Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-12-16 Thread J.A. Terranson
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-11 Thread Justin
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread John Kelsey
>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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread J.A. Terranson
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread Tyler Durden
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread Tyler Durden
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread James A. Donald
-- 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,

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread Nomen Nescio
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'!)

RE: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread John Kelsey
>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 

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread J.A. Terranson
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?)

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-08 Thread J.A. Terranson
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread Eric Cordian
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread Sarad AV
--- "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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread R.A. Hettinga
-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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread Eugen Leitl
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread J.A. Terranson
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread Pete Capelli
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

RE: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread J.A. Terranson
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread Justin
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread Pete Capelli
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

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-06 Thread Eugen Leitl
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

RE: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-06 Thread Tyler Durden
"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