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Do elections only serve to make the future moron-certain?
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They also serve the belief that YOU would have a choice... 
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We do!
We can choose to be governed by this bunch of incompetent embezzlers serving these special interests, or by that bunch of incompetent embezzlers serving those special interests.
And all of them will stick their snouts into the public trough as deeply as physically possible, elected or not.
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I think we should be able to vote against someone without voting for someone. Then the one with the most negative votes should be thrown off a cliff.
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Brilliant! I'll make a petition for a referendum to introduce this into electoral law 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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But why killing?Isn't defeating them enough.
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Who said killing? It's a small cliff, they're only maimed.
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"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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No, no really - big cliff. They should be removed from the gene pool. If they can't generate enough votes to be at least minimally popular, there is no reason for them to be running around.
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But the suffering part is way too short.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Additionally, if the elected does not do what he said, he should be thrown off a cliff 
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That just leads to them making patriotic-sounding noise but not promising anything at all (to the extent they don't do that already).
Political commercials sound more and more like commercials for vitamins and food suppliments, full of phrases like "supports a healthy immune system" that mean nothing at all.
This thought just crystalized in my head. I am so depressed.
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Well its one way to get an increased turnout.
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You should read Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
Essentially the American Revolution replayed in space, the moon specifically. The lunar colony, which is a penal colony, fights for independence from the Earth with the aid of a self-sentient computer.
As they try to form a new government, they haggle over all sorts of ideas, and yours was one of them, the negative vote.
It's one of my favorite books and I think Heinlein's greatest, sorry Stranger in a Strange Land fans.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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OriginalGriff wrote: We do!
Yes, about whether you want one lump of sugar, two, or none.
Voting only works in a democracy, not these modern perversions. It is large companies that dictate the governements what their interests are.
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Why do you think they limit themselves to the public tough?
That has gotten WAYYY to risky (see cash in the congressman's freezer debacle)
The private military-industrial complex have a lot deeper pockets and have little, if any, oversight.
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Our last hope is a COS (Convention of States), where 3/4 of the state legislatures can pass amendments to our constitution without congress/president required to approve them.
The Book: The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin has some good starting points.
And Yes, we should be able to vote for what happens to the OUTGOING politician!!
So, we vote for Obama to get him in the office, and when he is on his way out, we
add some questions, and you can vote for all of them:
The Ex-President Should:
- Lose Secret Service Protection
- Lose Any future payments from the government
- Be Prevented from Speaking Publicly
- Be Stripped of the POTUS/Mr. President title
- Be investigated for lying during his campaign
- Be Jailed for his performance (for the same time as his presidential term)
- Be forced to pay for the Deficits he ran up  )))
Furthermore, No member of Congress or the Senate should be allowed to collect ANY payments or reimbursements if they fail to pass a balanced annual budget! Once the deadline comes, they stop getting paid, and changing this law requires a constitutional amendment!
Finally, it should be a Felony that prevents serving in public office to knowingly deceive the American People. Even while running for office, and especially once in it. All forms of government misconduct should be tried as Treason.
Other than that... I am an easy-going, nature lover who enjoys long walks on the beach ))
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It would be a good start just to make Congress live under the laws they pass. That is, no exempting themselves.
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It really matters, if you don't vote then parliament will not know what people believe. It is not just a case of choosing an MP, it is also about showing you care. Next time around, the parties won't bother targeting policies to help non-voters - just look at policies for the young vs policies for the old.
They're all in it for themselves, but atleast encourage the ones who may give you hand up as well.
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I voted this morning.
As did Herself.
Won't make a blind bit of difference, but if you don't vote, you can't complain about the government you do get...
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WRONG! It does make a difference. Even if every incumbent keeps his or her seat, if the vote against them goes up they worry, they really do.
Every. Single. Vote. Counts.
I don't care for other's politics*, but I do care that people exercise their right to vote.
* Except for UKIP, those wuckfits can go stick their heads in a blender.
veni bibi saltavi
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We have an excellent advert for not voting UKIP here: the local ASBO family (really, they are the ones who started cutting telephone cables last year and got an ASBO for it and other things) have a UKIP flag flying on the front of the house.
I've been sooooo tempted to set fire to it one dark night - but that would be descending to their level. 
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Every. Single. Vote. Counts.
Not at all. 1 less vote won't make any difference whatsoever.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: Not at all. 1 less vote won't make any difference whatsoever.
Wrong. One vote can be the winning margin.
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k5054 wrote: One vote can be the winning margin.
It'd be interesting to see how many times, if ever, that has happened.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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