Europe as joke

Alan Minyard writes:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:14:51 +0100, guy wastiaux wrote:

BUFDRVR wrote:
If you are not going to help in Iraq, we will be
forced to remove our troops and support in the Balkans in order to ease our
burden in Iraq.

Are you the one in charge ?

He speaks for the majority of the American public, and we ARE in charge.

You're not. You've delegated said responsibility to politicians and
the President (who was not elected by a majority, but thats another
issue we don't go into here

Øystein
--
Roy Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships
on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the
dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time,
like tears in rain. Time to die.

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:51:49 +0100, (Øystein Tvedten) wrote:

Alan Minyard writes:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:14:51 +0100, guy wastiaux wrote:

BUFDRVR wrote:
If you are not going to help in Iraq, we will be
forced to remove our troops and support in the Balkans in order to ease our
burden in Iraq.

Are you the one in charge ?

He speaks for the majority of the American public, and we ARE in charge.

You're not. You've delegated said responsibility to politicians and
the President (who was not elected by a majority, but thats another
issue we don't go into here

Øystein

Ignorant fool.

PLONK

Al Minyard

Leslie Swartz wrote:
: "President Bush was not elected by the majority" is the ignorant statement.
: President Bush's win was well within the margin of error for the vote tally.

: Now if you had said "President Bush may or may not have received the most
: votes" it would have been an accurate statement.

: Steve Swartz

: (current balloting systems in use in the U.S., assuming everything goes
: perfectly, have a 3% or so margin of error. Add dirty tricks and whatnot,
: andthe margin of error is closer to 15%)



Well I suspect that the real problem with the statement was that
the statement ignores the fact that a vote majority isn't necessary
under US election laws. Only a majority of electoral college
votes matters.



--- Gregg
"Improvise, adapt, overcome."

Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phone: (617) 496-1558

Alan Minyard writes:

Ignorant fool.

PLONK

Al Minyard

Ignorant? Whyfor? For actually knowing how the US election system
works, and that it's not a national popular vote, but a slightly more
complex system with the electorial college and such?

Øystein
--
Roy Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships
on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the
dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time,
like tears in rain. Time to die.

"President Bush was not elected by the majority" is the ignorant statement.
President Bush's win was well within the margin of error for the vote tally.

Now if you had said "President Bush may or may not have received the most
votes" it would have been an accurate statement.

Steve Swartz

(current balloting systems in use in the U.S., assuming everything goes
perfectly, have a 3% or so margin of error. Add dirty tricks and whatnot,
andthe margin of error is closer to 15%)


"Øystein Tvedten" wrote in message
...
Alan Minyard writes:

Ignorant fool.

PLONK

Al Minyard

Ignorant? Whyfor? For actually knowing how the US election system
works, and that it's not a national popular vote, but a slightly more
complex system with the electorial college and such?

Øystein
--
Roy Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships
on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the
dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time,
like tears in rain. Time to die.

The poster was well aware of the fact- however, since the united states
stopped following it's own constitution over 100 years ago a minor detail
like how the president is selected doesn't really matter much, now does it?

Steve Swartz


"Gregg Germain" wrote in message
...
Leslie Swartz wrote:
: "President Bush was not elected by the majority" is the ignorant
statement.
: President Bush's win was well within the margin of error for the vote
tally.

: Now if you had said "President Bush may or may not have received the
most
: votes" it would have been an accurate statement.

: Steve Swartz

: (current balloting systems in use in the U.S., assuming everything goes
: perfectly, have a 3% or so margin of error. Add dirty tricks and
whatnot,
: andthe margin of error is closer to 15%)



Well I suspect that the real problem with the statement was that
the statement ignores the fact that a vote majority isn't necessary
under US election laws. Only a majority of electoral college
votes matters.



--- Gregg
"Improvise, adapt, overcome."

Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phone: (617) 496-1558