by Galasinao » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:15 am
by Greed and Death » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:18 am
by Cruciland » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:21 am
Socialdemokraterne wrote:If the absence of secularism wasn't enough to scare our people, the rate of which the doomsday button is pressed by them sure settled the matter.
Prussia-Steinbach wrote:Cruciland, I just want to say, your nation is frightening.
The Inevitable Syndicate wrote:My advice to you, dear Gordano-Lysandus, is to run. Or hide. Maybe not hiding, because the Crucilandians will find you, and by their god, you will be assimilated.
by TechTown » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:21 am
by Ifreann » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:23 am
TechTown wrote:I vote Green/Lib Dem in UK elections.
Still got Boris 'Buses' Johnson for London Mayor though. I haven't the slightest idea how.
by Chestaan » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:23 am
by Page » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:26 am
by Farnhamia » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:27 am
Galasinao wrote:If I were American, I would. I'm Canadian. Let's face it Romney and Obama won't bring any good change to their country. They're just courtiers for the corporations that really run America. Sure their policies are a little different but they're still the same like Pepsi and Coke. When you think about it, Obama and Democrats are Pepsi, and Romney and Republicans are coke.
According to Chris Hedges, "We will all swallow our cup of corporate poison. We can take it from nurse Romney, who will tell us not to whine and play the victim, or we can take it from nurse Obama, who will assure us that this hurts him even more than it hurts us, but one way or another the corporate hemlock will be shoved down our throats. The choice before us is how it will be administered. Corporate power, no matter who is running the ward after January 2013, is poised to carry out U.S. history’s most savage assault against the poor and the working class, not to mention the Earth’s ecosystem. And no one in power, no matter what the bedside manner, has any intention or ability to stop it.
If you insist on participating in the cash-drenched charade of a two-party democratic election at least be clear about what you are doing. You are, by playing your assigned role as the Democratic or Republican voter in this political theater, giving legitimacy to a corporate agenda that means your own impoverishment and disempowerment. All the things that stand between us and utter destitution—Medicaid, food stamps, Pell grants, Head Start, Social Security, public education, federal grants-in-aid to America’s states and cities, the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program (WIC), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and home-delivered meals for seniors—are about to be shredded by the corporate state. Our corporate oligarchs are harvesting the nation, grabbing as much as they can, as fast as they can, in the inevitable descent."
The man is right. I agree with what he said.
Also, I remembering watching 'Expand the Debate' on Democracy Now! where the third party candidates, Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party, and Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party got to speak on what they woulddo for the country. When you compare these candidates to Coke and Pepsi, you realize that Stein and Anderson really do care for the country and want it to progress. They want to end America's imperial wars and have single payer health care. Look at Coke and Pepsi, they were just arguing like children and didn't really touch on any important issues like the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) which allows American citizens to be detained without trial. Coke said that coal was clean. Coal is not clean!
Hmm, if you're an American, don't pick the lesser of two evil; that would be Coke. Vote for a third party. The party may not win but it beats choosing one that serves the corporations.
Finally, I'll finish this thread with another quote from Chris Hedges,
"You get the point. Obama is not in charge. Romney would not be in charge. Politicians are the public face of corporate power. They are corporate employees. Their personal narratives, their promises, their rhetoric and their idiosyncrasies are meaningless. And that, perhaps, is why the cost of the two presidential campaigns is estimated to reach an obscene $2.5 billion. The corporate state does not produce a product that is different. It produces brands that are different. And brands cost a lot of money to sell.
You can dismiss those of us who will in protest vote for a third-party candidate and invest our time and energy in acts of civil disobedience. You can pride yourself on being practical. You can swallow the false argument of the lesser of two evils. But ask yourself, once this nightmare starts kicking in, who the real sucker is."
by Ifreann » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:27 am
Raeyh wrote:Voting for a third party sounds like a waste of time and gasoline.
by Raeyh » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:30 am
by Fontoria » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:32 am
by Greed and Death » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:52 am
by Ifreann » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:52 am
by Greed and Death » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:59 am
by Greed and Death » Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:01 am
by Daistallia 2104 » Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:02 am
by Greed and Death » Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:03 am
Daistallia 2104 wrote:Raeyh wrote:
Well, you need to drive to get there, right? I guess you could walk there, but according to Google Maps, it would take 41 minutes to get to the elementary school that serves as my voting location by foot.
Oh no, how terrible that you may have to walk a mile to vote! (Try again with something truely whine worthy...)
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