Congratulations! You Have Four More Years
I'm sitting here looking through my desk (it's made of glass), holding my head and looking at the fine particles of dust that may or may not be here tomorrow.
Four more years.
Funnily enough, no one in Canada is really surprised. We're enraged, but not surprised.
Democracy...
1. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2. A political or social unit that has such a government.
3. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
4. Majority rule.
5. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
The American people do not choose their president. There is what's known as The Electoral College.
The Electoral College, established during the creation of the Constitution, was created in defence against potential legislative corruption, and to create an even balance of the wishes of the American people, as most of the country was still in wilderness. In the late eighteenth century, its members were recruited based on their unbiasness, their virtue, discernment and knowledge. They were well read and well travelled. It is now filled with partisan mutton-heads.
And there isn't an even dispersal.
In one state, say Wyoming, one elector will represent the voting wishes of 167,081 people. So say the majority of those 167,081 voted red, (ah, I remember when people would rather be 'dead than red') the trigger happy, gun-toting, Fascist gets the vote. The elector then takes that vote and puts it towards the potential 270 electoral votes needed to win the majority.
In California, say, one electoral vote represents the wishes of 645,172 Americans. That is a difference of 487,091 people. That's nearly 4x the votes. If the Electoral College made any sense AT ALL there would be enough representatives that represented the wishes of all Americans. Evenly. If America's voting process made any sense, or if it truly was a democracy, every vote would count.
But it doesn't. And it probably never will, if this ridiculous process remains in tact.
In 2000, there were 539,893 more popular votes for Gore.
Oh, and those little electronic devices used to tally your votes? They are owned and operated by *fine* Americans in full Republican support. These people collect $1,000 from hundreds, if not thousands, of separate individuals within their organizations to "support" the Monkey-elect, thus insuring their contract. Trust them to tally correctly... really!
Your fearless (out of sheer stupidity) leader is a monster. Nothing good will come of this.
And I still look at the dust particles and wonder if they will be here tomorrow.
Four more years.
Funnily enough, no one in Canada is really surprised. We're enraged, but not surprised.
Democracy...
1. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2. A political or social unit that has such a government.
3. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
4. Majority rule.
5. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
The American people do not choose their president. There is what's known as The Electoral College.
The Electoral College, established during the creation of the Constitution, was created in defence against potential legislative corruption, and to create an even balance of the wishes of the American people, as most of the country was still in wilderness. In the late eighteenth century, its members were recruited based on their unbiasness, their virtue, discernment and knowledge. They were well read and well travelled. It is now filled with partisan mutton-heads.
And there isn't an even dispersal.
In one state, say Wyoming, one elector will represent the voting wishes of 167,081 people. So say the majority of those 167,081 voted red, (ah, I remember when people would rather be 'dead than red') the trigger happy, gun-toting, Fascist gets the vote. The elector then takes that vote and puts it towards the potential 270 electoral votes needed to win the majority.
In California, say, one electoral vote represents the wishes of 645,172 Americans. That is a difference of 487,091 people. That's nearly 4x the votes. If the Electoral College made any sense AT ALL there would be enough representatives that represented the wishes of all Americans. Evenly. If America's voting process made any sense, or if it truly was a democracy, every vote would count.
But it doesn't. And it probably never will, if this ridiculous process remains in tact.
In 2000, there were 539,893 more popular votes for Gore.
Oh, and those little electronic devices used to tally your votes? They are owned and operated by *fine* Americans in full Republican support. These people collect $1,000 from hundreds, if not thousands, of separate individuals within their organizations to "support" the Monkey-elect, thus insuring their contract. Trust them to tally correctly... really!
Your fearless (out of sheer stupidity) leader is a monster. Nothing good will come of this.
And I still look at the dust particles and wonder if they will be here tomorrow.
posted by Comrade Chicken at
3:06 p.m.
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