(November 19, 2014 at 11:31 am)Heywood Wrote: Watching you guys rationalize why you lost the election is comical.No, I think DP made a very good point that the USA is no longer a democracy. I actually agree with him 100% on that.
You lost cause you're doing a shitty job of governance.
In my country voting in elections is mandatory - just like it is mandatory that all jurors must contribute to the verdict (and just one disagreeing juror produces a hung jury).
In the USA the electoral system is designed to generate an outcome that is much less based on what the public actually wants. The reason being that those who are dissatisfied with their government often abstain from voting. They think to themselves "I don't like either option" which would be like a juror saying "I don't want to say guilty or not guilty"; on its own it doesn't make logical sense, but to the individual voter it makes perfect sense. "I don't want to be responsible for either outcome".
Voting is the most fundamental right there is in a democracy, it's the right from which all other rights are derived. The right to free speech, the right to freedom and liberty, and all other rights are meaningless without the right to vote.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
