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And here I thought the only qualification you needed to be President of the USA was 50%+1 of the electoral college vote.

From the way I understand it, Kahny, there's about 20% for either major party who will vote that way no matter what (or not at all). The remaining 60% are the ones who aren't affiliated with any party and are particularly finicky. That's why the candidates spent so much to get their...

The senate is still undecided, due to Montana and Virginia. Those states' races were so close that laws requiring mandatory recounts came into play. The Democrats need to win both to win the Senate (giving them 51 or 100 seats) while the GOP needs only one of them (50 seats plus VPOTUS's tie...

Because they're not minor factors in a social identity; they're really the only things which really differentiate one group of people from another. It's as if you were to say Mexico, Bolivia, and Argentina were essentially the same because thye all speak Spanish. (An imperfect analogy, but...

No, but whatever. -_-

See, I would choose to disagree with you there. Go to Las Vegas, then to Compton, Los Angeles, and then to Madawaska Co. Maine. Tell me you're not in three different worlds.

Per, be serious here. There are HUGE differences between different parts of the USA, just as there are in Germany. Compare the languages, cultures, and histories of the following places: Northern Maine San Antonio, Texas South Carolina Harlem, New York the Upper Penninsula of Michigan San...

I couldn't agree more. Knowledge is its own reward, and the person who stops learning essentially stops living.

I agree with you, Onhell. But don't you think the average Hans or Francois should know the general location of Texas? Or that California is off to the left of everything else (politically and geographically! I love my own jokes!)

No! This thread was the product of intelligent design! *reads Conor's posts* Ok, so maybe it wasn't completely intelligent....

Onhell, I don't know what the proper greeting is for the Day of the Dead - wishing you a "happy" one doesn't seem quite right for some reason! Nevertheless, I know it's an important holiday for most Mexicans (including my roommate!), so I just want to wish you and any other Mexicans here all...

Haven't seen ya around, but I hpe you see this! Miss ya, and happy bday!

Just a quick note - think it's time we changed the message in that news box? The "New Album Announced" is a bit dated!

Since this thread is wandering all over the place anyway, why not? I know people who have served in the Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Israel, Afghanistan, and just about any other place Canadians have been sent to keep peace in the last 15 years. They've all reacted differently to what they...

All I know about the recent history of the Former Yugoslavia is that too many Canadians died or were injured there in the 1990's trying to keep you guys from senselessly killing one another (like you've been doing for centuries). Two close friends of mine suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress...

I never said I agreed with it all, my Mongol friend, I was just trying to explain it  :P

Interestingly enough, Marxism and other historical interpretations and approaches have recently been rejected by a rising movement of scholars, mostly in Latin America and India. While they agree with Marxists' calls for telling history from the perspective of the oppressed/working classes, they...

I recently heard a radio program about how France has overtaken the United States in the value of weapons exports. They interviewed some professor who claimed that the French military-industrial complexes are so influential over the government that they often pressure the government to send...

This is an autobiographical account of my day today: Rain. No pumpkin. Headache. Bad day.

Oh well, you've certainly used your logic to thwart the arguments Onhell and I have offered.