On 05/11/2008, at 12:59 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > Smart-Aleck response #1 would be something about whether the news one > gets anytime (not just election day) with or without cable or > satellite TV could ever be described as "decent" . . .
Raised on the BBC, dude. ;) > Once upon a time it was pretty good. Yeah, last millennium maybe. > Smart-Aleck response #2 would be to wonder why anyone would take the > day off to watch the coverage rather than tune in at the equivalent > of late tonight in the US (or early tomorrow morning if one is near > the east coast which is in the UTC-5 time zone) to who the winner is > (assuming there is one by then). I'm in Australia. It's tomorrow already. And I love elections. It's nearly as good as sport (and almost as important too ;) ). I fancied a long weekend, and this is as good a reason as any to make it one day longer than it was anyway (Melbourne Cup is the first Tuesday in November, and that's a public holiday). > > NON-Smart-Aleck Corollary 2.1 being that many people wonder why > anyone is allowed to release any results as long as any of the polls > on the west coast (UTC-8) or in AK (UTC-9) or HI (UTC-10) are still > open in acknowledgement of the possibility that people who haven't > voted may change their minds after hearing results from other parts > of the country which suggest that the candidate or party they are > planning to vote for is either winning or losing . . . This is a good point. Or at least, have the polls close closer together, and only announce results once they're complete... C. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
