only you can save the world

[cherry]

firstly, please rog, dont move this to the politics forum- its far too important for that.

I haven't been around here for a while, mostly due to the sheer volume of work involved in being a teacher.

ok, settle in for a heart felt plea-
there are a lot of you on this board who I am glad to call friends. you have provided me with proof that young americans are smart, literary and forward thinking. Quite the opposite of the stereotype, we in Britain generally hold of Americans.
you are supposed to be dumb (stereotype smashed by the Appportioner- a man of staggering intellect) you are supposed to be politically unaware (stand up Kevin and Max) you are supposed to be uncaring (helloooo Carnivore, take a bow Glowbelly) you are supposed to be ignorant of other countries (the founder of this site knows more about Scotland than I do and my father is Scottish) and as for your military, well 'jocks with guns and bloodlust' is a phrase that springs to mind, and yet, the likes of McClain exist .

So where is all the arse kissing leading?
you guessed it.
the election.

you may not think your vote counts, it may seem that there is no point- hell I didnt vote in my last local election. The point is that this is not a local election. this is not even an American election. your vote against Bush will be felt all round the world.

the polls are neck and neck, you really can make a difference here.

apologies if this comes on a bit strong but quite frankly I am shit scared of four more years of the Bush administration deciding the fate of MY country.

right now i am envious of your position, if I was in the states right now I would be doing everything I could to get this message across.

be motivated and be heard.
love
gem

(gemmabryden2@ntlworld.com
note new email address)

[McMock]

Yes. I say let them vote Bush if they want to. They'll destroy themselves. Their economy will collapse. Then, Belgium will rise up from amidst the european mud and inherit the earth.

[Emu]

mcmock change your signature you fucking mook

[glowbelly]

you know you can count on me, gemma.

oh and your email address isn't working. i tried to send you a note and it got bounced back. :(

[CastroMotorOil]

already voted for Bush absentee.

[glowbelly]

how nice of you to share your experience with us.

[adeptninja]

voting isnt real....and I think even if it was and everyone on this board voted bush hes still gonna win its clothspin voting here

[Anonymous]

What a smart guy you are! Know that America will be safe now!

Hope! HOPE!

You're all gonna die.

Cherry, check out the Kerry rally thread I posted in Poli.

[Anonymous]

While that was for Johnny 5, that pretty much applies to adeptmasturbator too.

[cherry]

sorry miss belly
I forgot the .
its gemma.bryden2@ntlworld.com

[Helm]

I can't really back what I'm gonna say up, but it seems Kerry and Bush are only different on superficialities, and that the geopolitically agressive US stance will not change if the democrats come in office. After all, Clinton bombed the fuck out of Serbia too. I don't mean to discourage this political awareness thing, but maybe you need to look more towards other parties than the big two.

[Protoclown]

Gemma! Good to hear from you! You'll be glad to know that I'm voting for John Kerry on Tuesday.

[MLE]

i'm voting for kerry ;>

[Anonymous]

WHY?!?!

[EisigerBiskuit]

Why not?

[McMock]

In no european country would a fucker like Bush get elected. In the USA, it looks like he'll be elected TWICE. Even AFTER HE ILLUSTRATED IN THE LAST YEARS WITH PERFECTLY CLARITY TO EVERYBODY WITH HALF A BRAIN THAT HE IS A COMPLETE DUMBFUCK!

And he gets elected by people who fear a terrorist might live next door to them. By people who believe God truly does bless America. By people who believe so hard in patriotism because it really makes their tiny fucking brains feel so good to belong to the greatest thing ever. It gives them a sense of self-worth, and they want it, they believe it... damn farmers. These are all people who, if natural selection even remotely still existed, would have been eaten by a bear long ago. Not a shred of sense in their minds. And there are so MANY of them! It's like a bad zombie movie, dammit.

I guess it's what to be expected in a country where something like Disneyland doesn't get ridiculed. Where grown men eat breakfast that comes with milk, in a box with a fuzzy cartoon animal on it. You get used to it.

Children, dammit. The worlds fate lies in the hands of children! That is frustrating.

[Lotida]

Children, dammit. The worlds fate lies in the hands of children! That is frustrating.

And yet so many people are dying to live here......imagine that!

[McMock]

And you do not think this is because they are greedy and possibly starving, but rather because they admire your civilised ways?

Drowning people are bad judges of life-support buoys.

[Carnivore]

Although I don't really need to vote because Massachusetts will definitely be sending its 12 electoral votes Kerry's way (it is his home state, after all), I and m'lady will just to add to the margin of victory. I just hope the people in the swing states get their asses to the polls! You people know who you are!

