Silliness The Countdown - Page 10

Greg Anos · 11-04-2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Holy crap! Thy're having voting fraud in florida, again!

At least they're open about it in Florida. Lord knows what the Chicago machine is doing......

BookishDreamer · 11-04-2008, 09:00 PM

CNN is sending "breaking news" text messages every time someone projects that one of the candidates is going to win in particular state. That means my cellphone is going to be buzzing like an insane bumblebee bee for the next few hours.

Dreamer

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-04-2008, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

CNN is sending "breaking news" text messages every time someone projects that one of the candidates is going to win in particular state. That means my cellphone is going to be buzzing like an insane bumblebee bee for the next few hours.

Dreamer

Turn the phone off, or hide it somewhere padded?

zelda_pinwheel · 11-04-2008, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

CNN is sending "breaking news" text messages every time someone projects that one of the candidates is going to win in particular state. That means my cellphone is going to be buzzing like an insane bumblebee bee for the next few hours.

Dreamer

why on earth would you give cnn your telephone number ??

BookishDreamer · 11-04-2008, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Turn the phone off, or hide it somewhere padded?

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

why on earth would you give cnn your telephone number ??

I think I'll turn off the alert sound for the night and turn it back on in the morning. Normally I don't mind those messages. I don't watch the news very often (is that sacrilegious for a former journalism student?) so the text messages keep me clued in on what's going on in the world. I don't mind getting one or two messages a day, but I've gotten three in the past hour. I'm not interested in being that connected to the world and I certainly don't want it to disturb my bedtime reading.

Dreamer

Nate the great · 11-04-2008, 11:49 PM

1538 days until Obambi goes back to Chicago

The best politician that Chicago style politics could buy.

RickyMaveety · 11-05-2008, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

1538 days until Obambi goes back to Chicago

The best politician that Chicago style politics could buy.

I don't imagine he'll do as bad a job as Bush did ... so, it seems logical to think that Obama could be President for at least as long.

It's sad really .... I so wanted to vote for McCain, but once he chose Palin as his running mate, he lost my vote. I don't think the Republicans will get my vote back until they stop catering to the religious right. Scratch that ... I flat out know they will not get my vote back until they stop catering to the religious right.

Nate the great · 11-05-2008, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

1538 days until Obambi goes back to Chicago

The best politician that Chicago style politics could buy.

You know, I've been thinking about continuing the countdown for President Obama's full term in office. It would be a challenge to my creativity to come up with a one-liner nasty gram everyday. But I won't, and I'll tell you why.

Two reasons. The first is that I think it would be a waste to focus that much energy on such a negative output. The second is that I've come to feel nothing but disdain for people who shit on the sitting President like I've seen here and in many other places. If you don't respect the man, you should at least respect the office.

I've decided that the best way to restore some civility is to lead by example. That is why I will never refer to President Obama in the manner that several here have referred to President Bush.

Nate the great · 11-05-2008, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I don't imagine he'll do as bad a job as Bush did ... so, it seems logical to think that Obama could be President for at least as long.

It's sad really .... I so wanted to vote for McCain, but once he chose Palin as his running mate, he lost my vote. I don't think the Republicans will get my vote back until they stop catering to the religious right. Scratch that ... I flat out know they will not get my vote back until they stop catering to the religious right.

I do not beleive President Obama will last 8 years. It looks like he will have a Democrat Congress to help him do a bad job.

radioflyertoo · 11-05-2008, 06:28 AM

I've decided that the best way to restore some civility is to lead by example. That is why I will never refer to President Obama in the manner that several here have referred to President Bush.[/QUOTE]

I agree with you 100%. I just hope we don't get another Jimmy Carter.

Greg Anos · 11-05-2008, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

You know, I've been thinking about continuing the countdown for President Obama's full term in office. It would be a challenge to my creativity to come up with a one-liner nasty gram everyday. But I won't, and I'll tell you why.

Two reasons. The first is that I think it would be a waste to focus that much energy on such a negative output. The second is that I've come to feel nothing but disdain for people who shit on the sitting President like I've seen here and in many other places. If you don't respect the man, you should at least respect the office.

I've decided that the best way to restore some civility is to lead by example. That is why I will never refer to President Obama in the manner that several here have referred to President Bush.

