Comments on: Someone The Square Community Won’t Give a Shit About

By: Stump Lane

Stump Lane — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:16:41 +0000

[...] supremacy and conquest. The American Way of Life had a a good run there, but really, to quote myself, “Is it even right to ask for a bigger slice of the pie, when the pie is imperial plunder, [...]

By: Maine Owl

Maine Owl — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:15:03 +0000

In South Park it’s framed as a choice between Giant Douche and Turd Sandwich for school mascot.

By: Montag

Montag — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:31:39 +0000

great to see you round here again, CG. sorry it takes me three fucking days to reply to your comment. that prop 8 and the other anti-gay marriage votes around the country are damn sad. “They” sure like to carve the population up and pit them against each other, don’t They?

By: The CultureGhost

The CultureGhost — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:06:28 +0000

sorry i haven’t been by in a while….good for you for claiming your turf…i caved in and voted…got scared that prop.8 would pass, so i voted no on it, wrote in Dead Gus Hall for Prez and my big gray cat for city council…

so much for voting…

By: Popular Demand

Popular Demand — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:16:57 +0000

[...] Many feel disenchanted with or alienated (like me) from the political system [...]

By: Montag

Montag — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:12:18 +0000

i’m too punk rock for compulsory voting. in that case i’d foul the ballot to contribute to the undervote.

or write-in a zombie candidate… =P

By: MR Bill

MR Bill — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:27:39 +0000

Not voting for principled reasons is a honorable choice.

But I incline to the Australian system. There, voting is compulsory (but you don’t have to mark the ballot). Maybe it could be combined with Oregon’s mail in system: every citizen gets a paper ballot, and will get a small fine if it’s not turned in.
Or not get a small tax cut. Something like that.

And even without a national election (and a chance to vote the Odious Saxby Chambliss out of the senate) there is a school board election and a state bond referrendum to look at for me.

By: Montag

Montag — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:32:17 +0000

Frederick, what about the birthday party? mine’s coming up in a couple of weeks.

yeah, thepuppethead, we have a casino proposal (which i have mixed feelings about,) and a citizen’s repeal of the soft drink tax (which i don’t have especially strong feelings about either way,) and i don’t think the fellow i would support for the state legislature has much of a shot… so still, i don’t know if it’s even worth putting in an appearance.

By: thepuppethead

thepuppethead — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:09:14 +0000

Well, the top of the ballot may not matter so much…. but we’ve got bond proposals and city council elections and a mayoral election and so forth here… and I think all of that stuff does matter. That’s why I voted. Well, that, and because I secretly think Obama might wind up being a really good President. That’s probably naive of me, I know. Can’t help it… I think I read too much Molly Ivins when I was younger.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:34:59 +0000

The only reason I’m voting is to give another dollar to some third party…may just close my eyes and pick at random from between the Working Families Party, the Socialist Party, Greens, and Libertarians.