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Hey, I was wondering how many of the people here voted.

Yes, I voted
11 (27.5%)
No, I chose not to vote
3 (7.5%)
I am underage
8 (20%)
I am not registered to vote
1 (2.5%)
I don't live in the US
17 (42.5%)

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Did You Vote?

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Raist

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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #30 on: November 05, 2008, 02:05:27 PM »
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Ron Paul sucks.
I can quote peoples.

Aren't you clever.

The gold standard and creationism in schools... nuff said.
The gold standard would prevent the raping of countries on the premise their money is worth less. The value of paper money is one of the greatest accomplishments of western capitalism. Convince another country your money is worth more than theirs, and get their labor for practically nothing, while they have to scrape up huge amounts of money to buy anything of yours.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I don't think bringing back the gold standard would help any of us.
With the dollar rebounding no. The way it was headed though it might have. Do you know the African nation with the only actually valuable currency still makes only gold coins? Their money never inflates.
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Vauxhall

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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #31 on: November 05, 2008, 02:08:47 PM »
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 02:05:27 PM
Quote from: Vauxhall on November 05, 2008, 01:47:30 PM
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 01:43:53 PM
Quote from: Vauxhall on November 05, 2008, 01:38:54 PM
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 01:35:41 PM
Quote from: Vauxhall on November 05, 2008, 01:35:17 PM
Quote from: Saddam Hussein on November 05, 2008, 01:34:07 PM
Ron Paul sucks.
I can quote peoples.

Aren't you clever.

The gold standard and creationism in schools... nuff said.
The gold standard would prevent the raping of countries on the premise their money is worth less. The value of paper money is one of the greatest accomplishments of western capitalism. Convince another country your money is worth more than theirs, and get their labor for practically nothing, while they have to scrape up huge amounts of money to buy anything of yours.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I don't think bringing back the gold standard would help any of us.
With the dollar rebounding no. The way it was headed though it might have. Do you know the African nation with the only actually valuable currency still makes only gold coins? Their money never inflates.

Which nation? How small are they? Do they do much importing/exporting?
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Raist

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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #32 on: November 05, 2008, 02:11:00 PM »
Quote from: Vauxhall on November 05, 2008, 02:08:47 PM
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 02:05:27 PM
Quote from: Vauxhall on November 05, 2008, 01:47:30 PM
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 01:43:53 PM
Quote from: Vauxhall on November 05, 2008, 01:38:54 PM
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 01:35:41 PM
Quote from: Vauxhall on November 05, 2008, 01:35:17 PM
Quote from: Saddam Hussein on November 05, 2008, 01:34:07 PM
Ron Paul sucks.
I can quote peoples.

Aren't you clever.

The gold standard and creationism in schools... nuff said.
The gold standard would prevent the raping of countries on the premise their money is worth less. The value of paper money is one of the greatest accomplishments of western capitalism. Convince another country your money is worth more than theirs, and get their labor for practically nothing, while they have to scrape up huge amounts of money to buy anything of yours.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I don't think bringing back the gold standard would help any of us.
With the dollar rebounding no. The way it was headed though it might have. Do you know the African nation with the only actually valuable currency still makes only gold coins? Their money never inflates.

Which nation? How small are they? Do they do much importing/exporting?
Couldn't tell you all that. The thing is, banking and everything would still work, and they would use checks when carrying the money would be out of the question. It is just all their money is automatically backed up by gold. If the gold doesn't exist neither does the money.
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ﮎingulaЯiτy

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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #33 on: November 05, 2008, 04:14:17 PM »
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 02:05:27 PM
With the dollar rebounding no. The way it was headed though it might have. Do you know the African nation with the only actually valuable currency still makes only gold coins? Their money never inflates.

Not that I am disagreeing with anything relevant, but Gold does change in value over time too.
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Raist

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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #34 on: November 05, 2008, 04:16:15 PM »
Quote from: ﮎingulaЯiτy on November 05, 2008, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 02:05:27 PM
With the dollar rebounding no. The way it was headed though it might have. Do you know the African nation with the only actually valuable currency still makes only gold coins? Their money never inflates.

