Matt's mom was back in the hospital yesterday. at this point, I don't really know anything. Wishing her a lot of health ma~~.
Beth, tell him to give me a shout should he be heading out here again.
She ain't movin'. Serenity's not movin'.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Trudy Booth - Apr 17, 2006 1:00:58 pm PDT #9727 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hil R. - Apr 17, 2006 1:02:01 pm PDT #9728 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have no math to back this up - but ( electoral college) taking a majority of the majority feels wrong, esp if things are close.
What do you mean by taking a majority of the majority?
brenda m - Apr 17, 2006 1:13:49 pm PDT #9729 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
...what's the C in FCM again? Is it chuck? Or cuddle? Or what?
I notice you don't ask about the F.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 17, 2006 1:24:27 pm PDT #9730 of 10001
What is even happening?
Yes. It looks too viscous to not be oil, plus is slightly green.
Oh sheeesh. It's awful what people do to the foodstuffs.
beth b - Apr 17, 2006 1:29:44 pm PDT #9731 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
What do you mean by taking a majority of the majority
the majority of the vote gets all the electoral members of a state. then the majority of those votes determines the winner. it just feels wrong in a close election. Like i said , I have no math to back this up.
Actually, of greater importance to me is that I have met a number of people that feel disenfranchised when they vote in presidential elections. Because they are the minority within a state. no matter what the numbers say , if changeing things to a popular vote made more people vote, I'd be all for it.
meara - Apr 17, 2006 2:02:58 pm PDT #9732 of 10001
I feel disenfranchised!
Oh, wait, that's cause I am. I'll just go sit with ita in the "pay my taxes and get no representation" corner.
I totally think Fay should just come to the US and couch surf for a few months!!
billytea - Apr 17, 2006 2:12:59 pm PDT #9733 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Personally, I don't totally like this analysis, because all the probabilities are built on the assumption that there's an equal chance of any outcome -- pretty much, when calculating how much power a citizen of Ohio has to influence the election, it goes with the assumption that there's an equal chance that California will go Democrat or Republican.
See, I really like this kind of analysis, but ultimately it's answering a different question (I like to think of it as a 'value/power of a single vote' sort of thing, different from an 'impact on the expected outcome' thing), because of the issue given above. The small states tend to share certain features; most notably, an absence of large urban centres. Because voting tendencies aren't (mathematically) independent by geographical factors, the additional weighting towards the small states skews the outcome. In 2000, and I think 2004, if you took out the 'plus two' in the calculation of EC votes, the outcome would've been different.
the majority of the vote gets all the electoral members of a state. then the majority of those votes determines the winner. it just feels wrong in a close election.
Yeah, I agree with this. Maine and Nebraska do it differently, FWIW. There's nothing to prevent a state from apportioning its EC votes by a method other than 'winner-take-all'.
Laura - Apr 17, 2006 2:17:13 pm PDT #9734 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I totally think Fay should just come to the US and couch surf for a few months!!
I'd vote for this.
It would be good if people who agree with me were required to vote. The others can decide for themselves. Actually, I like the idea of voting being obligatory, but I can't imagine it ever happening here. There have been a surprisingly large number of people that I otherwise consider responsible citizens that have told me they never vote. I don't get it.
Cass - Apr 17, 2006 2:22:18 pm PDT #9735 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I am home and I am so damned glad. Cats have been fed, watered, relittered and reassured that I am really home and didn't abandon them forever and ever. I have started a fire. It is hailing outside. And I think it is bedtime. Apparently my internal clock is in Greenland.
Cass, I've got you friended on LJ, but I don't think you friended me back. I'm arliss there.Beverly, done. I thought I had done that before. Whoops! The rant is here: [link]
You're the grownup who never lies to her. You're the grownup who is always kind to her. You're the grownup who is happy and loving and considerate. And when she lives through this rediculous pergatory, which she will, YOU are the reason she will know what a good and beautiful person SHE can be.Thank you, Trudy.
In my heart I just feel like it's not enough for her right now. And I am just not permitted to do more. Once I get a few days to calm down, I might try to talk with the stepmom. She does know that I am here for her and that I won't lie to her. And I know that it is better than the alternative. I just would feel better if I could talk to her more than once every four months. There's a limit to how much writing cards and letters that she gets once a week can do.
Sigh...
Is there any way that they'd give the neicelet to you?Not a chance in hell. But I would. I so would, Deena.
Though my sister offered to send me the nephlet.
IIRC, WA's been talking about making some elections absentee ballot only.
Didn't another state do that? Oregon, maybe?::whistles:: Damn. I need to register to vote here. If they've got a Permanent Absentee option? I am so taking it.
Cashmere - Apr 17, 2006 2:26:36 pm PDT #9736 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
beth, lots of -ma for Matt's mom.
Just got off the phone with the Democrats. Seems I've volunteered to be our block captain for this year's election.