Early voting

2008-11-02 Thread Bryon Daly
I did the early voting thing on Friday down here in Orlando. Some of the locations were reporting 2+ hour waits, but it was about 45 minutes wait for me. I had the day off, so the wait wasn't bad, but I'm quite puzzled about the people waiting 2+ hours around here, or as long as 10+ hours in the

Re: Early voting

2008-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, Bryon Daly wrote: I did the early voting thing on Friday down here in Orlando. Some of the locations were reporting 2+ hour waits, but it was about 45 minutes wait for me. I had the day off, so the wait wasn't bad, but I'm quite puzzled about the people waiting 2+

Re: Early voting

2008-11-02 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else do early voting? How long did you wait? Would you have waited 2+ hours to do it early? I was surprised by the lack of supporters or even signs at the voting location. I saw one small Obama sign and some

Re: Early voting

2008-11-02 Thread Charlie Bell
On 03/11/2008, at 8:27 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Oh, and I'm not under 35, either. :) I am for 2 more weeks... :-o I have no idea how old I *look* anymore, even. I'm not going anywhere near that one. :-) Charlie. Who Is Taking A Day Off Work To Watch The US Election Coverage Maru.

Re: Democracy (was Health Care / The same damn topic all f-ing week!~)

2008-11-02 Thread Doug Pensinger
John Williams wrote: 1) Why trust the government with measuring something as abstract as happiness, if it can be measured at all? I don't think I'd trust even my closest friends and family to measure my happiness. Not even if they asked and you told them? Doug

Re: Franklin Delano Bush

2008-11-02 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:25 AM, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And sent unemployment to nearly 25%. Good intentions are no substitute for good decisions. Roosevelt's policies were disastrous for the poor. Cite please. I'm pretty sure that unemployment hit 25% during his first year