And I only care when the situation warrants caring, Gem.

[James]

My vote doesn't count. I don't want my vote to count. I have no reason to show any support for a candidate who I don't know shit about, just because people are telling me that Bush is stupid.

I'm not educated enough to really know if my vote is one I want to give to Bush, Kerry, etc. And I refuse to be another retard who votes without knowing what the fuck we're doing.

And I refuse to GET educated. I'm happy in my decision to believe that the information available to me regarding what each candidate brings to the table is not what will effect my life, nor will it be enough to enlighten me as to how it will affect the country for better or for worse. All I know is that with the Bushes, we've found ourselves in high-profile wars, which could or could not be coincidence. By that alone, I'd consider Kerry. But do I KNOW anything about Kerry? No. So why should I vote for him just because I associate the other candidate with war?

I just don't care. I vote for apathy. I've lived my life just fine regardless of who was in office. Bush, Clinton, Bush, whoever.

Besides, we know Kerry's going to win, so why bother? It'd just be a "Me too!" formality, where I can try and play with the rest of the group. And if I voted for Bush, it'd be a throwaway vote, or if my vote REALLY does matter, then we'd have a president who most people don't want in the first place.

I vote for a dictatorship, run by Dustin Diamond.

[sadie]

i found this (http://217.160.163.211/globalvote2004/index.php) interesting.

[Emu]

I vote for a dictatorship, run by Dustin Diamond.

That actually sounds like the best option so far.

[mburbank]

I'm from Massachusetts to. For once I wish I lived in a swing state. But I'll add to Kerry's margin. While I think he's run a poor campaign, that says nothing of what I think he'd be like as President. I watched his work on unearthing ties between the Contras and drugrunners, BCI and our relations with Vietnam. He's a good man.

I'm 42 years old. I've been aware of every election since Nixon Vs. McGovern. I've voted in every election since Carter Vs. Reagan. I didn't like Clinton, and I hated Reagan and Bush senior. This is way, way, wat different. I never felt the soul of the United states was at stake before, and I never thought any of the previous presidents I disliked could do truly long term damage to the experiemnt that is the United States. I didn't like them as people, I didn't like their policies, etc. but I never feared them.

I think W's faith is similar to the Talibans, and the difference in degree is totally a factor of what's currently culturally acceptable here. I think he thinks the war on Terror is a crusade. I think he thinks God talks to him, or speaks through him. I thought all this before 9/11 and the so called 'war' on terror. W had won the electoral college (if that) but not the popular vote. One would have expected a unity government with several cabinet offices given to Democrats, especially coming from someone who ran as 'a uniter and not a divider'. Instead, he functioned as if he'd won a landslide. 9/11 only gave W the opportunity to believe he was divinely destined to rule more firmly. I tremble t the thought of the level of Hubris for years unfettered by the eventuality of another election might inpsire.

And then there's the supreme court.

[HickMan]

I am too young to vote yet :(. But belive this, I want that jerkbutt, gung ho, shoot first ask questions later, I'll just wait at my ranch and let this blow off, guy out of office as much as the next Iraqi, but I have ZERO POWER ;(

[D-Mac3]

what is so wrong with Bush Ok so he may be an idiot but if americans want him in office we can have him in office. But Kerry on the other hand knows that once there is a war there is no way to have a "peacefull" war they're both stupid in their own ways. For all I care people that can vote in america VOTE NADER :conspiracy

[mburbank]

Thank God thoughtful young fellows like yourself are coming to I-mock. Immigration is the lifeblood of this place.

[Anonymous]

I like to pretend that they think like monsters and see the world in comical red filters.

[Shadowfire]

what is so wrong with Bush Ok so he may be an idiot but if americans want him in office we can have him in office. But Kerry on the other hand knows that once there is a war there is no way to have a "peacefull" war they're both stupid in their own ways. For all I care people that can vote in america VOTE NADER :conspiracy
Heh, Nader
Even his last name is funny to say. Poor guy doesnt have a chance in Hell

[Supafly345]

I decided a while ago not to touch these topics on this message board because everyone is biest and treats politics like a baseball game where you choose a team and it is your job to root for them. Instead of simply making your decisions based on actions. The few conservatives have convinced themselves that homophobia and destroying the planet are a good thing, and the legion of liberals try to pretend that it is possible for the world be be made of happy thoughts where bad things never happen as long as you keep your eyes shut.
They believe anything that further degrades the opposing team, and disregard or completely ignore anything that makes their team look bad. Some of the arguments are good, and have even changed my opinion before, but for the most part it is just folks constantly changing the subject thinking that it would help back their cause. And I don't want to be apart of that.

