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Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by Eurisko2012
The economy could implode at any time regardless and irrelevant to whom is in office at the time. Neither party is in a position to change that.
My main concern is that at any time me or my family could be separated because some dumb politician decided to vote for a bill that allows for the detention of US citizens without just cause and no right to defend themselves!
My civil liberties are #1! So ya....voting records matter.
So you go ahead and vote for your "messiah". I hope you get a chill up your leg. But don't come crying to me when your new "messiah" votes to take away your rights.
After all.....it's all about the economy.
Originally posted by VaterOrlaag
reply to post by Eurisko2012
Let me see today's date.
August 13, 2012 1520hrs.
Much can change in a little under 3 months.
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by Eurisko2012
Avoiding the issue.....again?!
Originally posted by VaterOrlaag
reply to post by Eurisko2012
Doom, doom, more doom, yet more doom, blah-blah, blah-blah.
Yep, that's all I'm seeing here.
Just saying, nothing is ever set in the stars.
What good are your civil liberties if the nation is a financial basket case? ------------
National Security trumps your civil liberty concerns.
"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither."
Originally posted by VaterOrlaag
Aww, who are you kidding?
Romney and Ryan are just the latest in the line of sycophants waiting for their turn at the till.
The current political situation in the U.S is a huge orgy of stupid at this point.
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by Eurisko2012
What good are your civil liberties if the nation is a financial basket case? ------------
National Security trumps your civil liberty concerns.
"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither."
Ben Franklin
Thanks for outing yourself bud. I now know exactly whom I am dealing with.
Good day.....edit on 13-8-2012 by sheepslayer247 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Iamherefornow
I am a registered voter in Ohio. I will not be voting for Romney/Ryan. I will again be voting for Obama. Romney scares the hell of me frankly. And then with Ryan on board and his budget forget about it. I have talked to a few other people here who feel the same way so we will wait till November and see how things go.
Originally posted by Eurisko2012
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by Eurisko2012
What good are your civil liberties if the nation is a financial basket case? ------------
National Security trumps your civil liberty concerns.
"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither."
Ben Franklin
Thanks for outing yourself bud. I now know exactly whom I am dealing with.
Good day.....edit on 13-8-2012 by sheepslayer247 because: (no reason given)
Your priorities are all mixed up.
We are not going to turn America into Greece.
Our children deserve better than that and you know it.
The economy would take off if - uncertainty - was removed. Right now we are stuck in - stagnation -. GDP 1.5% That is a disgrace. We deserve better than that
On Election Day 2004, long lines and widespread electoral dysfunctional marred the results of the presidential election in Ohio, whose electoral votes ended up handing George W. Bush a second term. “The misallocation of voting machines led to unprecedented long lines that disenfranchised scores, if not hundreds of thousands, of predominantly minority and Democratic voters,” found a post-election report by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. According to one survey, 174,000 Ohioans, 3 percent of the electorate, left their polling place without voting because of the interminable wait. (Bush won the state by only 118,000 votes).
After 2004, Ohio reformed its electoral process by adding thirty-five days of early voting before Election Day, which led to a much smoother voting experience in 2008. The Obama campaign used this extra time to successfully mobilize its supporters, building a massive lead among early voters than John McCain could not overcome on Election Day.
In response to the 2008 election results, Ohio Republicans drastically curtailed the early voting period in 2012 from thirty-five to eleven days, with no voting on the Sunday before the election, when African-American churches historically rally their congregants to go to the polls. (Ohio was one of five states to cut back on early voting since 2010.) Voting rights activists subsequently gathered enough signatures to block the new voting restrictions and force a referendum on Election Day. In reaction, Ohio Republicans repealed their own bill in the state legislature, but kept a ban on early voting three days before Election Day (a period when 93,000 Ohioans voted in 2008), adding an exception for active duty members of the military, who tend to lean Republican. (The Obama campaign is now challenging the law in court, seeking to expand early voting for all Ohioans).
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
Originally posted by Eurisko2012
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by Eurisko2012
What good are your civil liberties if the nation is a financial basket case? ------------
National Security trumps your civil liberty concerns.
"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither."
Ben Franklin
Thanks for outing yourself bud. I now know exactly whom I am dealing with.
Good day.....edit on 13-8-2012 by sheepslayer247 because: (no reason given)
Your priorities are all mixed up.
We are not going to turn America into Greece.
Our children deserve better than that and you know it.
You're right, they do deserve better. But I am not willing to sell out their freedoms for "national security".
You may be willing to do so, but don't come crying to me when you have no freedoms.