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On November 07 2012 06:36 JonnyBNoHo wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 05:12 JinDesu wrote:On November 07 2012 05:10 JonnyBNoHo wrote:On November 07 2012 05:07 Tarot wrote:On November 07 2012 05:07 Boraz wrote:On November 07 2012 05:05 radiatoren wrote:
Someone is looking at a reality through a monochromatic lense. The questions you should be asking is "how can someone do it better?", "Why do people act the way they do?" and "Why do people disagree with me?". If you find the answers to those questions irrelevant, you are probably not discussing the right issue, with the right people and from a big enough perspective.
There is always more to learn Boraz and some of it is about yourself. Why is somebody from Denmark even posting in here? Because a certain party (in your presidential election) never ceases to amuse. We need a thread for the next Canadian election. I'd really like the opportunity to return some smugness  Jonny - dish out the info. I know NOTHING of Canada. Except something about Harper being bad. It's off topic but I think Canadian's are in for a reality check when commodity prices come back to Earth and their own debt problems come home to roost.
The reason Canada wasn't hit hard had nothing to do with commodity prices coming back to earth... It was because our products are regulated such that we can't have the rich get immensly richer at the expense of our nations wealth.
: P Canada's just fine.
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On November 07 2012 06:52 farvacola wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 06:35 tree.hugger wrote:On November 07 2012 03:38 farvacola wrote:tree.hugger with that straight party ticket, a man after my own heart I voted Horner in 2010 tho. Almost accidentally made Emmer governor. Lesson learned. Yeah, Minnesota is an interesting state when it comes to state politics; it's got a strong and influential independent voter sensibility, and along with Wisconsin y'all just seem to pump out influential politicians. And yes, thank god y'all did not elect Tom Emmer, he is pretty much the worst kind of Republican.
The ones that get out on the federal stage tend to make a name for themselves, though some in more positive ways than others. First time I saw my father cry was when Wellstone's plane went down (He worked on his first election campaign), I wish I could vote that man into the White House.
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voted. good to see a lot of people doing their thing during election day at the polling place. obama for the win.
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On November 07 2012 06:22 wherebugsgo wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 06:12 sc2superfan101 wrote:
My Final Prediction:
EC:
354-184 Romney
Romney carries: OH, NV, MI, WI, CO, IA, MN, OR, NH, PA, VA, NC, FL (possibly NM)
Popular Vote:
Romney: ~ 54%
Obama: ~ 43%
Johnson: ~ 3%
Stein: > 0.1%
it's been a lot of fun guys. may the best man win. I'll see ya'll on the other side!
the fuck hahahahaha are you trolling? If this happens it's probably an indication of rampant election fraud on the part of the Republican party.
no trolling. just a gut feeling and four years of waiting.
I'm hoping it's such a large win that accusations of voter fraud are out the window. call me crazy, but somehow, I don't think any recounts are going our way this time.
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On November 07 2012 06:38 Rassy wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 06:19 Nesto wrote:
hmm, I watched like 20 minutes of CNN, they now had interviews with two guys on the rep side and two on the democrats side and every single one tells Blitzer how turnout on their side is greater than expected and that they don't see the same on the other side...
god that's annoying... lol The partisan bias is verry strong in all the republicans and democrats i have seen on cnn. Cnn expects to call the election around midnight eastern time, first results in 90 minutes. 8 more hours and this ordeal is over and can forget about the usa politics for the next 4 years. Just hope it doesnt end with a huge letdown, like obama winning with a landslide  Would definatly feel fooled by the media if that happend.
I would be suprised if its not a landslide, considering all the betting sites had Obama as a huge favorite for about 6 months around 8 to 1 i believe. Forget the media forget the polling, if you want to know a good estiamte of somebody's chances thats where you should look xD.
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If the USA votes for Romney the rest of the world should really start thinking if we really want a group of 200 milion people who vote for a president like that, to have such a great influence over the rest of the world.
I'd rather not have 1 country so powerful at all, but I can live with Obama.
I for sure don't want them to be policeman of the world when they elect Romneys and Bushes.
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Maybe I'm too stupid to navigate their site, but is there anyway to get a stream of cnn (in germany)?
I would like to follow the election, but our german tv is so biased in favor of obama it almost makes me want to cheer romney. And isnt cnn the closest to neutral of the big US-american news networks?
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Local news here in Miami just said multiple precincts in Broward county ran out of ballots.
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On November 07 2012 07:06 Hrrrrm wrote:
Local news here in Miami just said multiple precincts in Broward county ran out of ballots.
Is that a red county or a blue one?
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On November 07 2012 07:05 Zandar wrote:
If the USA votes for Romney the rest of the world should really start thinking if we really want a group of 200 milion people who vote for a president like that, to have such a great influence over the rest of the world.
I'd rather not have 1 country so powerful at all, but I can live with Obama.
I for sure don't want them to be policeman of the world when they elect Romneys and Bushes.
Americans have very interesting ways of thinking about the world  what can you do, let them ban women's rights and go complain about Iran while warring at will, Canada will do just find following behind staying finanically secure.
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On November 07 2012 07:06 Hrrrrm wrote:
Local news here in Miami just said multiple precincts in Broward county ran out of ballots.
Well in fairness to them the demand for presidential election ballots is unusually high today compared to your average day.
