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Random Politics & Religion #00
Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Leviathan.Chaosx said: » I'm not a coffee person. I drink tea. Depends. I prefer tea most of the time, but most places don't make anything but low-end teabag tea, if they make it at all. I drink tea at home, but I drink coffee on the go. Work is sort of split 50/50, because some days I just need the kick of coffee, but it's awful, so I keep tea at my desk and make it unless I need said coffee kick. Verda said: » Who would've thought that a guy who was a Dead Head and named one of their most popular ice cream flavors after the lead singer of The Grateful Dead would have been a hippie? This reminds me of a joke, being a Parrothead myself. Q: What's the difference between Dead Heads and Parrotheads? A: Parrotheads have jobs.
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: » Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Leviathan.Chaosx said: » I'm not a coffee person. I drink tea. Depends. I prefer tea most of the time, but most places don't make anything but low-end teabag tea, if they make it at all. I drink tea at home, but I drink coffee on the go. Work is sort of split 50/50, because some days I just need the kick of coffee, but it's awful, so I keep tea at my desk and make it unless I need said coffee kick. When it comes to morning energy I prefer slamming down a Red Bull or similar energy drink, except I don't drink them on most occasions because they're just terrible. The only time I drink them is when I'm driving long distances because that caffeine hit is needed badly. Ragnarok.Nausi said: » Lakshmi.Flavin said: » Ragnarok.Nausi said: » Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Ragnarok.Nausi said: » Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Ragnarok.Nausi said: » How does eliminating the absolutely asinine electoral college/votes system hurt representative government again? The electoral college system naturally gives individual states more leverage in the national stage. The same way Wyoming having 2 senators like California does. United STATES of America. The electoral college allows for gerrymandering and generally turns voting into a big damned mess. Also, allows those who lose the popular vote to win elections (see: 2000). Getting rid of the electoral college allows every vote to count. How does it allow for "gerrymandering"? I would disagree that it's a big mess. It certainly does allow for candidates to be capable of loosing the popular vote and still winning the election. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, especially when dead people and illegal aliens vote and vote often. Not to mention that electoral votes wouldn't eliminate the potential dangers of voter fraud. Electoral votes usally always side with the popular vote so if voter fraud is pervasive it will still net them the votes that they are looking for. fonewear said: » Ben and Jerry's too. Too much hippie *** for an ice cream company. Hippies making a mint selling premium ice cream. Kind of an oxymoron. ***'s delicious though. Workers get free pints too! Yay. Can I work there now?
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Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: » fonewear said: » Ben and Jerry's too. Too much hippie *** for an ice cream company. Hippies making a mint selling premium ice cream. Kind of an oxymoron. ***'s delicious though. Workers get free pints too! Yay. Can I work there now? Vermont yea I'll have to pass ! I complain about winter here and it isn't that bad really. Those citizens in smaller population states still have a voice even without the elctoral college system and they're still represented at a lower rate than other states.
Is a governors race unfair on a state level? Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Leviathan.Chaosx said: » Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Leviathan.Chaosx said: » I'm not a coffee person. I drink tea. Depends. I prefer tea most of the time, but most places don't make anything but low-end teabag tea, if they make it at all. I drink tea at home, but I drink coffee on the go. Work is sort of split 50/50, because some days I just need the kick of coffee, but it's awful, so I keep tea at my desk and make it unless I need said coffee kick. When it comes to morning energy I prefer slamming down a Red Bull or similar energy drink, except I don't drink them on most occasions because they're just terrible. The only time I drink them is when I'm driving long distances because that caffeine hit is needed badly. Energy drinks are the worst. Tons of sugars and artificial ***, make you more prone to a huge crash and cost the same as tea/coffee.
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Exactly why I don't like them hippie *** !
Plus I don't like ice cream. Lakshmi.Flavin said: » Ragnarok.Nausi said: » Lakshmi.Flavin said: » Ragnarok.Nausi said: » Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Ragnarok.Nausi said: » Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Ragnarok.Nausi said: » How does eliminating the absolutely asinine electoral college/votes system hurt representative government again? The electoral college system naturally gives individual states more leverage in the national stage. The same way Wyoming having 2 senators like California does. United STATES of America. The electoral college allows for gerrymandering and generally turns voting into a big damned mess. Also, allows those who lose the popular vote to win elections (see: 2000). Getting rid of the electoral college allows every vote to count. How does it allow for "gerrymandering"? I would disagree that it's a big mess. It certainly does allow for candidates to be capable of loosing the popular vote and still winning the election. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, especially when dead people and illegal aliens vote and vote often. Not to mention that electoral votes wouldn't eliminate the potential dangers of voter fraud. Electoral votes usally always side with the popular vote so if voter fraud is pervasive it will still net them the votes that they are looking for. According to the article, fraud is so easy that's it's essentially "undetectable", as in someone pointing out that it isn't ever cited is meaningless as it goes on undetected all the time. If we have a nationally popular vote, all the perpetrators of voter fraud need to do, is to set up shop in a very small handful of large cities and just pump out the fraud. Instead of today where contested states are the "battleground" and there is at least some degree of awareness. Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: » Energy drinks are the worst. Tons of sugars and artificial ***, make you more prone to a huge crash and cost the same as tea/coffee. I know they're terrible. I said that. Problem is, I can't slam down tea/coffee on the spot. How is making someone show their ID to vote wrong again?
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: » How is making someone show their ID to vote wrong again? Because feels !
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: » How is making someone show their ID to vote wrong again?
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Cause some folks out there don't have ID's places like the Iraq everywhere like such as !
Leviathan.Chaosx said: » How is making someone show their ID to vote wrong again? I don't think it's wrong, personally. But I also think it is wrong to expect them to pay for an ID or the required paperwork to obtain the ID. It makes being old and poor basically criteria to be unable to vote, which is supposed to be a right of all citizens. fonewear said: » Exactly why I don't like them hippie *** ! Plus I don't like ice cream. Alright, step this way into this nondescript room for your shower, please.
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: » How is making someone show their ID to vote wrong again? Because the underlying motive has nothing to do with ID. And voter fraud is damn near unheard of. You can't even get people to show up for local races if you begged them!
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Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Leviathan.Chaosx said: » How is making someone show their ID to vote wrong again? I don't think it's wrong, personally. But I also think it is wrong to expect them to pay for an ID or the required paperwork to obtain the ID. It makes being old and poor basically criteria to be unable to vote, which is supposed to be a right of all citizens.
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If you are 18 and don't have an ID I'm afraid I got some bad news for you...
fonewear said: » Yea getting an ID is tough you have to leave your house ! Verda said: » Leviathan.Chaosx said: » How is making someone show their ID to vote wrong again? A lot of the black voters in certain areas are disadvantaged. Requiring say a driver's license to vote will keep people without cars from voting for example. There's many ways to make it target certain groups once you start requiring it, that doesn't even cover things like the reading tests they used to give where the people giving the test themselves were racist and then claiming black people who had PHD's couldn't read just because they were black and thus ineligible to vote, and yes I've heard that happened. I'd be for testing if fairly given. But people already in the majority don't vote, and it would be a barrier to entry and even IQ tests can favor your culture and upbringing based on the questions given. Tell me again how it is tough to get a form of ID ? Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: » Because the underlying motive has nothing to do with ID. This too. What world do you live in where getting a photo ID any form of photo ID is tough ?
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