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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 3:33:56 GMT -5
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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Oct 25, 2010 3:52:32 GMT -5
Ugh.
That's all.
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Post by ville on Oct 25, 2010 3:59:47 GMT -5
That would be America for you. I think there should really be "current day America"/"politics" class,  ing sad when you don't know who the the Vice President is. I can understand not being interested in Politics but you ing LIVE IN AMERICA.
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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 4:07:25 GMT -5
I'd understand if they were asking who the President of Cameroon is, but my gosh do people not pay attention to things here at all? Kliquid, now here is a bunch to give your voting test to. |
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Oct 25, 2010 4:10:30 GMT -5
There is a class that teaches ALL this stuff where I went to HS. POD: Government. Problems Of Democracy is what the POD stood for. And when I took it, my teacher was so far right wing conservative republican wing, it wasn't even funny. The Republicans were perfect, and could never, nor would EVER do anything wrong, and the Democrats were the Anti-Christ.
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Post by ville on Oct 25, 2010 4:10:58 GMT -5
I'd understand if they were asking who the President of Cameroon is, but my gosh do people not pay attention to things here at all? Kliquid, now here is a bunch to give your voting test to.
Which is exactly why in Middle School there should really be a "current day America"/"politics" mandatory class. |
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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 4:14:44 GMT -5
Maybe every 2-4 years everyone over 18 must take a current politics/America class.
We'd be much better off if everyone was informed.
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Post by ville on Oct 25, 2010 4:21:38 GMT -5
Maybe every 2-4 years everyone over 18 must take a current politics/America class. We'd be much better off if everyone was informed. |
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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 4:24:18 GMT -5
Maybe every 2-4 years everyone over 18 must take a current politics/America class. We'd be much better off if everyone was informed. Maybe we go Kliquid's route and revoke their voting. As we can see from the video, race was not a factor in the stupidity and neither was gender. However, these all seemed to be college aged kids. Maybe we move the voting age up to 21 or older. |
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Post by ville on Oct 25, 2010 4:37:15 GMT -5
I guess I agree with that but what if they fail? No point in having a test if there are no consequences otherwise they wouldn't care to pass. I think it all starts with the youth. I'm ashamed to be 16 and have most kids my age not know a thing, worse because I get generalized about it and get "kicked out" of all politics debates. Maybe we go Kliquid's route and revoke their voting. As we can see from the video, race was not a factor in the stupidity and neither was gender. However, these all seemed to be college aged kids. Maybe we move the voting age up to 21 or older. |
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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 4:40:49 GMT -5
Maybe we go Kliquid's route and revoke their voting. As we can see from the video, race was not a factor in the stupidity and neither was gender. However, these all seemed to be college aged kids. Maybe we move the voting age up to 21 or older. The only thing though is tests for voting are barred by the Supreme Court. So unless the Roberts Court wants to overturn that, we can't test anyone. But I'm sure the Roberts Court has enough votes to overturn it. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2010 4:43:01 GMT -5
Fail > American Y0K3L5, HYUK HYUK HYUK.
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Post by ville on Oct 25, 2010 4:45:01 GMT -5
Failing the test resulting in revoking their voting privileges is a pretty good idea. But moving up the voting age to 21 making me wait Five years is unfair LOL! Here is what I think a good idea is, once you're 18 you should have to take a test and if you fail you can't vote and you have to wait Two years to take it again, to me that is the most reasonable logic and not much(if any) can go wrong with that. The only thing though is tests for voting are barred by the Supreme Court. So unless the Roberts Court wants to overturn that, we can't test anyone. But I'm sure the Roberts Court has enough votes to overturn it. |
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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 4:45:29 GMT -5
Fail > American Y0K3L5, HYUK HYUK HYUK. The only thing I know about Australian politics is Kevin Rudd was your previous PM, but you guys just elected your first female PM, but I do not know her name. |
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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 4:49:08 GMT -5
The only thing though is tests for voting are barred by the Supreme Court. So unless the Roberts Court wants to overturn that, we can't test anyone. But I'm sure the Roberts Court has enough votes to overturn it. We'd have to prove the test does not discriminate against any protected class of people. The only vote that matters is Justice Kennedy's. He is who we have to convince. Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia would already be on board on the overturn side. And Ginsburg, Breyer, and I'm assuming Sotomayor and Kagan. |
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Post by Happy Pizza on Oct 25, 2010 4:51:32 GMT -5
Maybe every 2-4 years everyone over 18 must take a current politics/America class. We'd be much better off if everyone was informed. What would be the point of this? It would do nothing for people like me. I have no political preference and choose not to vote. I know very little of American politics but only because I believe it's a broken system that I cannot change. That said, I still know the name of the Vice President. You guys are going a little overboard with this "force everybody to learn politics" stuff, though. Ever consider that some of us just don't care? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2010 4:51:37 GMT -5
Fail > American Y0K3L5, HYUK HYUK HYUK. The only thing I know about Australian politics is Kevin Rudd was your previous PM, but you guys just elected your first female PM, but I do not know her name. Julia something... I don't know because I'm 13 and I don't give a damn. |
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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 4:55:30 GMT -5
Maybe every 2-4 years everyone over 18 must take a current politics/America class. We'd be much better off if everyone was informed. What would be the point of this? It would do nothing for people like me. I have no political preference and choose not to vote. I know very little of American politics but only because I believe it's a broken system that I cannot change. That said, I still know the name of the Vice President. You guys are going a little overboard with this "force everybody to learn politics" stuff, though. Ever consider that some of us just don't care? Apathy is ridiculous. Everyone should care. What these people do does effect your life. I don't see how you can't give a damn about what effects your life. Saying in Chicago, vote early and vote often. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2010 4:55:39 GMT -5
Julia Gillard is our first Female PM.
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Post by slappy on Oct 25, 2010 4:56:39 GMT -5
The only thing I know about Australian politics is Kevin Rudd was your previous PM, but you guys just elected your first female PM, but I do not know her name. Julia something... I don't know because I'm 13 and I don't give a damn. You shouldn't make fun of Americans if you can't even name the people in your own Government. |
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