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On November 07 2012 06:55 NeMeSiS3 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 06:36 JonnyBNoHo wrote:On November 07 2012 05:12 JinDesu wrote:On November 07 2012 05:10 JonnyBNoHo wrote:On November 07 2012 05:07 Tarot wrote:On November 07 2012 05:07 Boraz wrote:On November 07 2012 05:05 radiatoren wrote:
Someone is looking at a reality through a monochromatic lense. The questions you should be asking is "how can someone do it better?", "Why do people act the way they do?" and "Why do people disagree with me?". If you find the answers to those questions irrelevant, you are probably not discussing the right issue, with the right people and from a big enough perspective.
There is always more to learn Boraz and some of it is about yourself. Why is somebody from Denmark even posting in here? Because a certain party (in your presidential election) never ceases to amuse. We need a thread for the next Canadian election. I'd really like the opportunity to return some smugness Jonny - dish out the info. I know NOTHING of Canada. Except something about Harper being bad. It's off topic but I think Canadian's are in for a reality check when commodity prices come back to Earth and their own debt problems come home to roost. The reason Canada wasn't hit hard had nothing to do with commodity prices coming back to earth... It was because our products are regulated such that we can't have the rich get immensly richer at the expense of our nations wealth. : P Canada's just fine.
Just keep telling yourself that.
Debt / housing issues:
When the United States saw a vast housing bubble inflate and burst during the 2000s, many Canadians felt smug about the purported prudence of their financial and property markets. During the crash, Canadian house prices fell by just 8%, compared with more than 30% in America. They hit new record highs by 2010. “Canada was not a part of the problem,” Stephen Harper, the prime minister, boasted in 2010. Today the consensus is growing on Bay Street, Toronto's answer to Wall Street, that Mr Harper may have to eat his words. In response to America's slow economic recovery and uncertainty in Europe, the Bank of Canada has kept interest rates at record lows. Five-year fixed-rate mortgages now charge interest of just 2.99%. In response, Canadians have sought ever-bigger loans for ever-costlier homes. The country's house prices have doubled since 2002. ![[image loading]](http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/290-width/images/print-edition/20120204_AMC524.gif) http://www.economist.com/node/21546057
Reliance on commodities:
Canada is unusual among advanced economies. It is the only G7 country that is a major commodity exporter. The production of primary products accounts for roughly 11 per cent of our gross domestic product. While this is much smaller than it was 50 years ago, it is nearly three times the relative size of commodity production in the United States and far higher than that of most other industrialized countries (see Appendix, Chart 1). In addition, commodities account for roughly one third of our exports. http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2011/02/speeches/commodity-prices-longe-short-of-it/
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On November 07 2012 07:05 Zandar wrote:
If the USA votes for Romney the rest of the world should really start thinking if we really want a group of 200 milion people who vote for a president like that, to have such a great influence over the rest of the world.
I'd rather not have 1 country so powerful at all, but I can live with Obama.
I for sure don't want them to be policeman of the world when they elect Romneys and Bushes.
Why don't you do something about that
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On November 07 2012 07:07 Sermokala wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 07:06 Hrrrrm wrote:
Local news here in Miami just said multiple precincts in Broward county ran out of ballots. Is that a red county or a blue one?
I'll let you take a guess.
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On November 07 2012 07:07 Sermokala wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 07:06 Hrrrrm wrote:
Local news here in Miami just said multiple precincts in Broward county ran out of ballots. Is that a red county or a blue one?
one of the biggest blue counties
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On November 07 2012 07:06 Hrrrrm wrote:
Local news here in Miami just said multiple precincts in Broward county ran out of ballots.
Seriously, Florida needs some help in drastic improvement on how to run an election. It's a mess out there. It always has been.
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On November 07 2012 07:05 Mafe wrote:
Maybe I'm too stupid to navigate their site, but is there anyway to get a stream of cnn (in germany)?
I would like to follow the election, but our german tv is so biased in favor of obama it almost makes me want to cheer romney. And isnt cnn the closest to neutral of the big US-american news networks?
I don't think any major US news outlet can be called particularly neutral, but I don't think it matters when it comes to election coverage. Everywhere, it's just a bunch of statistics with the occasional interview inbetween. You might as well watch fox news.
However, you're probably better off watching a non-US station, bbc for example.
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On November 07 2012 07:04 kukarachaa wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 06:38 Rassy wrote:On November 07 2012 06:19 Nesto wrote:
hmm, I watched like 20 minutes of CNN, they now had interviews with two guys on the rep side and two on the democrats side and every single one tells Blitzer how turnout on their side is greater than expected and that they don't see the same on the other side...
god that's annoying... lol The partisan bias is verry strong in all the republicans and democrats i have seen on cnn. Cnn expects to call the election around midnight eastern time, first results in 90 minutes. 8 more hours and this ordeal is over and can forget about the usa politics for the next 4 years. Just hope it doesnt end with a huge letdown, like obama winning with a landslide Would definatly feel fooled by the media if that happend. I would be suprised if its not a landslide, considering all the betting sites had Obama as a huge favorite for about 6 months around 8 to 1 i believe. Forget the media forget the polling, if you want to know a good estiamte of somebody's chances thats where you should look xD.
it's not going to be an Obama landslide the betting site have those odds because of the way the electorate is set up Romney would have to win at least 5 battle ground states which is going to be hard with polls in Ohio a point or two toward Obama. but there is no doubt the percentages will be really close bush and Kerry did not have such close polls on election day. even if one of them gets 300+ electoral college votes it won't be landslide.of
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