A challenge for all Bush-Haters

[gnimbley]

I found the survey VoT was talking about.

http://www.iri.org/1-20-05-IraqiElection.asp

The caveats: It was conducted by the International Republican
Institute; two provinces were not included in the poll (presumably
because they were too volatile); not quite 50% of the Sunnis
said they would vote; percentage of people who have received
their registration information and those correctly identifying
the election date were less than the 80% likely to vote (apparently
20% of Iraqis are "likely" to vote on the wrong day.)

In its defense: It appears to be a properly designed poll; it
is the latest in a series of similar polls, which show a positive
trend in favor of the election; nobody else seems to have any
better polling data.

Questions: How likely is someone in Iraq to tell the truth? (what
would you say to someone apparently representing an occupying
power?); How were people selected for this poll? (What kinds
of lists of people exist in Iraq for names to be drawn from? How
random is the selection of participants?)

The ultimate poll is, of course, the election itself. We'll see
what happens then in Iraq's 111 party election.

[Voice of Truth]

"If we had guns to our backs, we'd probably show up to vote, too."

Acutally that used to go on during Saddam's time and they always had 100% turnout and he always received 100% of the vote.  If anything, their exercising of their right to not vote is still an improvement over that load of crap.

As to the alcohol thing, I love a good import beer, but yes, Budweiser and Icehouse tend to me my usual.  Sorry guys, but if you're not rich, it's hard to be "sophisticated alcoholic".  Maybe if I only drank every once in a blue moon, but since that's not the case, I have to save the expensive stuff for rare occasions.  Also, about two months ago, at my brother's bachelor party, we all dranks buds and smoked buds while we leaned against a pickup truck or sat around and shot guns.  Is that red enough for you guys? Only a few hands got shot off...

Also the reason I said the "One of them was as high as..." was because I did see it on FoxNews and I have no reservations about their conservative slant.  That's why I've said I get my news from various sources, but I'm glad to see it was a fairly credible poll.

Finally, what's wrong with President Spongebob (Hail to the chief playing in the background...)

[Cain]

Tch tch, guns and alcohol...Massad Ayoob would be tearing you a new one now if he knew...

[gnimbley]

Acutally that used to go on during Saddam's time and they always had 100% turnout and he always received 100% of the vote.  If anything, their exercising of their right to not vote is still an improvement over that load of crap.

I think (if I remember right) in Australia if you don't vote, they fine you.
Kind of like a gun. Yeah, dictators always crow about how they got 100%
of 100%. Kind of makes 51% of 40% look respectable.

Is that red enough for you guys?

Only if we get to see the color of the blood. (I like a good
Eldwichberry but I usually have to settle for Shiraz.)

... I'm glad to see it was a fairly credible poll.

That depends on your definition of "fairly."

what's wrong with President Spongebob

I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT! I knew George W. Bush was just a facade for
someone more sinister and powerful.

[LMNO]

::bursts into room::


Look out!  The gnome's got a GUN!



Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!

::runs out of room::

[Chaplin_Sinatra_Fonzarell]

Fonzarell, voter fraud should've never happened, particularly in the first W win. But there's no denying the fact that half of the US wanted him for President in the first place. What was being contested was a miniscule portion of voters. Also, I tend to think that voter fraud happens in both camps, not just the pubs. Politics is sleazy. Either way, the lesson from that was not that republicans are evil but that we need to re-evaluate the electoral system on a smaller scale. Locally, is the system set up in such a way as to be fair to both parties?

I was never trying to argue that republicans are more evil that standard politicians. Anyone who has some sort of authority or a good chance of getting it becomes a total douchebag 9 times out of 10.

think your take on voter fraud is about right. To me
the whole thing is just something for the fanatic left to latch
on to convince themselves that they didn't lose the election.
"We deserve to be in charge, damn it! And those nasty, evil,
slimy, unfair, stupid Republicans couldn't win fair and square,
they had to steal the election. That's the only way we could
have lost!" Bah, the race was a tie and the coin flip ended up
in W's court is the way I look at it. It's like when my sports
teams lose a close one. There is ALWAYS a questionable
call the fanatic can blame the loss on. IF ONLY! Bah!

No, I'm willing to admit that the majority of this country are fucktards.

My problem with the election is that we were allowed to
choose only between Bush and Kerry.

Here here. That's the problem with this "democracy" in general. How is "evil" and "slightly less evil but still pretty fucking evil" a choice?

And this whole "invading Iraq to bring democracy to the country" thing is bullshit. So when are we going to invade North Korea, Saudi Arabia, The Congo, Belarus and China?

[LMNO]

Hint:  put "quotes" around the name of the person you are trying to quote.

[Chaplin_Sinatra_Fonzarell]

Bulletin Board code is the bane of my existence. Sorry about that

[Voice of Truth]

The Congo is some kind of f-d up nothing.  There's really no gov't and no structure.  I don't think anybody could do anything if they went in there but start capping anyone that looks suspicious.  It would make for a good video game, I suppose.  "Duke Nukem:Bringing Justice to the Congo"

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

Hint:  put "quotes" around the name of the person you are trying to quote.

Bigger hint click that button----->
The one that says quote.  If you need to quote multiple people, open 2 windows, you can copy out of one window and paste into the other.

[Cain]

And if you have firefox, hit "ctrl T" as youget a tab and its easier to manage then.

[Rev. Chicken Delicious]

Firefox kicks ass.

[East Coast Hustle]

"If we had guns to our backs, we'd probably show up to vote, too."

OK, dude...one last time...if you fucking quote people, instead of just putting quotation marks around what they said at the top of your post, you'll get whatever point you were trying to make across alot better...there have been times that I have gotten confused over what you were trying to say because I missed that you were "quoting" someone at the beginning, and if the CinC of the NSRA can miss that, then certainly the proles haven't got a chance...the hell with you're little "i'm just gonna be an irritating bastard because I can't find intelligent, relevant ways to jake people" bullshit, just use the fucking quote function already, capisce?

...we all dranks buds and smoked buds while we leaned against a pickup truck or sat around and shot guns.  Is that red enough for you guys? Only a few hands got shot off...

this sounds like what most of my friends and I do (at least, on the one or two days a month I take off work) all the time, and not a single one of us voted for Emperor Lying Fuckbag...please don't make the generalization that all rednecks are zealous right-wing yokels...it'd be giving rednecks a bad name...



edit: I wouldn't be caught dead drinking a Buttweiper...if I'm gonna drink cheap yellow beer, it's gonna be PBR or nothing!

[Sepia]

Budweiser drinker!

Seriously though, have you tasted the 'original'?

The czech budweiser budw/var?


yummy.

[East Coast Hustle]

actually, yes I have...buddy of mine smuggled some back from a snowboarding trip he went on...and the Czech version was pretty good...but the american version sucks rancid hog-ass, gives a wicked hangover(too much sugar), and gives one a wicked case of the "Bud Mud" the next day...