Nate, the ultimate civility is to respond to people in the manner they prefer. Since the liberal electorate has preferred sneers and insult, I shall communicate with them as they prefer... Besides, I cannot let the republic go quietly into the dark...

"Democracy is based upon the idea the the public knows what it wants, and deserves to get it - fast and hard."
H. L. Mencken

LazyScot · 11-05-2008, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Nate, the ultimate civility is to respond to people in the manner they prefer. Since the liberal electorate has preferred sneers and insult, I shall communicate with them as they prefer...

Although I've never understood why you can't separate the office from the holder (you've seen what we do to our Prime Ministers here in the UK, right?), I'm with Great Nate here.

An eye for an eye leads to a world that is blind.

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Besides, I cannot let the republic go quietly into the dark...

Oh... Sorry, I missed the smilie....

Greg Anos · 11-05-2008, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Although I've never understood why you can't separate the office from the holder (you've seen what we do to our Prime Ministers here in the UK, right?), I'm with Great Nate here.

An eye for an eye leads to a world that is blind.

Oh... Sorry, I missed the smilie....

Perhaps you could explain the subtle separation between the two with the outgoing president?

vivaldirules · 11-05-2008, 08:12 AM

The countdown for all future offices should be started now. I'm uniformly dismayed at the poor choices I seem to be left with almost every election and the blame is solely mine (ours). I don't pay enough attention to the people that are running for local offices who eventually graduate to running for the big offices. By the time they get there, they've brushed off all the people who are decent, or so it seems to me. This year, I was so anxious to vote early that I forgot to learn about the people running for those little offices so I was condemned to leave them blank. My bad. My very bad. Today is the day to worry about the next election.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 11-05-2008, 08:38 AM

No.

Today is the day to start worrying about America. This country has a lot of work to do, and fretting about who will be trying to get our vote 4 years from now would be a waste of time so heinous as to fully invalidate the reason we're all in this country.

A historic moment has come for the office of President. But more importantly, there are things that this country has needed to do for the past 20-30 years, which have been blocked by lobbyists and greedy politicians. We need to reverse that trend now. America needs to put its differences aside, and start to work together again.

Obama's campaign slogan was "Yes we can."

America's new slogan needs to be "Yes, WE WILL."

Who's with me?

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	New Countdown 1538 days until Obambi goes back to Chicago The best politician that Chicago style politics could buy.

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11-04-2008, 09:00 PM	#137
BookishDreamer Cultural Artist Posts: 1,128 Karma: 12829 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Georgia Device: Sony 505, Kindle 2	CNN is sending "breaking news" text messages every time someone projects that one of the candidates is going to win in particular state. That means my cellphone is going to be buzzing like an insane bumblebee bee for the next few hours. Dreamer

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radioflyertoo Hog Rider Posts: 266 Karma: 1581 Join Date: May 2008 Location: eastern PA. Device: HTC 7501	I've decided that the best way to restore some civility is to lead by example. That is why I will never refer to President Obama in the manner that several here have referred to President Bush.[/QUOTE] I agree with you 100%. I just hope we don't get another Jimmy Carter.

11-05-2008, 08:12 AM	#149
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	The countdown for all future offices should be started now. I'm uniformly dismayed at the poor choices I seem to be left with almost every election and the blame is solely mine (ours). I don't pay enough attention to the people that are running for local offices who eventually graduate to running for the big offices. By the time they get there, they've brushed off all the people who are decent, or so it seems to me. This year, I was so anxious to vote early that I forgot to learn about the people running for those little offices so I was condemned to leave them blank. My bad. My very bad. Today is the day to worry about the next election.

11-05-2008, 08:38 AM	#150
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	No. Today is the day to start worrying about America. This country has a lot of work to do, and fretting about who will be trying to get our vote 4 years from now would be a waste of time so heinous as to fully invalidate the reason we're all in this country. A historic moment has come for the office of President. But more importantly, there are things that this country has needed to do for the past 20-30 years, which have been blocked by lobbyists and greedy politicians. We need to reverse that trend now. America needs to put its differences aside, and start to work together again. Obama's campaign slogan was "Yes we can." America's new slogan needs to be "Yes, WE WILL." Who's with me?

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