quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: What's the term limitations on your PM? I read that Blair wont run again nad is now considered (by some) a lame duck.
I'm not sure if Harry's referring to us or them, but there is no length of time someone can be PM. Maggie was in charge for 11 years (imagine 11 years of Bush. Scary).
Like I dont have enough trouble sleeping.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: What's the term limitations on your PM? I read that Blair wont run again nad is now considered (by some) a lame duck.
I'm not sure if Harry's referring to us or them, but there is no length of time someone can be PM. Maggie was in charge for 11 years (imagine 11 years of Bush. Scary).
Like I dont have enough trouble sleeping.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Wow: that's crap, Liam. Here you can split your votes up however you like: only suckers (or the uninformed) vote along party lines.
You can be registered with any party and still split your vote however: it's just demographics here.
So - what, then, is the POINT of being 'registered' as a voter of ANY party? Sounds superfluous to me.
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Because, as I believe I mentioned earlier, it determines how you vote in the primaries/caucuses. In a primary/caucus, the members of each party vote on who they want their party's candidate to be in the general election. Some states make you register with a party ahead of time. Others (like Missouri, where I live) let you pick your party at the time of the primary. (I recently found out that Washington state is weird about primaries, but you can ask Simon about that.)
By the way, in the US, you don't technically vote for parties or for candidates. You vote for electors, who are then supposed to vote for a predetermined candidate (but they aren't technically required to). But, as far as the general public is concerned, they think they're voting directly for a candidate, not just for a party.
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I thought that this might be interesting reading. Particularly, this part:
quote: Common sense may tell you that China prefers a Democrat. If so, common sense is wrong. By and large China's "socialist" rulers prefer Republicans. And George W Bush is no different.
No, they do not like his war in Iraq. They positively hate it. Nor do they like Mr Bush's far too cosy relationship with Taiwan. He just sold the island $18bn worth of high-tech weapons.
But on the other big issues - trade and human rights, Republicans are much preferable to meddling Democrats.
In the last four years China has seen its trade surplus with America balloon to over $120bn a year. From the White House there has been barely a squeak of protest.
Human rights used to be a huge thorn in the side of US-China relations. But post 9/11 China has become a valued ally in the war on terror. Questions of human rights abuses have quietly disappeared from the agenda.
They may not say so in public, but today in Beijing they will be quietly raising a few glasses to "four more years"!
quote:However, there are others who hold George Bush responsible for the mess the country is in today, and would rather that he was not leading the US for another four years. Zenab Hussein, who works in a hotel bar, said: " Our situation is so bad. We now live like the Palestinians.
Fucking hysterical.
With Arafat on his way to whatever awaits him in the next life, the Palestenians might actually have more of a shot at peace.
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quote:today in Beijing they will be quietly raising a few glasses to "four more years"!
I got really angry when Arnold started rhytmically and pompously chanting that to the crowd, he plays the Terminator-angle for all it's worth. Reminds me of the 30:th of November each year, where misguided youths and neonazis gather in King's Garden in Stockholm to commemorate our Karl XII, wishing for a new Swedish superpower that will conquer Europe again.
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: Because, as I believe I mentioned earlier, it determines how you vote in the primaries/caucuses. In a primary/caucus, the members of each party vote on who they want their party's candidate to be in the general election. Some states make you register with a party ahead of time. Others (like Missouri, where I live) let you pick your party at the time of the primary. (I recently found out that Washington state is weird about primaries, but you can ask Simon about that.)
OK, understood, but it's just for the purpose of choosing who is going to 'lead' at the next election... So, WHY ask for your registered party when you go to vote, as I think Jason said he did...
dddddddddddda By the way, in the US, you don't technically vote for parties or for candidates. You vote for electors, who are then supposed to vote for a predetermined candidate (but they aren't technically required to). But, as far as the general public is concerned, they think they're voting directly for a candidate, not just for a party.
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