On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Nomen Nescio wrote:
> J.A. Terranson schrieb:
>
> > This election *proves* that at least half the electorate, about 60
> > million people, are just Useless Eaters, who should be eagerly
> > awaiting their Trip Up The Chimneys.
>
> Wow! A Tim May copycat!
> (Both the 'useless e
On 2004-11-08T10:09:41-0500, John Kelsey wrote:
> Kerry spent essentially no time talking about the creepy implications
> of the Jose Padilla case (isn't he still being held incommunicado,
> pending filing in the right district?), or the US government's use of
> torture in the war on terror despite
>From: Eric Cordian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Nov 6, 2004 5:57 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: The Values-Vote Myth
..
>Also, voting is in some sense political manipulation to blame the population
>for the
>actions of their government. Everyone who votes i
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, James A. Donald wrote:
> J.A. Terranson wrote:
> > The fact is that those who did not vote effectively voted for Shrub.
> > You are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem.
> > Inaction is not good enough.
>
> Voting is not a solution.
>
> Voting only enc
Holy Crap! Am I on crack? I think I agree with everything here!
However...
(James Donald wrote...)
I cannot understand why you Bush haters are so excited about this
election when on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Kerry promised to
continue all Bush's policies only more effectually.
That's basica
JAT wrote...
This election *proves* that at least half the electorate, about 60 million
people, are just Useless Eaters, who should be eagerly awaiting their Trip
Up The Chimneys.
A...I need a cigarette.
But I suspect it's far more likely that some large batch of USA-ians will
end up having a
--
J.A. Terranson wrote:
> The fact is that those who did not vote effectively voted for Shrub.
> You are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem.
> Inaction is not good enough.
Voting is not a solution.
Voting only encourages them. If you vote for a candidate, and he
wins,
J.A. Terranson schrieb:
> This election *proves* that at least half the electorate, about 60
> million people, are just Useless Eaters, who should be eagerly
> awaiting their Trip Up The Chimneys.
Wow! A Tim May copycat!
(Both the 'useless eaters' and the 'chimney'!)
>From: "J.A. Terranson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Nov 6, 2004 5:07 PM
>To: Tyler Durden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: The Values-Vote Myth
>On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Tyler Durden wrote:
..
>> So: A
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Tyler Durden wrote:
> Well, every people deserve the government they get, and these hillbillies
> are no exception. Bush will dominate them, take away their rights, make them
> poor and scared, and they'll deserve every bit of it. (Where's a Tim May
> rant when you need one?)
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Tyler Durden wrote:
> Received: from 24.90.217.26 by by24fd.bay24.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP;
> JAT wrote...
>
> >This election *proves* that at least half the electorate, about 60 million
> >people, are just Useless Eaters, who should be eagerly awaiting their Trip
> >Up Th
J.A. Terranson wrote:
> The fact is that those who did not vote effectively voted for Shrub. You
> are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem. Inaction
> is not good enough.
This would only be true if the President were elected by popular vote.
In states where one candidate
--- "R.A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When asked about
> the issue that most
> influenced their vote, voters were given the option
> of saying "moral
> values." But that phrase can mean anything - or
> nothing. Who doesn't vote
> on moral values? If you ask an inept question, you
> get
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
At 6:25 PM + 11/6/04, Justin wrote:
>65m/141m = 46% of registered voters voted for Bush
Of course, you can invert the math and say the same about Kerry, plus
Bush's 3-something million margin, I'm afraid. Hell, Rush said
exactly the same thing on
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 06:25:19PM +, Justin wrote:
> Not true.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/voter.turnout.ap/
>
> "[Curtis] Gans puts the total turnout at nearly 120 million people.
> That represents just under 60% of eligible voters..."
You didn't vote against a candidate
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Justin wrote:
> On 2004-11-06T16:39:41+0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 08:46:17AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
> >
> > > So: A 'moral values' question for Cypherpunks. Does this election indict
> > > the American people as being complicit in the crime known
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 18:25:19 +, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not true.
Saddam had 100% turnout, and won 100% of the vote. Does that make his
election more legitimate to you?
--
Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.capelli.org
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Tyler Durden wrote:
> In other words, he won because some hillbilly was afraid that the guy at the
> local 7-11 was going to blow up his chicked farm.
Precisely.
> So: A 'moral values' question for Cypherpunks. Does this election indict the
> American people as being complic
On 2004-11-06T16:39:41+0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 08:46:17AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
>
> > So: A 'moral values' question for Cypherpunks. Does this election indict
> > the American people as being complicit in the crime known as "Operation
>
> Of course. What kind of
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 08:46:17 -0500, Tyler Durden
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In other words, he won because some hillbilly was afraid that the guy at the
> local 7-11 was going to blow up his chicked farm. Those of us living close
> enough to "Ground Zero" to smell it back in those days are apprar
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 08:46:17AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
> So: A 'moral values' question for Cypherpunks. Does this election indict
> the American people as being complicit in the crime known as "Operation
Of course. What kind of question is that? Regardless of voting fraud, about
half of
"He won because 53 percent of voters approved of his performance as
president. Fifty-eight percent of them trust Bush to fight terrorism. They
had roughly equal confidence in Bush and Kerry to handle the economy. Most
approved of the decision to go to war in Iraq. Most see it as part of the
war on
22 matches
Mail list logo