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Virginia, how ironic! I read it was ten states. The coverage of the subject is better on the German news site than on CNN, fwiw. At least one can say that the Republicans mount a really strong opposition. If they changed the electoral system to one where every vote actually counted and counted the same, the situation would look different. If India can do it, why not the US?
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well - if u look at the members of the Supreme court - and who put them there - u´ll get the picture…Supreme court also allowed for corporate money to be used for political campaigns - those guys are so ready for retirement.
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LOL..I believe this goes for every country..
btw - Simon - ur bandanna is almost out the door..3 to go ***
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They used to require tests before allowing people to vote. That happened right after Slavery… I don't think that's a very good idea. The system is fine as is. Its just essentially the people who need to adjust their ways. Prohibiting people from voting is completely un-american, and that would include voting tests.
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ur right , Simon , in an ideal world people would try to gather as much information as possible before making a decision. But that´s just not gonna happen. Sad - but true.
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K - were you able to finish those leftovers or did u need Diesels help ? xo
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@simon626:
haha, i'm ready to give it away (:
I think they should be required to vote. Most of the people don't even REALLY know that the presidential candidates are specifically supporting. So many times people vote on a general idea of what candidates support, and generally speaking, all the candidates are very similar with slight differences. It's when you get specific that candidates finally seem a world apart.
You shouldn't be a chef if you don't know how to cook.
You shouldn't vote if you don't REALLY know what you're voting for.
You're absolutely right. They should not be forced to take a test but they should be forced to take a lesson. Speakout.org had a really great device for that online. It would ask you a series of around three dozen political questions from all categories. Basically it would pose the problem and then give answer options. Each problem could be clicked on and it would expand to give you background info and reading on it. And even each answer could be expanded to tell you what it actually means if you answer this. So it was easy enough to just breeze through but also in-depth enough and thorough. When you got through the questions it would tell you which candidate was most in line with your line of thinking.
You'd get clear numbers, e.g. Clinton agrees with you on 24/36 but Obama agrees with you on 31 of 36. Then it would detail each response for each candidate and show you their voting record on the issue and also some quotes what they have said on that issue.
It takes 30-60 minutes to do. Should be required. Really.
Even well informed and intelligent people are usually not completely up to speed on all issues. So you might know that candidate A is really favoring your top three issues but maybe he is totally against your secondary issues. It happened even to my mom. She wanted to vote CDU (which she had never done). In Germany that's center right. In the US that would be center left (more left than democrats). I told her that if she does that, she will vote also for certain things she really doesn't like. I made her take the equivalent test from a German news site. It showed that she was much more of an FDP profile than a CDU profile and that even the Green party and the SPD were ranking as high as the CDU if not higher. She was impressed and thanked me for saving her from voting for the wrong party.
So, yeah, being informed is super important. Which brings us back to the education thing.
Till
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Simon626….In case you missed my post....at least I know my jeans exist...
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Simon626….In case you missed my post....at least I know my jeans exist...
http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?p=2199947#post2199947I always admire Andes attention to detail..felled seam is just one of many examples*
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My main prob is similar to Simon's main problem. But the real issue is, I'm a pretty simple person..jeans and t-shirts is Shubha. Throw on a jacket, I'm complete. I like the Iron Heart shirts I have so far because they can double as a "shirt jacket". The fact is, as you know – I'm not that fashion conscious. When I read Till's posts on this designer or that, or his posts on fashion dos and don'ts -- I just get lost. While I admire Till's repertoire of knowledge, I am not bothered to keep up -- because I'm a simple jeans n' tee kinda gal.
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dead has finally succeeded in drilling a basic denim truth into my pathetic little brain. I've been wearing my Samurai S0500xx for a few days consecutively now. Comparing these to Iron Heart is like comparing apples and oranges (excuse the cliche`). These jeans just feel s-o-o-o different than Iron Heart – in a good way. They're crispy, crunchy, slubby, etc...and by no means are they thin "pajama" jeans. I should be getting my FH3001 in a day or two, BTW (14.5 oz). Don't get me wrong...Iron Heart reigns supreme, no doubt. They are the best made, highest quality jeans in the universe. But sometimes, you just want something different on your body. These Sams are draping much better on me now. Seul, you'll be happy to know...I've started wearing a belt (Iron Heart, of course) -- they've gotten a little looser, which for this style of jean -- is a positive effect. The best I can describe the Samurai S0500xx cut is -- they're like IH 634S except more tapered, thinner thighs, etc...and they're lower waisted. You need to kinda wear these jeans low to look good.
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Andy Whall Thread
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@shubharamani:
dead has finally succeeded in drilling a basic denim truth into my pathetic little brain. I've been wearing my Samurai S0500xx for a few days consecutively now. Comparing these to Iron Heart is like comparing apples and oranges (excuse the cliche`). These jeans just feel s-o-o-o different than Iron Heart – in a good way. They're crispy, crunchy, slubby, etc...and by no means are they thin "pajama" jeans. I should be getting my FH3001 in a day or two, BTW (14.5 oz). Don't get me wrong...Iron Heart reigns supreme, no doubt. They are the best made, highest quality jeans in the universe. But sometimes, you just want something different on your body. These Sams are draping much better on me now. Seul, you'll be happy to know...I've started wearing a belt (Iron Heart, of course) -- they've gotten a little looser, which for this style of jean -- is a positive effect. The best I can describe the Samurai S0500xx cut is -- they're like IH 634S except more tapered, thinner thighs, etc...and they're lower waisted. You need to kinda wear these jeans low to look good.
haha, glad to see you are now open to the different nuances of other brands and are thankfully not freezing like you had thought you would in non-21oz denim. hehe
