Yikes! Tough crowd... I figured there'd be a lot more George Carlin fans around here and we could all use some election day laughs after all the vitrol.
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So umm... It is election day.. eek!
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I havent voted yet, Ive got to go after work.
For those who dont know, California Prop B is a propostion that would require adult film workers to wear condoms and get tested at a certain interval. I believe most adult film stars already get tested frequently and I dont personally care if they wear condoms or not.
Since 1900, the U.S. stock market has returned 7.1 percent annually under a certain party president and 3 percent under a certain party president. In keeping with the rules I didn't name the party but it can be seen here
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Its just a joke. I heard it on the radio this morning, myself. Apparently it originated as a Tim Tebow tweet...
Well stated, +1.
Although I must admit, I'm underinformed about many local races this year. I voted this morning and tried to stick with the races where I could make a reasonably informed decision. The ballot is so friggin' long here in Chicago, though, including scores of judicial retention votes. I tried to look up the endorsements for this section on my phone while I was in the booth, but the page had an ad with audio that couldn't be muted. So I wound up skipping that section..
One great advantage of voting by mail is that one can take several days to find the information needed to decide on unfamiliar people/issues. In the amount of time I used to have to stand in line in Missouri I can research the entire ballot.
So is being on a jury but everyone likes to try to get out of that.
Oddly enough, my first time was on a case dealing with elections- voter registration fraud, misconduct in public office and perjury. The assistant election registrar allowed the workers to have more than one voter registration card signed by one person and then turned the cards in after being advised to destroy them, by the top election official. He also submitted expense receipts for reimbursement, claiming they were paid using a checking account that, as it turned out, had been closed years before.
BTW- the workers who went around to the houses to sign people up for voting were ACORN employees.
Oh, just a JOKE! Well by all means lets roll out all the jokes that denigrate parties and candidates. What could be political about that?
Are you serious?
Why would anyone wait until the last possible moment to get the information needed to make their decision? It's not as if the election was spontaneous.
True, but if I were to take the joke further and say, "The polls have Obama winning until about 5 O'clock, when the Republicans get off work from their jobs at their local McDonald's, DMVs, city dumps, and telemarketing centers!" there would be someone who'd get pissed. It's like, "oh funny, Democrats don't work" vs "oh funny, Republicans can only get ***** jobs because they're stupid." It's just better to not even go there in this sort of climate.
Look at my post that he responded to. I'm not Rain Man, so memorizing the retention votes on 50+ different judges is rather difficult.
Don't take it so personally. Matt has a point. People should be able to laugh it off, but (like you) I find that politics is something most people can't joke about.
If you vote, you have the right to complain about the guy who was elected by the other side. If you don't, your JAFO and have no right to complain because you didn't take part. If enough by-standers voted, it's possible to change the outcome in a close election.
You definitely ARE responsible- you didn't do anything to stop them. Consider it similar to having the chance to stop a mugging, but you just keep walking. If you have a chance to stop a murder and don't because you don't care enough, it's called 'depraved indifference'.
That's why the common advice is "never discuss politics or religion in a bar".
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That was awesome! Am I the only one that caught it was a George Carlin skit. Now that man was a great mind......
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=xIraCchPDhk&desktop_uri=/watch?v=xIraCchPDhk
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Yeah, Im serious. I get that its political, and its a violation of the TB rules and all, thats fine, but lighten up man. I dont agree with it, but I dont have to take it personally. Calling attention to it doesnt make it go away. If you have an issue with it we have a report post button that I recommend you use.
Look at my post that he responded to. I'm not Rain Man, so memorizing the retention votes on 50+ different judges is rather difficult.
That why they mail you a sample ballot to mark up before going to the polls. You dont have to memorize anything. Ive been marking up mine for the last few weeks.
I'll take your word, it was what I heard on the radio. They should probably check those facts before making such comments.
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