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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:45 AM
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Lame Voting gets us Lame Leaders who then gets us Lame Decisions
and Lame Results. Then we get Lame Excuses and Lame Diversions.

Now we gonna get a Lame Press Con, prolly for some Lame Plan He Lamely thought of.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:58 AM
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1. Which is why we need election reform
A better election system means we elect better officials who give us better policies.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:09 PM
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2. Don't like your government?
Vote against incumbents, all of them, all of the time. Pass it along. With a diminished return on their investment of briber...er, campaign contributions, the rich and the corporate will seek other ways to influence government.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:13 PM
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3. We should be voting for candidates that most follow the philosophy
of prudence, vision, etc, all the things that focus on Stability and Sustainability.\

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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:15 PM
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4. Re Reform,The Pubs may fight this as they have a present advantage
Edited on Tue Apr-13-04 12:16 PM by opihimoimoi
But a carefully planned system should be very attractive about now as the present system clearly has major flaws: I.E. Bush et al
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