Politics

refer to: http://217.160.163.211/globalvote2004/ what do you think of the site? is it valid? does it make a difference? does it mean anything to you?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6407893/ I think that sums it up nicely.

... they go and get all strange! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3983847.stm (hehe)

The first Photos of Titan from Cassini are now out. The Cassini Probe intends to land on the moon to find out about the surface, as it is predicted to show conditions similar to early earth. See the link for more info and the photos http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3953187.stm

Guess Chirac is twisting the knife. U.K. Sun http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004512444,00.html

This taken from a "right" leaning website. Is this myth or reality??

It ain't easy.

http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3244.html sorry for the repeat thread, i was interested and found that site..... if you feel it is unreliable then disregard this thread, just thought i'd add it. honest, i feel bad with this being a repeat thread but maybe just leave this thread open for a bit... just for others to discuss what they think of the site

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6663896 This is hitting at just the right moment to catch the Friday evening news cycle. Normally this is the "take out the trash" news day, but Jennings, Rather and Brokaw will all be on the air tonight (they don't always "do" Fridays). I predict this will sharply spike Bush's poll numbers over the weekend polls, which are typically conducted on Friday night and Saturday. It could be just enough to nudge Ohio and New Jersey, both of which have been moving to the right specifically because of security issues, over the edge. Nothing helps an incumbant like a murderous terrorist telling you …

This thread is probably useful to Florida residents only, but since blike asked, and I know we have a few Floridians here, I'll go ahead and post them. Apologies to anyone outside of Florida for any wasted bandwidth. ================== (By the way, one of the links Douglas posted in another thread, at the Florida Sports Fishermen Forum, has an excellent discussion area for all eight amendments, including polls. Some good discussion going on there. Link just below this paragraph.) http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=99 ================== There are EIGHT proposed amendments to the state constitution. Amendmends Sources: http://www.c…

I dont know specifically, mainly b/c im not old enough to vote, but I ust cant figure out what 2004 candidate I stand behind! I mean every democrat on the plantet doesnt really want Kerry, its just that they hate Bush. And ever Republican wants Kerry to spontaneously combust! What do you think?

Which party are you? http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/ LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence. Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility, oppose government bureaucracy and taxes, promote private charity, tolerate diverse lifestyles, support the free market, and defend civil liberties See where it maps you at.

After Micheal Moore puts his personal agenda movie out to promote the size of his wallet, there is a documentary dedicate to proving him wrong. In the major rental stores, there will be only a couple of copies there compared to Moores 40. I havent seen either movie, but for you Moore fans, why dont you watch it and see for yourself. I really do hate politics and hollywood. Actors, directors, singers, and so on just need to quit putting there own agenda out there. Too many people these days trust everything they read, hear and see on tv. People just need to research and make up there own mind.

http://www.itshappening.com made headline news when the owner of the site successfully hijacked the former site of Al-Qaeda http://www.alneda.com shortly following 9/11. The FBI and CIA have kept close watch of the site. After the hijacking, many followers of the crazed terrorist mastermind took the newly created message board to rant and rave their frustration and many have dived head in to debate the terrorists and pre-empt as well as neutralize their propaganda. Some terrorists and terrorist sympathizers such as Usamah AlQariah and FC-UK, as well as many others rant incoherently on the net calling for the death of all Americans in this no-holds-barred where the intr…

Recently, there were dozens of fliers posted all around the school about a free showing of Michael Moore's film [9/11] in one of the small auditorium. Although I’ve heard a lot about it, good and bad, I still wanted to see it. (Plus I can hardly ever turn up something free ) In any case, I’ve gotten word that the school has stopped the showing. I don’t exactly know why. What exactly could that movie accomplish? Is it really bias enough to where its worth banning to young voters? Like I said before in other posts, I continue to be indifferent onto conservatism and liberalism – I’m, at this point- neither; this wouldn’t stop me from going to see it tho…

