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Hey guys, I have to have 10 people take this survey for my class... It's all made up and I made it in like 15 mins so it's dumb and boring and probably poorly organized...
But it's about summer, so will you please take like 3 mins to fill it out?!
Hey guys, I have to have 10 people take this survey for my class... It's all made up and I made it in like 15 mins so it's dumb and boring and probably poorly organized...
But it's about summer, so will you please take like 3 mins to fill it out?!
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I just got tickets to see Hannibal Buress in Louisville next Tuesday. Should be awesome. Plus Primus this Friday! So that's exciting.
Also I'm really disillusioned with voting. I like in Kentucky, so I'm gonna vote and do my part to get rid of McConnell. But I'm about 90% sure he's going to win regardless. I hopped on the Obama bandwagon pretty hard in 2008 and 2012, but I've pretty much completely lost faith in the U.S. Government at this point. Like 99.9%. I basically want to live in a bubble where I don't have to hear about all the stuff they're fucking up and just keep my fingers crossed that it doesn't get fucked up beyond repair.
Obviously this is the wrong way to approach our society. But that's just where my head is at these days.
I just got tickets to see Hannibal Buress in Louisville next Tuesday. Should be awesome. Plus Primus this Friday! So that's exciting.
Also I'm really disillusioned with voting. I like in Kentucky, so I'm gonna vote and do my part to get rid of McConnell. But I'm about 90% sure he's going to win regardless. I hopped on the Obama bandwagon pretty hard in 2008 and 2012, but I've pretty much completely lost faith in the U.S. Government at this point. Like 99.9%. I basically want to live in a bubble where I don't have to hear about all the stuff they're fucking up and just keep my fingers crossed that it doesn't get fucked up beyond repair.
Obviously this is the wrong way to approach our society. But that's just where my head is at these days.
I am not completely disillusioned, but I have a feeling Amendment 1 will pass in Tennessee today. I doubt I will take it well.
In one sense it is kind of nice that the local news isn't running ads about what new asinine drug my children are probably using, but in another sense the fact that today of all days the station is running ads for a feature tonight on how to prevent your children from joining ISIS makes me want to throw things. Large things. At the windows of the TV station.
I just got tickets to see Hannibal Buress in Louisville next Tuesday. Should be awesome. Plus Primus this Friday! So that's exciting.
Also I'm really disillusioned with voting. I like in Kentucky, so I'm gonna vote and do my part to get rid of McConnell. But I'm about 90% sure he's going to win regardless. I hopped on the Obama bandwagon pretty hard in 2008 and 2012, but I've pretty much completely lost faith in the U.S. Government at this point. Like 99.9%. I basically want to live in a bubble where I don't have to hear about all the stuff they're fucking up and just keep my fingers crossed that it doesn't get fucked up beyond repair.
Obviously this is the wrong way to approach our society. But that's just where my head is at these days.
I am not completely disillusioned, but I have a feeling Amendment 1 will pass in Tennessee today. I doubt I will take it well.
I read something over the weekend that said opposers (is that a word?) to the amendment outweigh supporters. Keeping my fingers crossed.
I am not completely disillusioned, but I have a feeling Amendment 1 will pass in Tennessee today. I doubt I will take it well.
I read something over the weekend that said opposers (is that a word?) to the amendment outweigh supporters. Keeping my fingers crossed.
The majority of what I have read is that it is a statistical dead heat. I am concerned because the threshold for what constitutes a majority is based off the amount of votes cast in the governor's race which I am afraid will be low due to it being a slam dunk for Haslam.
Hey guys, I have to have 10 people take this survey for my class... It's all made up and I made it in like 15 mins so it's dumb and boring and probably poorly organized...
But it's about summer, so will you please take like 3 mins to fill it out?!
Also, my unsolicited Senate election forecast is that the Dems will end up with 49, possibly 50 seats. They will win all 47 seats they already hold or are leading in the polls in, I really think Landrieu will pull it out in La. (48), the Independent will pull it out in Kansas (49), and Nunn gets to a runoff in Ga. and then wins that in a few months (50).
I hope you are right about GA. I'm actually excited to go vote today because of how tight this race is.
Post by billypilgrim on Nov 4, 2014 14:03:08 GMT -5
The Republicans have gone to great lengths to keep young people from voting. Take Texas for example, where you can't use a school ID to vote but you can use a gun permit. Not voting because you're disillusioned with government is like not bathing because you're disillusioned with people who smell. (OK, not exactly, but work with me here.) If you're registered, get out there and vote. If you're not, register for next time. Remember, if Bonnaroo is outlawed, only outlaws will have Bonnaroos.
Edit: Between urging young people to vote and taking Monie's poll where the oldest choice for age was 51+, I'm feeling kind of ancient.
