Bleh and bleh, so that's my two cents
Nov. 3rd, 2004 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ilex_cassineSigh. I had a migraine last night. And my stupid dentist(s) didn't manage to replace my fillings properly, so now it a) hurts to eat and b) I can't bite and chew properly as the teeth on my right side won't meet up. For some reason, those things like everything else feels like a Republican conspiracy right now.
Two comments about the events of Nov 2:
Comment one: WHY THE FUCK DO WE STILL HAVE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM!!!? Its time to graduate, USA. I thought the electoral college was completely stupid when it was explained to me as a twelve year old, and I think its completely stupid now. The electoral college system made sense it the pre-telecommunications era, when communications between the capital of the country and the hinterlands was a slow and tricky business, but now? Now it makes no sense at all. People will claim that "oh no, the little wee underpopulated states won't have a voice!" but that is bullshit. My presidential vote is going to be continually for naught as long as I live in NC, so I and many others don't have a voice, either. At least the electoral college votes ought to be universally proportionally distributed, a la Maine.
Comment two: As much as the "election" of W pisses me off, the fact that NC elected Richard Burr over Erskine Bowles pisses me off even more. I have never in my life received so much misleading, garbagey campaign materials as from Richard Burr. Some of the brochures implied that if Richard Burr was elected, you'd get a new house. I need to fish one out of the recycling and send it to now Senator Burr, with "Where is my fucking house, dipshit?!" scrawled on it.
Two comments about the events of Nov 2:
Comment one: WHY THE FUCK DO WE STILL HAVE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM!!!? Its time to graduate, USA. I thought the electoral college was completely stupid when it was explained to me as a twelve year old, and I think its completely stupid now. The electoral college system made sense it the pre-telecommunications era, when communications between the capital of the country and the hinterlands was a slow and tricky business, but now? Now it makes no sense at all. People will claim that "oh no, the little wee underpopulated states won't have a voice!" but that is bullshit. My presidential vote is going to be continually for naught as long as I live in NC, so I and many others don't have a voice, either. At least the electoral college votes ought to be universally proportionally distributed, a la Maine.
Comment two: As much as the "election" of W pisses me off, the fact that NC elected Richard Burr over Erskine Bowles pisses me off even more. I have never in my life received so much misleading, garbagey campaign materials as from Richard Burr. Some of the brochures implied that if Richard Burr was elected, you'd get a new house. I need to fish one out of the recycling and send it to now Senator Burr, with "Where is my fucking house, dipshit?!" scrawled on it.