what you could to stop from having your taxes raised?


tl;dnr: Voting is cool! I'm an idealistic jackass! Go Vote!

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:03 pm
by dogfire
SKiNnTo wrote:I don't give a damn who you vote for, just go vote! That's your right to complain for the next 4 years! Git-R-Done!!!!!!
Got-R-Did there for ya skinny

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:41 pm
by lowcarb
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:49 pm
by scorch-
See the problem is that the effect of your vote is non-zero, but insignificant. How do you effect change in a political system? You persuade other people to vote one way or the other. How do you do that? Media coverage, advertisements, in some local issues with good old fashioned door-to-door campaigning, but in the end it all comes down to time and money. If you want to effect change, you need to gather huge groups of people to vote the way you want them to vote and in order to do that you need to become the problem. You need to become the super PACs and lobbying groups that are able to spend billions of dollars on getting your message to the people who are too busy / ignorant to find the information unless it's forced in front of their eyes and yet still vote.

The number of politically apathetic people who vote in America will always be greater than any other plurality in a popular vote.

edit: I'm not saying you shouldn't vote, just that I 100% understand why people choose not to vote.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:28 pm
by mike
CONSTITUTION PARTYYY!

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:33 pm
by cK-
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:33 pm
by kirk
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:46 pm
by Swiss
not surprised that a thread with the possibility of an intellectual conversion has brought alex out from the woodworks

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:30 pm
by aLpha.cn-[tang]
gg. Obama should move the White House to Utah and bm Romney.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:36 pm
by Nicholson
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:58 pm
by CharlieGiteau
Well, the chance of me ever getting my railroad job back went down DRASTICALLY. No coal, no job.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:43 am
by The Bear
[youtube]iZVgQQuJ9_U[/youtube]

Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:35 am
by wintehs
For me the worst part about the election was seeing the amount of "fucking copenhagen bombs" all over my Facebook feed. Granted this is northern WI, where most kids think they're from Alabama or Mississippi, but still, really made me sad seeing that.

Also responses like these http://imgur.com/a/WPCit really drive me nuts

Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:36 am
by Rambizzle
lol silly Christians are furious.

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Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:55 am
by rehpyc
[youtube]4JJ9Fg0VctI[/youtube]

Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:17 am
by hildebrand
deal with it.

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Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:45 am
by akiro
If i have to hear or read one more fucking god junkie bitch about "calling yourself a christian and yet voting for obama" im gonna fucking rape jesus. For fucks sake, seperation of church and state, get your fucking bible off the constitution. Its more than one man that makes decisions, the entire government is fucking broken, it doesnt matter who won nothing would or will change without people suddenly learning to think without bias, which obviously will never happen.


Have your opinions but don't say them if they are retarded.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:56 am
by scorch-
wintehs wrote:Also responses like these http://imgur.com/a/WPCit really drive me nuts
I'm a big fan of Tammy. She looks like a hard worker.
Also the guy who's too sad to tweet.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:05 am
by Quikey
moosh wrote:
scorch- wrote:
wintehs wrote:Also responses like these http://imgur.com/a/WPCit really drive me nuts
I'm a big fan of Tammy. She looks like a hard worker.
Also the guy who's too sad to tweet.
It scares me how disconnected those people are from the way the WORLD is evolving. If Romney won i'd be disheartened that a cultist is now President, but i wouldn't spout retarded mccarthy era propaganda.

And all this Hitler shit makes me laugh just because of their idiocy on right/left. Stalin, maybe. Hitler, lol.
LoL! In Soviet America, road forks you!

Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:53 pm
by Jakimo
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:36 pm
by taylor
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:41 pm
by milo
taylu_b wrote:Image
In biggie we trust.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:43 pm
by toxinatoR
Rambizzle wrote:Image
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:23 am
by mare
Voting for this lady in 4 years.

[youtube]wLoqti0lzAw&feature=g-logo-xit[/youtube]

'Merica!

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:23 am
by CharlieGiteau
Damn, she mad.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:36 am
by JLin
akiro wrote:If i have to hear or read one more fucking god junkie bitch about "calling yourself a christian and yet voting for obama" im gonna fucking rape jesus. For fucks sake, seperation of church and state, get your fucking bible off the constitution. Its more than one man that makes decisions, the entire government is fucking broken, it doesnt matter who won nothing would or will change without people suddenly learning to think without bias, which obviously will never happen.


Have your opinions but don't say them if they are retarded.
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Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:37 am
by JLin
[youtube]72YG2DhWHmE[/youtube]

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:02 pm
by Swiss
toxinatoR wrote:
Rambizzle wrote:Image
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i was expecting some fried chicken to show up and make her smile

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:55 pm
by aLpha.cn-[tang]
CharlieGiteau wrote:Damn, she mad.
Damn, she REEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAL mad.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:26 pm
by aLpha.cn-[tang]
[youtube]SVwXA7sHUlE[/youtube]

Amen.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:54 pm
by scorch-
aLpha.cn-[tang] wrote: Amen.
I normally find her to just be really annoying, but that was well done

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:20 pm
by mogers
Airnick15 wrote:The obvious solution is to realize that this country is too dumb to ever make voting truly relevant. As such, I vote for the lesser of two evils and mourn the increasing stupidity of the citizens of this country.
Says the guy wearing a Hawaiian shirt.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:12 pm
by seanality
JLin wrote:[youtube]72YG2DhWHmE[/youtube]
amazing.

Re: Election Day

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:33 pm
by SKiNnTo
Wow mare, wow. This lady is fucking nuts!