Ted Nugent: Gun-free zones are recipe for disaster

NefariousKoel · 04-21-07, 01:47 PM

Sure, OddJob, let's force NRA members to do community service. Perhaps spend some time in a Gulag too? What a great idea!

Not having our national leaders rule us from far far away is the reason this country was formed. The Electoral system keeps such things in check and works perfectly well. If you recall there was a civil war in the US quite awhile back and much of the secessionist angst was fueled by what they considered the "north" stacking the electoral system unfairly against them, thus their impression that they were being increasingly lorded over by statesmen from a distant and different society.

The electoral system is working just fine. If it weren't, there'd once again be the same sentiments and that is absolutely not a good thing.

Ostfriese · 04-21-07, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by NefariousKoel

The electoral system is working just fine.

Is it? I've been told that the electoral system allows someone to become president even if his opponent received more votes.

NefariousKoel · 04-21-07, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ostfriese

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Originally Posted by NefariousKoel

The electoral system is working just fine.

Is it? I've been told that the electoral system allows someone to become president even if his opponent received more votes.

That has happened to candidates from both parties in the past.

Of course, the system doesn't use overall numbers. The populations in individual states decide the state's standing, not just the biggest population centers.

I don't expect everyone to understand the reasoning behind the electoral system, some just don't get that which I mentioned previously. I can't say the ideals behind in any more plainly than I already have. *shrug*

We're getting a little off-topic here. My fault for picking this subject out of a previous long post.

OddjobXL · 04-21-07, 04:57 PM

Clearly I'm not the scholar you are Koel, but I seem to recall a little issue of taxation without representation being the primary rational for our revolution. If my vote is worth proportionately less than someone else's vote even if I'm paying the same amount of taxes, well, you do the math.

That said, I've already agreed with you in my previous post that jiggering around with the electoral college, at least in this respect, would be a bad idea.

04-21-07, 01:47 PM	#1
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Sure, OddJob, let's force NRA members to do community service. Perhaps spend some time in a Gulag too? What a great idea! Not having our national leaders rule us from far far away is the reason this country was formed. The Electoral system keeps such things in check and works perfectly well. If you recall there was a civil war in the US quite awhile back and much of the secessionist angst was fueled by what they considered the "north" stacking the electoral system unfairly against them, thus their impression that they were being increasingly lorded over by statesmen from a distant and different society. The electoral system is working just fine. If it weren't, there'd once again be the same sentiments and that is absolutely not a good thing. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

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04-21-07, 04:57 PM	#4
OddjobXL Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 119 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Clearly I'm not the scholar you are Koel, but I seem to recall a little issue of taxation without representation being the primary rational for our revolution. If my vote is worth proportionately less than someone else's vote even if I'm paying the same amount of taxes, well, you do the math. That said, I've already agreed with you in my previous post that jiggering around with the electoral college, at least in this respect, would be a bad idea.