You have to keep in mind, though: not all executive acts require legislative approval; in fact, most of them don't. Also a lot of the votes Representatives and Senators take that accord with the President are on what might be called meaningless feel-good legislation, such as Congressional recognition that the 17th of February will henceforth be used to honor those left-handed Americans who work in the bean-growing industry or some such thing. A lot of that happens.
Also... any body have any ideas why I am suddenly having to use Firefox to post instead of Safari? This is the third or fourth time Safari has just "hung"--as though it's waiting for the chance to time out.
Obama vs McCain: split out from the "Happy" thread
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I know Daily Kos isn't always the best source around, but...
Daily Kos wrote:Dependence on foreign oil has left us beholden to unstable, in some case repugnant, regimes, just as defending those dwindling supplies has drained our Treasury, corrupted our diplomatic efforts, and wrecked our military readiness. A government led program geared toward developing sustainable, clean energy technology will inject sorely needed stimulus and jobs into a faltering economy as surely as any billionaire tax cut or trillion dollar bail out. Past experience indicates the spin-offs could include entirely new industries and create prosperity by the barrel full.
Once upon a time, not that long ago, even the rare conservative who freely admitted climate change was a problem whined that addressing it in any meaningful way would 'damage the US economy.' That concern is now revealed as beyond laughable in the face of a plummeting stock market and record home foreclosures. It's no longer enough for former denialists and paid skeptics to simply confront empirical reality before going back to business as usual. The issue now is what are we going to do about it. Anyone who thinks four more years of Bushism led by Exxon John McCain and Oil Field Sarah are better suited to spearhead a sincere and effective energy revolution needs to have their head examined.
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I'd swear that three-to-five years ago W called on Congress in a SOTU address to do just that, i.e., dump a lot of money into developing clean alternative energy sources.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
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Back to ACORN:
You do know that the GOP hasn't been able to provide evidence of a single fraudulent vote cast due to an ACORN registration? And not for want of trying.
You do know that the GOP hasn't been able to provide evidence of a single fraudulent vote cast due to an ACORN registration? And not for want of trying.
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That's because votes aren't correlated with names. I voted on Friday, and once that ballot is taken care of, there's no way of going back and saying that it was mine. That's why it's voter registration that matters. The ballot itself is secret and anonymous, and after it's cast it is impossible to know who cast it.
That being said, the FBI is investigating ACORN in a number of states.
That being said, the FBI is investigating ACORN in a number of states.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
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Well, today's the day, all USAian HLers please go out and vote.
And may the best man win.
I'll be hanging on the edge of my seat when the results start coming in (probably overnight / early morning UK time; the Alaskan polls don't close until 6am GMT!)
And may the best man win.
I'll be hanging on the edge of my seat when the results start coming in (probably overnight / early morning UK time; the Alaskan polls don't close until 6am GMT!)
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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—Bertrand Russell
Headed out now meself - hearing reports of long, long lines. At least the weather is pleasant - so if I have to stand in line outside I won't freeze. It's going to be a long night.
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Saw long lines on the telly...Nicole wrote:Headed out now meself - hearing reports of long, long lines. At least the weather is pleasant - so if I have to stand in line outside I won't freeze. It's going to be a long night.
Constantly on here from now on till tomorrow. First results in about 3 hours. Would like to watch all night but have to work as well tomorrow....
"as we walk on the floodland"
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Oh yeah, there is thatOzpat wrote:Would like to watch all night but have to work as well tomorrow....
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
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"...But don't let my wide-eyed, vacant stare fool you—as God as my witness, I will shred your face into ribbons of tattered, flapping flesh with my bare fingernails if you even think about voting Democrat..."
Hmm.
Somehow that sort of line sounds better coming from 
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thanks...my Lord...i'm unbeliver
tear up your pants for psicho...and jump on him
tear up your pants for psicho...and jump on him
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First exit polls should be released in a few minutes. One ought to take them with a grain of salt, however, as they are not based on actual votes but on respondents to polls, and may therefore be subject to selection error, etc, etc.
edit: make that one minute--5:15 Eastern. Which is something like eleventy-thirty for those of you on the metric system?
edit 2: They're slow. I guess I'll have to turn on the blasted television. Anyway, here's The New Republic on why one ought not take the exit polls too seriously.
edit: make that one minute--5:15 Eastern. Which is something like eleventy-thirty for those of you on the metric system?
edit 2: They're slow. I guess I'll have to turn on the blasted television. Anyway, here's The New Republic on why one ought not take the exit polls too seriously.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
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Oh, I agree. Being president for the next four years, no matter who you are, might well be considered the worst job in the world. There's a reason these guys look like they age ten years for every four they're in office.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
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I voted! 
Not too bothered about the presidential, but I had to vote NO on Prop 8...
Civil rights, baby
Not too bothered about the presidential, but I had to vote NO on Prop 8...
Civil rights, baby
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Electoral Votes:-
McCain 145
Obama 333
McCain has given his consession speech.
McCain 145
Obama 333
McCain has given his consession speech.
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I had a hand on the gun
I had a place in the sun and a ticket to Syria
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Obama is the next president of the USA....he has to do a better job then that current Muppet
Like pushing a marsmallow into a piggy bank
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So... who thinks that as a result of this Israel will strike Iran before January 20th, 2009?
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That will at least solve the problem of what to do with Israel - if the Palestinians want 8,000 square miles of irradiated desert to call their own...sultan2075 wrote:So... who thinks that as a result of this Israel will strike Iran before January 20th, 2009?
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it's more than possible.
well it was a crash and smash who expect that results might look like that ? but agree that Obama could be president just for this next 4 years.
well it was a crash and smash who expect that results might look like that ? but agree that Obama could be president just for this next 4 years.
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About as likely as someone offing Obama...sultan2075 wrote:So... who thinks that as a result of this Israel will strike Iran before January 20th, 2009?
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My main worry now is that, similarly to the upbeat feeling in the air when Blair won the '97 election here, expectations will be so high that Obama can't help but fail to live up to them.
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yeah, that had occurred to me toomarkfiend wrote:My main worry now is that, similarly to the upbeat feeling in the air when Blair won the '97 election here, expectations will be so high that Obama can't help but fail to live up to them.
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