Is there an offical pointless election banter thread anywhere?

[tyzack]

I\'d go with education on this one.

i always thought nasa was a big waste of money personally.  I am sure some people would disagree. but i would rather see it go to education.  our k-12 standards and high school graduation rates right now are pitiful and the standards of secondary education are also down while cost is skyrocketing.

I am of the opinion that education is not really the business of the feds, and should be best left up to the states.

NASA - in all that it does, not just space exploration - is way to expansive a program (beurocratic bloting aside) for any state to afford, therefore, it is best in the relm of the federal gov\'t.

[skalnbyc]

I do not believe the problem with public education has anything to do with money; so much money is spent on education and there is rampant waste of taxpayer money on useless programs that do not emphasize core skills.  Schools are often no longer about learning and have become a place to babysit the kids during the day.  

I see a larger social deterioration that is unraveling the public education system: kids from single parent homes that do not foster learning, a spoiled society that does not value hard work due to the largesse of decades of a prosperous economy, schools that place greater emphasis on social conditioning/learning to put condoms on bananas over core math/writing/reading/history skills, unruliness and lack of respect for authority that is highly disruptive to a system that is supposed to foster learning, slackening standards so all can get a worthless degree, and finally, a public monopoly on education that has no competition to really force itself to improve or use resources most efficiently (ie, one must pluck down thousands for a private education if the local system is a sorry chip or else they are stuck there).  

Education starts in the home.  If parents (and yes I say parents because the single-parent homes that have become the norm most often have ser problems that distract from learning) set a high expectation for their kids and do not accept mediocity, the result is more kids that do well.  If one comes from a home that does make a serious attempt to cultivate education, no amount of money is gonna get that kid a great education.  

Don\'t tell me we need more money when kids in China/India are able to learn skills many years ahead of us with a fraction of the money we have to allocate per pupil.  Their priority is education of skills that will yield great careers.  

and so it goes....

[solver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyhIBXNfqMA
 
 
here\'s wishin\' the man good luck today in pa!

[tyzack]

Since I had become quiet crestfallen after what happened in montreal last night, I decided to watch some wrestling for a bit of a lighter fair.

After figuring out that if you want to beat someone in the WWE you have to hurt their lower back, Barak taped a campaign/promo for one fighter (though I forget the guys name) and Hillary taped the same thing for the other guy.

Those had to be, by far and away, the two best campagin adds I\'ve seen all year.

Please someone find them on youtube.

[solver]

woke up this morning:

hillary takes pennsylvania 55%-45%. race continues.

whaaa??!...aah!?..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, coooooooooooooooommmmmmme ooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn....................

[ds673488]

i say they just do a cage match to the death to decide who gets the nomination

[SkyePrizm]

woke up this morning:

hillary takes pennsylvania 55%-45%. race continues.

whaaa??!...aah!?..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, coooooooooooooooommmmmmme ooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn....................

At this point, one of them really should give in and hand it over to the other.   Honestly, they are making the whole facistic party nomination into a fool\'s race.  McCain is just sitting there....probably soaking in more votes....

[Yoda]

Hillary\'s ego is too large to admit that she doesn\'t have the majority of the facistic country backing her.  I think that Obama has the best chance of beating McCain.

[jocelyn]

woke up this morning:

hillary takes pennsylvania 55%-45%. race continues.

whaaa??!...aah!?..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, coooooooooooooooommmmmmme ooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn....................

Is anyone really surprised by this? PA\'s voting population is made up mainly of older, white, blue-collar people. This is not exactly Obama\'s strongest demographic, and it is one in which both Clintons traditionally fare extremely well.

[tyzack]

Post North Carolina/Indinia Discusions:

1.) Clinton should conceed (Why/Why not?)

...That\'s pretty much it.

Though, of interesting side-point; Rv. Wright contraversy vs McCain courting radical christian right, why is the former getting more attention?

[Yoda]

We all know that she should conceed, but her ego will not let her.  What concerns me is that the people who backed Hillary will cross party lines and vote for McCain.  McCain doesn\'t seem like a bad guy, I just can\'t support anyone that wants to increase troop levels in the middle east, let along continue the war in iraq.

[tyzack]

VPs?

I think that the ideal rebuplican ticket would be McCain/Rommney, however, if/when Obama gets the nomination, McCain/That indian governer might be a possibilty for the whole "diversity" thing.*

As for the facists, I hear the governer of nevada is a possibility for obama, but I would not be surprised if obama and hillary joined froce.

*diversity thing: making a point of obama, hillary, or that governer being the first "anything" is, in my opinion, not in the interest of equality. Making a point of the differences emphises the point that they are there. Who was the first blonde hair president? The first with green eyes? No one knows, because it doesn\'t matter; just like any of the differences mentioned today don\'t matter.

[SlimPickens]

McCain/ C. Rice

vs.

Obama/ J. Edwards

[tyzack]

McCain/ C. Rice

I\'d vote for that one.

[SlimPickens]

McCain/ C. Rice

I\'d vote for that one.

I\'d rather get shot in the face then vote for that puppet and war criminal.  :-)