tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post8817767286312312559..comments2024-03-28T20:13:21.900-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Head down; Mouth shutThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-47506897816978153882012-10-29T07:30:53.068-06:002012-10-29T07:30:53.068-06:00With your constitution you are in constant electio...With your constitution you are in constant election mode. It is crazy. Every two years on set dates. And the electoral college makes no sense. It is similar to the soviet system where you vote for this group and they vote for the next and they vote for the next.<br /><br />With the British parliamentary system, elections are called "at least every five years" and electioneering is The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-41039909160113116802012-10-29T07:19:42.141-06:002012-10-29T07:19:42.141-06:00I am sick of the run up to the elections - I wish ...I am sick of the run up to the elections - I wish they were over. This drags out too long here and too much money is thrown at advertising etc. The US process of an Electoral College sux - It should be just simplified: one person one vote...and then you count. <br />the Ol'Buzzard Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-23511842027534880752012-10-28T11:39:03.107-06:002012-10-28T11:39:03.107-06:00No good reason to drive that direction. I get int...No good reason to drive that direction. I get into enough trouble exploring as it is. If I had a high clearance 4x4 (or a tractor or a horse)it would be different.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-86255925505048372212012-10-28T09:32:16.463-06:002012-10-28T09:32:16.463-06:00As Chartreuse says this puts any comments we may h...As Chartreuse says this puts any comments we may have about politics (in this case, Canadian) in perspective. <br /><br />On another note-from a previous blog of yours. I was surprised you had only been 5km to one side of the local village. Did I understand that correctly? It seems like a pretty small radius for a prairie boy who likely put on thousands of miles in his neighbourhood growing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-90117130606465825702012-10-28T08:41:45.372-06:002012-10-28T08:41:45.372-06:00Five hundred of those 3500 foreign observers were ...Five hundred of those 3500 foreign observers were sent from Canada.Mervnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-11321890120569764202012-10-28T08:28:41.580-06:002012-10-28T08:28:41.580-06:00Char, I do not know if people are inherently good ...Char, I do not know if people are inherently good or evil or both. Politics attracts certain people.<br /><br />Kulkuri, it is both counting and carousel voting and ballot box stuffing, along with public funds used by the ruling party to advertise, plus total control of media, courts, police etc. There are I read somewhere just now about 3500 foreign observers here, plus video cameras so we The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-81572995698463169442012-10-28T07:06:09.883-06:002012-10-28T07:06:09.883-06:00Stalin said, "It doesn't matter who votes...Stalin said, "It doesn't matter who votes. What matters is who counts the votes." Is that the case there. <br /><br />With the electronic voting machines with no paper trail, that's one thing I worry about here in the areas that use them. Where I live they use a paper ballot and a machine to scan the ballot when you are done voting. That too could probably be hacked, but not as Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-80374726927006380302012-10-27T20:47:35.269-06:002012-10-27T20:47:35.269-06:00Oh dear. Quite a depressing summary, but no doubt ...Oh dear. Quite a depressing summary, but no doubt accurate. Puts our own complaints about political cronyism in Australian politics into perspective. If you believe, as I do, that humans are basically good (or at least, not inherently evil), I guess you have to add the caveat: 'until they enter politics'. Chartreusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919069110736697400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-2976578097062045532012-10-27T12:55:07.093-06:002012-10-27T12:55:07.093-06:00It could be interesting. Western Ukraine will be ...It could be interesting. Western Ukraine will be SOLIDLY non-Party of the Regions; Eastern solidly pro. Central - we'll have to wait and see.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-12172346478940766242012-10-27T12:39:41.989-06:002012-10-27T12:39:41.989-06:00yes, that is exactly the sentiments I heard expres...yes, that is exactly the sentiments I heard expressed from friends in Ukraine whom I have asked about the election tomorrow. but interestingly, all said they were going to vote. Perhaps over time . . . . just keep your head down until then!!Mervnoreply@blogger.com