Not that I am disagreeing with anything relevant, but Gold does change in value over time too.
Yes, but its value increases steadily with inflation. If anything it has gotten more valuable. Unless a large stash of gold is found somewhere, the prices stay fairly high.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #35 on: November 05, 2008, 04:44:26 PM »
Therefore irrelevant, since overall high stability was the point.
...I'm just a little nitpicky today.
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Raist

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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #36 on: November 05, 2008, 04:46:36 PM »
Quote from: ﮎingulaЯiτy on November 05, 2008, 04:44:26 PM
Therefore irrelevant, since overall high stability was the point.
...I'm just a little nitpicky today.
stability matters not. Your money increasing in value is good.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #37 on: November 05, 2008, 04:54:22 PM »
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: ﮎingulaЯiτy on November 05, 2008, 04:44:26 PM
Therefore irrelevant, since overall high stability was the point.
...I'm just a little nitpicky today.
stability matters not. Your money increasing in value is good.
Meh, I consider both to be good/important.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #38 on: November 05, 2008, 04:58:21 PM »
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: ﮎingulaЯiτy on November 05, 2008, 04:44:26 PM
Therefore irrelevant, since overall high stability was the point.
...I'm just a little nitpicky today.
stability matters not. Your money increasing in value is good.

It can affect the exports/imports badly if it is runaway
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Raist

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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #39 on: November 05, 2008, 04:58:52 PM »
Quote from: Chris Spaghetti on November 05, 2008, 04:58:21 PM
Quote from: Raist on November 05, 2008, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: ﮎingulaЯiτy on November 05, 2008, 04:44:26 PM
Therefore irrelevant, since overall high stability was the point.
...I'm just a little nitpicky today.
stability matters not. Your money increasing in value is good.

It can affect the exports/imports badly if it is runaway
Yes, but gold holds fairly steady.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #40 on: November 05, 2008, 05:02:01 PM »
ENOUGH!
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #41 on: November 06, 2008, 09:21:30 AM »
Quote from: Saddam Hussein on November 05, 2008, 05:02:01 PM
ENOUGH!
Yeah, I think we can all agree Gold is worth something.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #42 on: November 06, 2008, 10:45:46 AM »
Quote from: KingMan on November 06, 2008, 09:21:30 AM
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ENOUGH!
Yeah, I think we can all agree Gold is worth something.

Shut your whore mouth when we're talking.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #43 on: November 06, 2008, 12:47:12 PM »
Quote from: Raist on November 06, 2008, 10:45:46 AM
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Quote from: Saddam Hussein on November 05, 2008, 05:02:01 PM
ENOUGH!
Yeah, I think we can all agree Gold is worth something.

Shut your whore mouth when we're talking.
Don't talk to your mother like that!
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #44 on: November 06, 2008, 12:58:35 PM »
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Stephanie

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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #45 on: November 07, 2008, 12:10:44 AM »
how come, in america, you have the option whether or not to vote? In Australia, if you are over 18, you have to vote.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #46 on: November 07, 2008, 12:24:22 AM »
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how come, in america, you have the option whether or not to vote?

Because America is a free country.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #47 on: November 07, 2008, 12:28:35 AM »
Quote from: Stephanie on November 07, 2008, 12:10:44 AM
how come, in america, you have the option whether or not to vote? In Australia, if you are over 18, you have to vote.
Because the United States at least makes an effort to portray itself as a democracy.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #48 on: November 07, 2008, 07:14:00 AM »
The way I see it, if you vote because you have to then you're not going to want to.  If you don't want to do something your effort gets cut in half and who you pick is probably shit because you didn't feel like researching.  When you have the choice to vote you get to choose to be part of a (semi) democracy and you actually care about what you're doing when you go. 
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #49 on: November 07, 2008, 08:59:09 AM »
Quote from: Stephanie on November 07, 2008, 12:10:44 AM
how come, in america, you have the option whether or not to vote? In Australia, if you are over 18, you have to vote.
Do they punish you for not doing it? lulz. What freedom.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #50 on: November 07, 2008, 09:03:52 AM »
Quote from: Raist on November 07, 2008, 08:59:09 AM
Quote from: Stephanie on November 07, 2008, 12:10:44 AM
how come, in america, you have the option whether or not to vote? In Australia, if you are over 18, you have to vote.
Do they punish you for not doing it? lulz. What freedom.

