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NosyNed Member Posts: 8996 From: Canada Joined: |
Today my wish for my southern neighbors is a properly conducted, democratic, honest election.
I have my own wishes for the outcome but it is more important that it be an honest outcome than any particular one. I am afraid that if this one isn't either then you may not be able to get enough control to ever have one again. Here in BC we are going to vote on changing our first past the post system. There is a very good chance we will put through reform that the major parties are not in favour of. Our current governing party with 77 out of 79 seats allowed this to take place which, given that it would not have allowed them more than 60% of the seats last time, is a pretty amazing thing. I'm not sure that you need any kind of complex voting system like we may have yet. First you have to show that you can actually conduct an election. Good luck.
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1466 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
If Canada is so fuckin' great, how come you guys decided to live where it's so goddamn cold? Gotcha there, don't I?
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 476 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
Well, I guess you have to give Canada some credits for helping us with Afghanistan.
They actually sent their airforce to help us in Afghanistan.
Doesn't it bother you Canadians that this guy used to be in charge?
This message has been edited by Lam, 11-02-2004 01:45 AM This message has been edited by Lam, 11-02-2004 02:17 AM He's not dead. He's electroencephalographically challenged. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
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One_Charred_Wing Member (Idle past 6155 days) Posts: 690 From: USA West Coast Joined: |
They also apparently sent us a lot of spare red Xs?
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NosyNed Member Posts: 8996 From: Canada Joined: |
It is so great that we are willing to put up with the cold.
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 476 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
Better?
He's not dead. He's electroencephalographically challenged. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
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NosyNed Member Posts: 8996 From: Canada Joined: |
Yes, it always did bother me. We got rid of him. Your turn.
I'm impressed. I had no idea our warships had such big guns!! Or that we let them out of dry dock. Unlike some nations we don't try to compensate with big guns. This message has been edited by NosyNed, 11-02-2004 02:21 AM
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 476 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
Ned writes:
Unfortunately, I'm preparing for the worst. It will likely be the case that Kerry will win the popularity vote but Bush will end up winning the electoral vote. Yes, it always did bother me. We got rid of him. Your turn. Hey Ned, what are some good colleges in Canada? Do they have graduate physics programs and research? He's not dead. He's electroencephalographically challenged. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.7 |
My wish is that bloody american websites would stop telling me to vote! We're not all bloody americans, thank you very much!
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Wounded King Member Posts: 4149 From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Joined: |
Whatever shape the Canadian Navy was in, I doubt it was helped by its second hand purchases from Britain.
TTFN, WK
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.7 |
Yeah, when we "upgraded" to nuclear battleships running Windows (FFS!).
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1404 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
having lived in Victoria BC for several years and only having one "big" snowstorm (where they sent everyone home early -- 4" total? we went x-country skiing ...) and before that in Toronto where the weather is less severe than Buffalo ... and most of New England
... it is obvious that gross generalizations and stereotypes do not the truth convey. but hey, take your snowshoes and dogsleds when you go visit next summer we are limited in our ability to understand by our ability to understand RebelAAmerican.Zen[Deist
{{{Buddha walks off laughing with joy}}}
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
I prepared a special election day sigil.
Those of you who know what to do with it, knock yourselves out. Be sure to yell my name. Everyone else, hold it in your head over the course of the day, especially when you vote.
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1466 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
Unlike some nations we don't try to compensate with big guns. Oh, that's really going to work when you attack the invading army by slapping them with your dicks.
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NosyNed Member Posts: 8996 From: Canada Joined: |
All the provincial universities are pretty good schools. We don't however have the elite private schools here.
I started in at UBC for a masters in physics, but realized I'm not smart enough so I bummed around Europe instead.
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