There was once a kingdom where most people could not see. Citizens coped with this cheerfully, for it was a gentle land where familiar chores changed little from day to day. Furthermore, about one person in a hundred did have eyesight! These specialists took care of jobs like policing, shouting directions, or reporting when something new was going on. The sighted ones weren't superior. They acquired vision by eating a certain type of extremely bitter fruit. Everyone else thanked them for undergoing this sacrifice, and so left the task of seeing to professionals. They went on with their routines, confident in a popular old saying: "A sighted person never lies…

Now that I'm no longer a "swing voter", I think I'm going to be a "heavy voter". That's all they talk about on the news these days, so it must be something important. And I wouldn't want to be one of those disenfranchised skinny voters that nobody is keeping an eye on. Those guys suck. It's the "heavy voter turnout" that matters, and everyone knows it!

According to the September update from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the final spending for 2004 will be in the neighborhood of $2,293 billion. Read that again, would you please? Even worse, defense is expected to hit a whopping $536 billion in 2005 once the Iraqi war costs are factored in. Here's roughly how it breaks down: The fastest-growing areas are not healthcare or unemployment, folks. They're defense/war, and debt interest. This report actually shows that entitlement spending is the SLOWEST area of growth. Ultimately entitlement spending will far overwhelm anything else, thanks to baby-boomer retirements spiking Social Security. B…

From a Reuters story today: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20041025/ts_nm/iraq_explosives_dc_4 380 tons of explosives, including HMX, missing from a site that should have been secured a long time ago. Needless to say, a major screw-up by the US military. From the story: We've known since before the war that these explosives needed to be secured, and now we seem to be surprised they are missing.

Whats your favorite conspiracy you have heard, and lets discuss it.

I predict that one of the casualties of the 2004 election cycle will be missile defense, no matter which candidate wins. If Kerry wins, he'll just nix it completely. That much is fairly obvious. If Bush wins, I think he'll have to cave on the issue, because of two factors: 1) The deficit. Democrats are going to keep hammering away about this, even though it's equally their fault, and they're going to start winning the perception game on this, because Republican control of both houses *and* the White House for 8 years has, in political terms, *more* than double the impact of a single term. You start hearing phrases like "legacy" and "the Bush years", and c…

read full article here http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=3329802 "YOU might have thought that, three years after a devastating terrorist attack on American soil, a period which has featured two wars, radical political and economic legislation, and an adjustment to one of the biggest stockmarket crashes in history, the campaign for the presidency would be an especially elevated and notable affair. If so, you would be wrong. This year's battle has been between two deeply flawed men: George Bush, who has been a radical, transforming president but who has never seemed truly up to the job, let alone his own ambitions for it; and John Kerry…

Early voting is an incredible tool that should be utilized by more counties in FLorida and other states. It enables people who work all week to vote on Saturdays, and allows the voting system to be tested among other things. Hillsborough County, however, is not totally reaping the benfits. Only 2% of all voting machines were distributed to voting sites, leading to 5 hour lines at polling places like the one I went to in Tampa. One might ask why more machines were not distributed after the first week of early voting as the number of voters incresed? Any comments or suggestions about this, early voting, or voting in general? AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE…

I say "no". I think it serves its purpose well, although it has unintended consequences (just look at campaign trails). Nevertheless, without it, the smaller states would have their needs dwarfed by the needs of larger states. There are some good arguments over whether or not a president should be elected without the popular vote, and whether or not this was an unintended consequence of the system. I lean towards the notion that the authors of the electoral college recognized this but felt it was justifiable, especially in light of the aforementioned reasoning behind the college. What do you think?

I am very sorry, but I must speak my mind. I am a supporter of President Bush and I would like to say a bit. Many Kerry supporters have argued that we as America have lost more jobs in the term of Bush than in any other presidency. Well, you have to consider the fact that the Bush administration had to deal with 9/11, and that absolutely CRUSHED the stock market and the general economy plunged, therefore due to the business cycle the major corperations started to lay people off. They have to be careful in business, otherwise they end up on the street. So the economy (which was already dropping during Clinton's idiocy) took an even deeper plunge.