Yeah, I've got a friend in Australia.  She said they get fined for not showing up to vote.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #51 on: November 07, 2008, 09:07:39 AM »
Quote from: Moonlit on November 07, 2008, 09:03:52 AM
Quote from: Raist on November 07, 2008, 08:59:09 AM
Quote from: Stephanie on November 07, 2008, 12:10:44 AM
how come, in america, you have the option whether or not to vote? In Australia, if you are over 18, you have to vote.
Do they punish you for not doing it? lulz. What freedom.

Yeah, I've got a friend in Australia.  She said they get fined for not showing up to vote.

Originally, it wasn't like that. I think it was in the 1920s, not enough people were voting, so they made it compulsory.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #52 on: November 07, 2008, 09:08:39 AM »
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Quote from: Moonlit on November 07, 2008, 09:03:52 AM
Quote from: Raist on November 07, 2008, 08:59:09 AM
Quote from: Stephanie on November 07, 2008, 12:10:44 AM
how come, in america, you have the option whether or not to vote? In Australia, if you are over 18, you have to vote.
Do they punish you for not doing it? lulz. What freedom.

Yeah, I've got a friend in Australia.  She said they get fined for not showing up to vote.

Originally, it wasn't like that. I think it was in the 1920s, not enough people were voting, so they made it compulsory.

That's because they're all criminals.
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« Reply #53 on: November 08, 2008, 05:23:05 AM »
But if the entire country votes, then the government knows the opinions of the entire country. If a person doesn't vote, he/she shouldn't complain about the outcome. I think its a better system.

Yes you get fined for not voting, or you have to have a pretty good excuse for not going; the places are open for more then 12 hours. One excuse i've heard somehow involved dragons and budgies lol.

That silly "because we're a free country" line is stupid....its a really stupid excuse for people's own laziness, selfishness, greed, hate. ego's, anger etc. its a ridculous excuse.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #54 on: November 08, 2008, 10:31:37 AM »
Quote from: Stephanie on November 08, 2008, 05:23:05 AM
If a person doesn't vote, he/she shouldn't complain about the outcome.

I 100% agree.

Quote from: Stephanie on November 08, 2008, 05:23:05 AM
That silly "because we're a free country" line is stupid....its a really stupid excuse for people's own laziness, selfishness, greed, hate. ego's, anger etc. its a ridculous excuse.

Just because you should do something doesn't mean that you have to.  I'm not a particular fan of the freedom not to vote, but it comes with the territory.  We have to be consistent in protecting the Constitutional freedom to do things that we disagree with as well as the freedom to do things that we agree with.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #55 on: November 08, 2008, 12:53:02 PM »
Quote from: Stephanie on November 08, 2008, 05:23:05 AM
But if the entire country votes, then the government knows the opinions of the entire country. If a person doesn't vote, he/she shouldn't complain about the outcome. I think its a better system.

Yes you get fined for not voting, or you have to have a pretty good excuse for not going; the places are open for more then 12 hours. One excuse i've heard somehow involved dragons and budgies lol.

That silly "because we're a free country" line is stupid....its a really stupid excuse for people's own laziness, selfishness, greed, hate. ego's, anger etc. its a ridculous excuse.

Yes not doing something is hardly about freedom. I also think abortions should become mandatory in certain situations. If you aren't married, you might not have to get one, but you better have a pretty good excuse.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #56 on: November 08, 2008, 02:01:12 PM »
Quote from: Recusant on November 07, 2008, 12:28:35 AM
Because the United States at least makes an effort to portray itself as a democracy.

What a funny post!!

I bet they'd do the same if logistics and resources would allow it.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #57 on: November 08, 2008, 02:05:44 PM »
Quote from: divito the truthist on November 08, 2008, 02:01:12 PM
Quote from: Recusant on November 07, 2008, 12:28:35 AM
Because the United States at least makes an effort to portray itself as a democracy.

What a funny post!!

I bet they'd do the same if logistics and resources would allow it.
Why?
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #58 on: November 08, 2008, 02:08:39 PM »
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how come, in america, you have the option whether or not to vote?

Because America is a free country.

This is the only time ever that I've agreed with Tom Bishop.
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Re: Did You Vote?
« Reply #59 on: November 08, 2008, 05:20:16 PM »
Hmm, I respect much of the Australian political and social system, but I cannot support compulsory voting. It seems to me to be an undue and risky impingement on individual freedom to choose not to vote.
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