The Republicans have gone to great lengths to keep young people from voting. Take Texas for example, where you can't use a school ID to vote but you can use a gun permit. Not voting because you're disillusioned with government is like not bathing because you're disillusioned with people who smell. (OK, not exactly, but work with me here.) If you're registered, get out there and vote. If you're not, register for next time. Remember, if Bonnaroo is outlawed, only outlaws will have Bonnaroos.
Edit: Between urging young people to vote and taking Monie's poll where the oldest choice for age was 51+, I'm feeling kind of ancient.
Don't feel ancient. I stopped there out of pure laziness!! And thank you for taking the time to take it!
Some pretty excited people in Toronto right now, as they are all lined up in front of Massey Hall, at the rumour of a surprise $10 Prince show tonight.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
In all fairness, in 2012 the young people turned out to vote; the Democrats received way more votes for Congress. But the Republicans have gerrymandered the system so it will be impossible that we will have anything but a Republican House of Representatives until at least 2020.
As for the Senate, the Democrats majority was bare bones as is. Beigich in Alaska was only elected because his opponent was facing charges back in 2008. His loss was pretty much a foregone conclusion. At least for now we have a Democratic president who can just veto any crazy ideas. And in 2016, Democrats will be facing a much better political climate and will probably take back the Senate in that cycle.
I chose not to vote because I live in a heavily Democratic area, Corey Booker's reeelection is so certain that I honestly have no idea who his opponent even is. My Congressman has been reelected 7 times and isn't facing a steep challenge. I know that the race for mayor here is pretty close; but I honestly do not have a strong enough opinion either way on who wins. I've met and know both candidates. Neither have had any ideas that offend me. Its par for the course.
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In all fairness, in 2012 the young people turned out to vote; the Democrats received way more votes for Congress. But the Republicans have gerrymandered the system so it will be impossible that we will have anything but a Republican House of Representatives until at least 2020.
As for the Senate, the Democrats majority was bare bones as is. Beigich in Alaska was only elected because his opponent was facing charges back in 2008. His loss was pretty much a foregone conclusion. At least for now we have a Democratic president who can just veto any crazy ideas. And in 2016, Democrats will be facing a much better political climate and will probably take back the Senate in that cycle.
I chose not to vote because I live in a heavily Democratic area, Corey Booker's reeelection is so certain that I honestly have no idea who his opponent even is. My Congressman has been reelected 7 times and isn't facing a steep challenge. I know that the race for mayor here is pretty close; but I honestly do not have a strong enough opinion either way on who wins. I've met and know both candidates. Neither have had any ideas that offend me. Its par for the course.
The fact that you don't know who is on your ballot is the problem, not an excuse to not vote. There are 50,000 elected officials in the United States, and most people struggle to even name their Senators and Congressman. But people running for Senate and Congress don't fall out of the sky, they generally work their way up through lower elected offices before running for a federal seat. That's the best time to make your opinion heard and "shape the farm team," or what have you.
Beigich's loss really isn't a forgone conclusion. He's been doing a lot with the native populations up there, many of whom have never voted, and has a pretty impressive ground game.
A friend of mine who is paralyzed from the neck down went out in voted in Michigan today, where the races for Senate and Congress are pretty much a wrap. Obviously, it's very difficult for him to do much of anything as his wheel chair is operated by a trigger he has to manipulate with his mouth.
In all fairness, in 2012 the young people turned out to vote; the Democrats received way more votes for Congress. But the Republicans have gerrymandered the system so it will be impossible that we will have anything but a Republican House of Representatives until at least 2020.
As for the Senate, the Democrats majority was bare bones as is. Beigich in Alaska was only elected because his opponent was facing charges back in 2008. His loss was pretty much a foregone conclusion. At least for now we have a Democratic president who can just veto any crazy ideas. And in 2016, Democrats will be facing a much better political climate and will probably take back the Senate in that cycle.
I chose not to vote because I live in a heavily Democratic area, Corey Booker's reeelection is so certain that I honestly have no idea who his opponent even is. My Congressman has been reelected 7 times and isn't facing a steep challenge. I know that the race for mayor here is pretty close; but I honestly do not have a strong enough opinion either way on who wins. I've met and know both candidates. Neither have had any ideas that offend me. Its par for the course.
The fact that you don't know who is on your ballot is the problem, not an excuse to not vote. There are 50,000 elected officials in the United States, and most people struggle to even name their Senators and Congressman. But those people aren't hatched, they generally work their way up through lower elected offices before running for a federal seat.
Beigich's loss really isn't a forgone conclusion. He's been doing a lot with the native populations up there, many of whom have never voted, and has a pretty impressive ground game.
But anyway, as someone with no federal representation, I thank you for all the great choices you made today.