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A good start would be the parties using an alternate vote system for the primaries. This could help folks have less crazy people come out as nominees -- its a miracle that Barack and Romney came out of their respective parties

QUOTE (Reddy @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 06:42 PM) unfortunately he's actually right, as much as i hate to say it. i'm here. i'm volunteering on the ground in these areas. FEMA and the Red Cross are nowhere to be found and the media's ignoring the atrocities that are going on. I can't defend it. I got the impression that they are having a really hard time actually reaching the area due to all kinds of different things they had mentioned (streets/bridges closing, lack of gas, etc)

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 07:13 PM) This election will have a record number of early voters, as did the previous. Both campaigns have seen the utility in pushing early voting. I say that, but I see that early voting is down in Chicago. Maybe projections were off. I know some places with R-controlled governments have restricted early voting further, like Florida. I read someplace that about 75% of Nevada's ballots have been cast already, on the other hand.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 06:58 PM) Are there more people early voting than normal? I don't remember seeing this many people. And why are they all waiting in line for a few hours? I've never waited in any line to vote on Election Day. This election will have a record number of early voters, as did the previous. Both campaigns have seen the utility in pushing early voting.

The government at some level needs to provide some way to get people evacuated in these instances. The whole premise of our government is preventing you from dying needlessly from things like starvation. Take the goddamn public transit and ship people to safety. Go door to door to spread the info if you have to.

Yeah, the guy has never even put together a single full season performance. Brandon has looked great since his surgery, but he has way too much left to prove for me to put much more than 5-6M a year in him.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 04:56 PM) Unfortunately, at this point, the electoral college is all we have, and it's better than the alternative of a pure popular vote. I'd love to hear of a better system to replace it that they'd actually implement, but removing it in favor of a popular vote isn't something I'd be interested in them doing...ever. Again, I'm sure some people are in favor of it now, short term, because they can't see the forest for the trees and it happens to favor at the moment, but long term (which they aren't seeing), it would destroy what little choice the people currently have. If the electoral college is replaced by a superior system, that's not a popular vote, I'd be all for such a change. But if the alternative is moving to a popular vote, no thanks...I'd rather keep the flawed system we have now. I don't think it's the best system, but I prefer it to the electoral college and it really has a legitimate chance to upseat it with popular support. I'm not fathoming the issues that make electoral college better than pure popular vote...can you make some sort of argument (you don't have to do an exhaustive analysis, I understand these things can get long-winded) for your stance? I'm not trying to be a dick, I just don't know what a present-day pro-electoral college argument sounds like so it is hard for me to weigh pros and cons.

There are some that probably will, I agree, and some probably should. I just hope that Congress agrees to negotiate each separately so that there is no chance that everyone gets f***ed over because they can't agree about one part of the taxes. They could dig into the deficit substantially if they let them expire, but from what I can tell it would probably end any notion of recovery.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 04:49 PM) Ask the same question Wednesday. Once BO is reelected, it will be the top new story until it's resolved, I'm sure. What confuses me is why the Republican campaign hasn't given this attention. They could have been accusing BO of having a master-plan of giant tax increases because that's technically what the current laws call for.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 01:53 PM) I don't understand why you think Moustakas is an MVP candidate. He was the 3B equivalent of Beckham last year. WHAT? Beckham has struggled to be a positive value player. Moustakas, in his first full season, put up a 3 WAR and saw his OPS rise from the year previous. He's now 24 and there's no reason to think he should decline or do anything but get better. He's an extremely valuable player. If Moustakas had a .600 OPS last year, he'd be more like Beckham...but he's not.

They scored.... Time for more Cutler-Marshall show

What...the...hell Charles Tillman

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 12:33 PM) I disagree, completely. If you thought about it -- at all -- you'd realize why a pure popular vote is a terrible idea. Then again, most people haven't bothered to think about it, because it's not popular to think for yourself these days, but repeat what others tell you. Just so happens that the current Democrat montra is electoral college = bad, because massive expanding population of voters on your side = good, at least while it's in their favor, that is. I'm not saying the electoral college is perfect, and perhaps a better system could replace it, but I am saying moving to a pure popular vote opens elections up to a multitude of problems, including what they call in corporate world, a hostile takeover. If you spent any amount of time *truly* thinking about it, you'd realize how bad of an idea this is. A pure popular vote would silence minority populations, be they white, black, catholic, jewish, etc...and make it so only the vast majority is heard -- and in a more dangerous yet conceivable situation -- even if it's a specific majority that rises, be it based on race or religion. That's NOT what we do here anymore, and for good reason. I thought we've learned what this can do to a nation already? Need people see signs such as 'whites only' again in order to remind you what happens when a single majority rises and can control elections? Like I said, think about it. I understand your argument, and this is the very problem with rule by democracy and why we don't make laws this way (by popular vote). California is in shambles because they let laws go up for popular vote all the time. However, what about the electoral college addresses those shortcomings? All it does is focus attention, arbitrarily, in a select few places. If gaining votes only counts in a handful of states, why is that more fair?

I like it

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 12:38 PM) Well that is 6 straight pass attempts, back to back games we start game looking like the running game be decent and we passaholic. Yep. Cutler has made a few really inaccurate throws and a few others where it looked like receivers and QB weren't working on the same route.

BUT BUT IF YOU TAKE OUR SEPTEMBER STATS WE'RE THE WORST OFFENSE EVER ALSO, IF SEPTEMBER STATS COUNT BRENT MOREL IS BETTER THAN DAVID WRIGHT

KW Jr. has about a 10% of spending time as an MLB 5th OF. Book it. /Nate Silver but really, he's athletic and though he is very old for the level he held is own in AA last year

Anyone hear the murmurs about "taxmageddon"? Is there any chance of us actually letting all of those expire?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 09:43 AM) the electoral college has problems, but a pure popular vote isn't the answer either, because it disenfranchises people in rural areas. i'm not sure what the answer is though. You'll have to tell me how my vote counts less in Pontiac, Illinois in a popular vote versus the electoral college

Also Sam Adams Old Fezziwig, damn good stuff! Why oh why can't I get a sixer of this stuff?

Nate Silver's article today basically lays out the current status of the election. If polls are reliable at all, Obama is about to win. Maybe not by a ton, but he will win. The uncertainty in his model is almost solely the off chance that most polls are leaning Democrat by >1 point.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 01:02 PM) I like how the Bulls are beating bad teams while the Pacers lose to them Goes to show that the Bulls are an above average team no matter if Derrick Rose is there or not. Tommy Thibs is the reason the Bulls are as good as they are. And of course Derrick Rose just adds to it but... I'm impressed at how hard Thibs gets his players to play for him. Nobody ever questioned the Bulls' ability to overachieve in the regular season but its still impressive when you watch them bring it every single night Given the relatively small amount of leverage a coach has over a player with a guaranteed contract, I agree that is pretty remarkable what he gets out those guys.

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QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 02:20 PM) Cool. I just wanted to make sure they wouldn't toss my ballot for missing a spot. I will now vote for me for Congress. Unfortunately, your vote won't be counted Your ballot will count, but no one will know that you voted for yourself -- they don't tabulate write-ins unless there are enough write-ins cast that if they were all the same person, they'd win.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 11:33 AM) yea there's a lot of stats on that if you look. it's pretty clear the Democrat voting demographic has a lot of intersections with the obesity demographic. There are some key demographics for D's that are fat. I'm not sure if we can neatly resolve this question. Poor people tend to be fatter, women tend to be fatter, and minority women tend to be the fattest. I think the one thing we can settle on is that America has a weight problem.