Govt. Officials asking if elections can be suspended if terrorist attack occurs!

[Nobody1]

Why can't you vote?

His birthdate is in his profile, he's (I believe) 16.

I see many that debate here really cannot effect this election becuase they can't vote, however, big kudos to them, as they do learn things here, and surely are sharpening their debating skills, as well as learning how to articulate themselves, definately good for them when they begin their adult lives.

[taman]

nope, i can't vote, and im glad. I wolnt vote anyways, even if I could.

If i acually did vote... I would vote for the guy that gets .5% of the votes (you know, the one you never hear of, but is running for no absolute reason)

It's better (IMHO) to vote for someone with 0 chance of winning than it is to not vote at all. It is not only a Right, it is a Responsibility.

As we get closer to the election, it seems more and more likely that I will be casting a write in ballot.

[pimp my ride]

Why can't you vote?

I'm not old enough.

[pimp my ride]

It's better (IMHO) to vote for someone with 0 chance of winning than it is to not vote at all. It is not only a Right, it is a Responsibility.

As we get closer to the election, it seems more and more likely that I will be casting a write in ballot.

Don't we have to do court duty if we register to vote?

[Snowball 2]

Jury duty? You have to do that anyways. Don't forget at 18 you have to register for selective service as well...

[taman]

I realize that I'm breaking a debating rule by stating this next statement, but: If they can make it legal to suspend an election, then could it be possible to suspend an election indefinitely? Or how about declare a state of emergency (for terrorism) indefinitely?

OK Vih, so you used the "slippery slope", but I think it may be warranted in this case. Even though those things haven't happened, the questions are still valid!

P.S. I don't mind you posting a comment, as long as you don't wear the member hat and the mod hat at the same time (which I have yet to see happen).

[7th Angel]

No. Bush isn't being president for ANY longer than he should be.

You're right... He, George Jr, will serve only 8 years, and when his brother Jeb gets elected in '08, and again in 2012, we will have had 20 years of Bush being president... as it should be

[_dangtx_]

rights list : right to vote....unckeck !

[Christop54]

Just read the story.
And I wish our ignorant, ambulance-chasing media would stop giving terrorists step by step
instructions on what they "might" do...on the tube. I just saw one earlier suggesting they pour gunpowder all over themselves.

Anarchists Pursue Chaos at GOP Convention
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Fox News

Republicans Get NYC Party-Planning Lessons
NEW YORK — Radical protesters are reportedly trying to cause chaos at the Republican National Convention in New York City at the end of August.

Reports show that fringe groups are hatching a plot on the Internet, telling people how to attack and trick police with the ultimate goal of evacuating Madison Square Garden.
The suggestions include everything from throwing marbles in the path of police-mounted horses to going to shooting ranges before heading to the convention so that their clothes will reek of gunpowder and trick bomb-sniffing dogs on the subways and commuter trains.

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Protestors Study Tactics for GOP Convention
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Associated Press

NEW YORK — Passing up road trips, beach vacations and barbecues, thousands of anti-Bush demonstrators are heading to summer school to learn how to stage successful sit-ins and what to do if pepper spray (search) burns their eyes. Welcome to Convention Protesting 101.

[jimzinsocal]

^^^Yup. Thats what I overheard yesterday on the tube. My mistake....it wasnt about terrorists after all. It was about class A citizens who wish to make a political statement.[rolleyes]

[jimzinsocal]

And I understand about "free speech...free press"....but some stories are like
screaming "fire" in a movie theater. Big difference between free and abusive/vexatious.

[taman]

And I understand about "free speech...free press"....but some stories are like
screaming "fire" in a movie theater. Big difference between free and abusive/vexatious.

How much do you want to bet that if these a-holes actually try this crap, the ones that are arrested will be somehow portrayed as "victims"?

[pimp my ride]

Jury duty? You have to do that anyways. Don't forget at 18 you have to register for selective service as well...

Yea, but my paretns never get called to do that??

[oralpain]

Not everyone gets called to jury duty, they don't need that many jurors.

I don't consider it my duty to vote. I don't consider it my duty to do anything except follow the rules I have explicitly agreed to.

[JediDrew]

Maybe I am over reacting or getting a little paranoid here, but this is seems a little scary to me. Voting is the very foundation of our liberties!!



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Behold the new rig technique of the 2004 elections. Your not 1 bit paranoid.