So if I were to vote for Bush, or if I wasn't planning on voting at all, some foreigner's plea to help prevent the re-election of Bush will not move me. Especially when they give no reason for their concern, making it look like they don't know why they are asking (I am not claiming her ignorance here though). In fact, if this did have any effect on me, I probably woulden't be a US resident or I would have to be the pushover of pushovers.
I don't come to i-mockery to sort out my political beliefs, I come to join with others who share my love of pointing and laughing. Anything other than laughing in my life is already politics, so unless you are combining the two, I have had enough of it.

[DamnthatDavid]

Am I the only one here Pro-Bush?

[racialslur]

Terra's pro bush. She loves bush. She cant get her hands off of bush,but for some reason, she hates dick. GOD IM FUNNY LOLOLOL :|

[Shadowfire]

Supa, That is the most logical thing I have heard throughout the whole election, more power to you

[James]

Terra's pro bush. She loves bush. She cant get her hands off of bush,but for some reason, she hates dick. GOD IM FUNNY LOLOLOL :|

...And who are you, again?

[racialslur]

I'm racialslur. I hope this clears up any doubt.

[Terra]

Terra's pro bush. She loves bush. She cant get her hands off of bush,but for some reason, she hates dick. GOD IM FUNNY LOLOLOL :|

And are you the one who IM'd me and wouldn't answer me when I asked who it was??? You chickenshit fraidy cat. Why I outta... >:

Jesus, I hate when you guys fuck with my chi like that.

[racialslur]

I hate it when people call me a wussy when I leave my computer to go eat jalapeno pepperoni pizza

[Perndog]

I'm not voting for him, but Bush is going to win.

bin Laden admitted publicly that the US government (aka: the Bush administration) severely damaged his organization. Shortly thereafter, the earth's crust shifted under North America as millions of swing voters shifted to the right.

Start making post-apocalypse plans. Since Bush is the incumbent, it won't matter how long it takes to resolve all the appeals and get the election done with. He's in, and he'll stay in for the whole next term barring assassination (which I wouldn't be surprised about, actually).

Meanwhile, as Israel continues to stockpile precision guided heavy bombs and glare menacingly at Iran's nuclear sites...

[mburbank]

Cherry, as an American I apologize in advance for breaking the world. What can I say? We're a video game culture. We think if your planet gets blown up you still have two more lives.

[cherry]

no apologies required Max. and i really didn't mean to come across as 'my government is better than your government'. my government swallows the cock of yours.
what I was looking for when I made my initial post was hope.
its my own fault I get so upset about the unjust politics of the world. Like the majority of folks I could simply choose not to watch the news, but I suffer with a rare pyschological make up; a control freak with an idealistic CPU.
I too like to kick back with the 'pointing and the laughing', its a very important survival strategy, but if thats all you do, what are you contributing? Since I hold out little hope of an afterlife I believe that in life, participation is mandatory. Sure, in dark days I envy the perogative of wealthy women in the 19th century who would just' take to their beds', shielding themselves from the difficulties of life. Since I dont have that option, I content myself with a different illusion; that through dialogue and discussion on an international level we may eventually beat the end of level boss with all lives still intact. unless anyones got the cheats?

[mburbank]

Oh, I wasn't being flip, dear. I am sorry, sorrier than I can possibly say. And if you lot toss out Blair, you will have a better government than we do. Somebody ought to loose their job over thsi debecale.

Right now the English Lady of Liesure solution sounds fairly tempting. About a monthin the etal position under the dining room table and I should be right as rain.

[Supafly345]

I too like to kick back with the 'pointing and the laughing', its a very important survival strategy, but if thats all you do, what are you contributing?If laughing and good humor isn't a major contribution, then let the world end right now.

[whoreable]

http://www.sorryeverybody.com/

[sadie]

ha. i wanna make one of those sorry-signs pics this weekend! and i'll use my dad's digital! it'll be passive-aggressive cool-ER 'cause he and my mom are two of those evangelical christians who believe bush is god's choice for the usa. :(

[Anonymous]

We're a video game culture. We think if your planet gets blown up you still have two more lives.

Damn you, Max, don't you blame video games for this flummery.

[sadie]

http://www.sorryeverybody.com/
is it just me, or has this site been taken down?

[Anonymous]

That was quick. It was still up when I checked it in the afternoon.

[sadie]

i feel hideously cheated. deeply embittered.