Election day; Vote! - Page 6

pshrynk · 11-06-2008, 02:48 PM

You kids stay off my lawn!

:grumpyoldmanwearingawidebrimmedhat:

radioflyertoo · 11-06-2008, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

You kids stay off my lawn!

:grumpyoldmanwearingawidebrimmedhat:

Why ?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-06-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

:grumpyoldmanwearingawidebrimmedhat:

You need a new avatar

yvanleterrible · 11-06-2008, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

And just for the heck of it, just how would you 'make it better'?

Apparently you've never read Steve. His novels are filled with solutions, all hidden under the cover of SF.

jerryleejr · 11-06-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

As long as it's skewed toward Me, it's all good.

I think if it has to do with you it is probably skewed to begin with

JJ
So going to mobile read hell

jerryleejr · 11-06-2008, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

and it's past your bedtime!

Dreamer

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

and it's past your bedtime too!

Dreamer

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

Now that song is in my head....thanks sugar pie honey bunch!

Dreamer

Peaches,
You need to quit worrying about everyone else or you will be up past your bedtime

JJ

Steven Lyle Jordan · 11-07-2008, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Apparently you've never read Steve. His novels are filled with solutions, all hidden under the cover of SF.

Ten-coo.

Greg Anos · 11-07-2008, 08:54 AM

For every problem there is a solution.

For every solution there is another problem.

It is wisdom to realize this.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 11-07-2008, 08:56 AM

United, we stand.

Divided, we fall.

It is American to understand this.

Greg Anos · 11-07-2008, 09:07 AM

I was not limiting my self to America. Merely stating an important truth. Problems and solutions are a wheel that goes around, infinitly, never ending. It has no stopping point...

Steven Lyle Jordan · 11-07-2008, 09:19 AM

Hmm... I think I see...

Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel thats turning
Running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half-forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly?
Was it something that you said?
Lovers walk along a shore
And leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the fragment of a song
Half-remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
You were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the colour of her hair

Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind.

(Thanks, Dusty.)

Greg Anos · 11-07-2008, 09:31 AM

Or more succceintly, a mandela.

(Nice song, also used as the opening for the original Thomas Crown Affair.)

ProDigit · 11-07-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

You kids stay off my lawn!

:grumpyoldmanwearingawidebrimmedhat:

Did they sell Pizza's in your town?

daffy4u · 11-07-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jerryleejr

So going to mobile read hell

You're already there, Scooter-Pie!

CCLady · 11-08-2008, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ProDigit

Anyways,I heard on the radio today, that the president elected yesterday, actually will be elected by... something else political in December, am I right?

You're correct. We have not yet officially elected a president. The way our system works (for a variety of reasons, dating back to when the Constitution was ratified) is this:

We go to the polls on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The candidate's names are on the ballot, but technically, when you vote for one you are voting for a group of "electors" who are committed to that candidate. As an example, when I voted, I was actually voting for a group of electors who are committed to Barack Obama. The electors committed to him got more votes in California than the electors committed to any other candidate, so his electors will be the ones who will represent California at the Electoral College meeting next month.

Each state is allotted a specific number of electors. The number is the same as the number of representatives that state has in the two houses of Congress. Every state has 2 Senators and at least one Representative. The rest of the Representatives are divided up by percentage of population. California has a larger population than any other state - we have 55 electorial votes. Alaska, on the other hand, has a very small population, and only has the minimum 3 electors.

When you hear references to "270" needed to win, that's the number of electorial votes it takes to be elected president. Obama will have something over 340, and once they cast their votes, then he will officially be elected President of the US.

Probably more information than you wanted, but you did ask. . .

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11-06-2008, 02:48 PM	#76
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	You kids stay off my lawn! :grumpyoldmanwearingawidebrimmedhat:

11-07-2008, 08:54 AM	#83
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,530 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	For every problem there is a solution. For every solution there is another problem. It is wisdom to realize this.

11-07-2008, 08:56 AM	#84
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	United, we stand. Divided, we fall. It is American to understand this.

11-07-2008, 09:07 AM	#85
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,530 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	I was not limiting my self to America. Merely stating an important truth. Problems and solutions are a wheel that goes around, infinitly, never ending. It has no stopping point...

11-07-2008, 09:19 AM	#86
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Hmm... I think I see... Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain Or a carnival balloon Like a carousel thats turning Running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple Whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Like a tunnel that you follow To a tunnel of its own Down a hollow to a cavern Where the sun has never shone Like a door that keeps revolving In a half-forgotten dream Or the ripples from a pebble Someone tosses in a stream Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple Whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Keys that jingle in your pocket Words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that you said? Lovers walk along a shore And leave their footprints in the sand Is the sound of distant drumming Just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway And the fragment of a song Half-remembered names and faces But to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over You were suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning To the colour of her hair Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind. (Thanks, Dusty.)

11-07-2008, 09:31 AM	#87
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,530 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Or more succceintly, a mandela. (Nice song, also used as the opening for the original Thomas Crown Affair.)

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