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[Ned Flanders]

Why must we settle for one of these 2 baboons?

Why do we allow the electoral process to remain so exclusionary to those outside of party politics?

Why do we deride and dismiss 3rd party candidates like Nader who are far more representative of common interests?

Why do we continue to bow to corporate manipulation of our government?



Why?

 

[explodet]

Come to Canada, where you've got 3 baboons to choose from (4 if you live in Quebec).

Wait, what am I saying? Don't come, Canada's full.

 

[Ned Flanders]

Fuck socialism! Next!

 

[etiolate]

Subarbia + Media

 

[AntoneM]

because those very same corporations work us like dogs for 8 or more hours a day so that when we go home we're too exhausted to give a fuck and we then let the media (major corporations) tell us what to think. Think about it, how many times have you come home exhausted from work, sat in front of the TV and heard the news tell you "what you need to know"?

 

[Leon]

Why must we settle for one of these 2 baboons?

Why do we allow the electoral process to remain so exclusionary to those outside of party politics?

Why do we deride and dismiss 3rd party candidates like Nader who are far more representative of common interests?

Why do we continue to bow to corporate manipulation of our government?



Why?

Try "Why can't I ever NOT piss when I enter a hot bath?" and THEN you got a basis for a thread. Your concerns are silly, volatile and uninteresting.

 

[sc0la]

Your concerns are... volatile and uninteresting.

Volatile is always interesting.

Unless of course you mean easily vaporized, rather than explosive

 

[Leon]

i...mean...volatile in the sense that they can afford not to be answered and thrown in at another time, compared to much more pressing questions...

Either this, or there's another definition which goes something like STFU!

 

[sc0la]

i...mean...volatile in the sense that they can afford not to be answered and thrown in at another time, compared to much more pressing questions...

Either this, or there's another definition which goes something like STFU!

:lol

Okay sir, Shutting the Fuck Up now!

Spoiler

I even gave you an out =P

 

[Mandark]

Aren't you the guy who thought that the bus driver in Speed was evidence against evolution because he looked like a monkey?

Yeah, yeah you are.

 

[impirius]

Why must we settle for one of these 2 baboons?

Why do we allow the electoral process to remain so exclusionary to those outside of party politics?

Why do we deride and dismiss 3rd party candidates like Nader who are far more representative of common interests?

Why do we continue to bow to corporate manipulation of our government?



Why?

1. The American system of government is set up in such a way that a two-party system is almost inevitable. For example, the winner-take-all system of electoral votes
2. The two major parties hold almost all political power and mindshare. Voters can identify with party candidates without knowing anything about them except their affiliation
3. We dismiss them because we think that they have no chance to win, so we'd be wasting our vote. Of course, this gives them no chance to win. It's a catch-22
4. We take it for granted instead of doing our civic duty and voting out the sold-out officers
5. Because we're fat and happy and can't be bothered to concern ourselves with such trifles

 

[DMczaf]

 

[Triumph]

 

[Jim Bowie]

 

[CajoleJuice]

:lol Thank God for Family Guy

 

[Ned Flanders]

Off the cuff frustration venting thread turns into bundle of laughs! Suddenly I'm not so bummed about our political quagmire of mediocrity!


Although I do take issue with calling my concerns 'silly'. When I see TV shows about guys getting ab-implants, magazines with multi-page layouts about fake celebrity marriages, and obituaries for kids who got killed over a game of Madden, having genuine affections about our socio-political climate seems far from "silly" by comparison. People driven by similar concerns are often those who end up making change in this world. But I'm fucking lazy.

 

[Loki]

Off the cuff frustration venting thread turns into bundle of laughs! Suddenly I'm not so bummed about our political quagmire of mediocrity!


Although I do take issue with calling my concerns 'silly'. When I see TV shows about guys getting ab-implants, magazines with multi-page layouts about fake celebrity marriages, and obituaries for kids who got killed over a game of Madden, having genuine affections about our socio-political climate seems far from "silly" by comparison. People driven by similar concerns are often those who end up making change in this world. But I'm fucking lazy.

Yeah, I thought that was a totally unnecessary comment by Leon, considering that there are many Americans who feel exactly the same way. Leon isn't even American, iirc, yet he's telling you that your concerns are unfounded. Bravo Leon, bravo.

 

[Lyte Edge]

I share your pain, Ned, but I'm just looking at it from the perspective that I'd rather have the hairy-assed baboon running things right now out of office, even if that means replacing him with another monkey.

 

[werther]

I don't care

 

[Boogie]

I don't care

Hooray for you, have a cookie.

 

[Jim Bowie]

I don't care

Thank you for your post!

 

[bjork]

why not

 

[CaptainABAB]

You do reaize that having 3 or 4 candidates means that they only need to capture 26-34% of the vote to win? And we have anywhere from 40-50% willing to vote for Bush already.

Which is great if you have 2 liberals and 2 conservatives, but how does 3 liberals and 1 conservative help matters?

 

[Leon]

Erm.

Mmh,

Here goes :

So I assumed Ned's questions were rhetorical, since all he did was, as he put it, vent. There are no answers to his concerns (which, at some point in the past, I also shared with the board, by the way, without being American), and I don't believe he was looking for any. I know his questions are important and that anyone with half a mind has asked themselves the same things, but that's the way the system works, so "tough luck" is all you can say, really.

So what happened was this. Using my extraodinary wit, I sarcastically called his concerns silly, in the same way an anti-Bush person would facetiously answer "Who cares? Nobody cares! Let's kill more people!" to the question "So where are the WMDs already?".

I hope I cleared my name. Actually, no. I could not care less...

 

[Loki]

Erm.

Mmh,

Here goes :

So I assumed Ned's questions were rhetorical, since all he did was, as he put it, vent. There are no answers to his concerns (which, at some point in the past, I also shared with the board, by the way, without being American), and I don't believe he was looking for any. I know his questions are important and that anyone with half a mind has asked themselves the same things, but that's the way the system works, so "tough luck" is all you can say, really.

So what happened was this. Using my extraodinary wit, I sarcastically called his concerns silly, in the same way an anti-Bush person would facetiously answer "Who cares? Nobody cares! Let's kill more people!" to the question "So where are the WMDs already?".

I hope I cleared my name. Actually, no. I could not care less...

We realize that.

Actually, your explanation is fine imo. Sarcasm is very difficult to sense online-- particularly if you're not good at it.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

"why did crack have to hit so hard?

"Even tho its almost over why niggaz cant get no jobs?"

"why i be sayin shit thats the hottest when it be sellin the least?"



"why?"