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Old 07-17-2007, 05:58 PM   #61
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I'd say Merc is right, but not for the reasons he thinks.
It's because of their apathy.
However, Merc wasn't referring to apathetic youth, quite the opposite by his own description:

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I dunno, indifference? I don't even know any of my friends who are registered.
Therein lies the problem with most young people who bitch, complain, protest, and have the loudest mouths on issues in our country today.
The contradiction didn't make sense at the time...

But now I see that apparently, Merc assumes that 'most young people who bitch, complain, protest, and have the loudest mouths on issues in our country today' are not registered to vote, just because he perceives a single young person who does not vote (fresh) to be a bitcher, complainer, etc.

So fresh, you must be the ambassador of 'most young people' who bitch, protest or whatever in our country.
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Old 07-17-2007, 06:41 PM   #62
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He'll get no diplomatic immunity from Merc.
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Old 07-17-2007, 07:01 PM   #63
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Wait, I want no part in this.
Hence, my indifference to voting.

Full circle, yay!
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Old 07-17-2007, 07:05 PM   #64
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He'll get no diplomatic immunity from Merc.
Even if he's the one who appointed him...
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Old 07-17-2007, 09:18 PM   #65
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A lot of people voted at UMN in 2006 but we were automatically registered and I don't know if IU has that.
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Old 07-17-2007, 09:32 PM   #66
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The New Yorks Times digital archives first mention of Obama.
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The Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president in its 104-year history today. The job is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School. The new president of the Review is Barack Obama, a 28-year-old graduate of Columbia University who spent four years heading a community development program for poor blacks on Chicago’s South Side before enrolling in law school. His late father, Barack Obama, was a finance minister in Kenya and his mother, Ann Dunham, is an American anthropologist now doing fieldwork in Indonesia. Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii. “The fact that I’ve been elected shows a lot of progress,” Mr. Obama said today in an interview. “It’s encouraging.”
And we all know Kenya is better than Norway.
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Old 07-18-2007, 09:05 AM   #67
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He'll get no diplomatic immunity from Merc.
No one gets immunity.
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Old 07-20-2007, 04:44 PM   #68
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People may not like Bush, I certainly don't. But after his term is up we're all screwed.

Atleast we're not in a Socialist state rightnow.
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Old 07-20-2007, 04:45 PM   #69
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Hello Squid Operator. Welcome to the Cellar!
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Old 07-20-2007, 04:47 PM   #70
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Hello, Dana.
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Old 07-20-2007, 05:09 PM   #71
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But after his term is up we're all screwed.
Please explain your thoughts here - and hello/welcome.

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Old 07-20-2007, 05:19 PM   #72
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I don't know how well any of the candidates are going to be able to keep us alive here in the US.
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Old 07-20-2007, 05:50 PM   #73
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Are you really that paranoid? Do you think when Bush retires in regal splendor, the government will just pack up and go home leaving you to fight the terrorists naked?
Let me assure you the US Government, juggernaut that it is, will be chugging along when you and Bush are dust.
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Old 07-20-2007, 05:51 PM   #74
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Are you really that paranoid? Do you think when Bush retires in regal splendor, the government will just pack up and go home leaving you to fight the terrorists naked?
What a fantastic image!
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Old 07-20-2007, 06:39 PM   #75
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You know what Squid looks like naked??
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