Sweet, that's simple. The answer is yes.
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United States Election: Nov 6, 2012 |OT| - Barack Obama Re-elected
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Sweet, that's simple. The answer is yes.
Social contract, elections, representative democracy, etc etc
You are none of those things
Yeah, I almost want to watch fox news just to see the gradual panic over the course of the day. But at the same time I want to just relax and not think about the crazies.
Ploid 3.0
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His expensive guards that have a license to hunt down and kill people.
53.1%
Unknown One
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He just might be.
Haha. That's pretty funny. I dislike neocons like Beck far more than Liberals, who are at lesst typically consistent ideologically and have a desire to help others, even if I disagree with their methods.
Gary Whitta
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Seems like a genuine toss-up, there are polls giving it either way, almost all within the margin of error. Not to be a conspiracy theory but I think the GOP establishment there will find a way to break it for Romney if it's close enough. One of the biggest advantages Romney has in places like FL and OH is the GOP officials running things.
Is that just a random guess?
I wanna get drunk somewhere and see crazy people freak out in person.
What happens if its a tank at his door though? That's not gonna be pretty.
Oh. Well, is it ethical then for anyone to ever have more than anyone else? Just seeing where the line is drawn.
That's what I'm thinking as well. I don't trust Scott. It's genuinely sad that we are even contemplating fraud in the polls. Doesn't it make sense to have a non-partisan government agency that runs all things election?
How would you help others, hokahey? Tell them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps?
Seriously, why are we debating the ethics that form the entire basis for society as a whole, and especially modern society as a whole in a presidential election thread? We're not voting in order to completely dismantle everything because we suddenly feel it's all unethical or not. We decided that long ago. It's ethical. We decided to have a sort of representative social democracy with a mixed economy, too, a while ago. Now we're deciding a few people in that democracy.
Can we leave the debates about the entirety of society as a whole to other threads? Seems a bit out of place here...
Can we leave the debates about the entirety of society as a whole to other threads? Seems a bit out of place here...
Sure. There are plenty of reasons why someone might deserve more than someone else, and more reasons why it'd be a good idea to let someone have more than someone else.
Still waiting on a positive argument from you.
Why wouldn't it be?
Lol really? If that's the case oldman needed a lot more crying scenes.
Nope. See above. Nate "The Witch" Silver uses Math to battle Conservatives.
And chalkboards... chalkboards everywhere!
Uh oh that could potentially turn out really bad...
Mackenzie 92
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Yep. It has a very distinct Republican lean. Dole cleaned Clinton's clock there back in 1996. I wouldn't read too much into it, other than maybe it being a good sign for New Hampshire - especially since Obama won 4 out of the 5 independent voters there.
Unknown One
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Will Dick Cheney be there?
I'd take a video camera, lol. But 2 hours is too far away.
I can smell the darwin awards from here
Xplatformer
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Dammit. I don't have cable OR rabbit ears.
Where can I stream election coverage over the net? Not mobile, plain old desktop.
Where can I stream election coverage over the net? Not mobile, plain old desktop.
The same way I do now, by volunteering my time, money and efforts to worthwhile causes. I'm a big fan of Big Bros and March of Dimes. I dont happen to know or care about any political affiliation they have so plesse don't make that an argument.
Joe Shlabotnik
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Of course. Boy you ask easy questions!
You're welcome to try, but first you'll need to use only private roads to come and take it from me.
Why is it ok for you to have a flat screen tv when someone else is hungry?
Of course it is, I don't think anyone here is saying it isn't.
Why wouldn't it be?
Thanks!
Joe Shlabotnik
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And So We Come To The Concepts Of Marginal Utility And Progressive Taxation
Anticitizen One
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Karma Kramer
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My gut is telling me this won't be as easy for Obama as Nate is saying. What was his percentage for an Obama win for the 2008 election?
Ploid 3.0
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You're drunk aren't you?
Because you think its ok to take from others by force to ensure people have the things they need. There are still people that need things, so if you have something of value you dont "need", isnt it ideologically consistent for you to give up those things so that people in need wont be?
Angelus Errare
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Currently watching Paul Ryan speak, and I'm not paying a lick of attention, but I have to say, the lady with the long gray hair is very attractive. 
While charity is commendable and you are an awesome person for doing it, it will never be enough so that everyone will have an equal, or close to it, opportunity to succeed in life. That is what taxes and government programs/services are for. It is simply way too big for charity to handle. And I think that is what society should provide an equal chance to succeed by having access to a good education and good health care. That simply wont work if you get rid of taxes, make everything private and rely on charity to help children who were born to poor parents succeed
Seems like you're putting an awful lot of words in my mouth.
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