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		<title>By: dewstarpath</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/11/04/dim-bulb-law-leads-to-cancelled-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-6897</link>
		<dc:creator>dewstarpath</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>- MrLiberty - 
It&#039;s spelled &lt;i&gt;label&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;independent&lt;/i&gt;.
Sorry. wrong brackets.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>- MrLiberty &#8211;<br />
It&#8217;s spelled <i>label</i> and <i>independent</i>.<br />
Sorry. wrong brackets.</p>
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		<title>By: dewstarpath</title>
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		<dc:creator>dewstarpath</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;label&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>label</i></p>
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		<title>By: dewstarpath</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/11/04/dim-bulb-law-leads-to-cancelled-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-6894</link>
		<dc:creator>dewstarpath</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>- MrLiberty - 
It&#039;s spelled [i]label[/i] and [i]independent [/i].</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>- MrLiberty &#8211;<br />
It&#8217;s spelled [i]label[/i] and [i]independent [/i].</p>
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		<title>By: MrLiberty</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/11/04/dim-bulb-law-leads-to-cancelled-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-6400</link>
		<dc:creator>MrLiberty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>George S. Patton - Since we have never seen a Libertarian in higher political office, and certainly the lable &quot;independant&quot; is no predictor of anything, I think that it is certainly inappropriate to blame them.  Only the Republican and Democratic parties are responsible for the government mess we are in.  They have rigged the ballot access game in every state to make sure that real competition cannot even get on the ballot.  Ron Paul, though he runs as a Republican, is basically a libertarian and one of the most principled and finest individuals currently working in Washinton DC.

If I had the pleasure of voting for someone as principled on the constitution as Ron Paul in every election, I would bother to vote, and it would be a true pleasure for all of america to have such a choice.

Sadly, nearly all americans no longer want liberty, the constitution, limited or non-existent govnernment, freedom, no income tax, personal responsibility, sound money, free market capitalism, or any of the other things that once made this country great.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George S. Patton &#8211; Since we have never seen a Libertarian in higher political office, and certainly the lable &#8220;independant&#8221; is no predictor of anything, I think that it is certainly inappropriate to blame them.  Only the Republican and Democratic parties are responsible for the government mess we are in.  They have rigged the ballot access game in every state to make sure that real competition cannot even get on the ballot.  Ron Paul, though he runs as a Republican, is basically a libertarian and one of the most principled and finest individuals currently working in Washinton DC.</p>
<p>If I had the pleasure of voting for someone as principled on the constitution as Ron Paul in every election, I would bother to vote, and it would be a true pleasure for all of america to have such a choice.</p>
<p>Sadly, nearly all americans no longer want liberty, the constitution, limited or non-existent govnernment, freedom, no income tax, personal responsibility, sound money, free market capitalism, or any of the other things that once made this country great.</p>
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		<title>By: MrLiberty</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/11/04/dim-bulb-law-leads-to-cancelled-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-6399</link>
		<dc:creator>MrLiberty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All the republican revolution did was make sure there were plenty of non-thinking, complacent republicans (but I repeat myself) in office when Bush arrived, thus giving him carte blanche to destroy the constitution and wage illegal wars all over the middle east.

When nobody shows up for an election, it sends a message to the establishment that nobody cares about them anymore.  Maybe if we stop paying them attention, they will go away or just crumble under their own obsolescence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All the republican revolution did was make sure there were plenty of non-thinking, complacent republicans (but I repeat myself) in office when Bush arrived, thus giving him carte blanche to destroy the constitution and wage illegal wars all over the middle east.</p>
<p>When nobody shows up for an election, it sends a message to the establishment that nobody cares about them anymore.  Maybe if we stop paying them attention, they will go away or just crumble under their own obsolescence.</p>
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		<title>By: MrLiberty</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/11/04/dim-bulb-law-leads-to-cancelled-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-6398</link>
		<dc:creator>MrLiberty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If voting made a difference, it would be illegal.  Act responsibly, don&#039;t vote.

If you don&#039;t think that voting makes no difference, consider the republican revolution of 1994 - remember that one Bob??  Lotta good that one did for the country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If voting made a difference, it would be illegal.  Act responsibly, don&#8217;t vote.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t think that voting makes no difference, consider the republican revolution of 1994 &#8211; remember that one Bob??  Lotta good that one did for the country.</p>
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		<title>By: Deborah Fetkovich</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deborah Fetkovich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks to a recent survey By Aristotle International, Inc., we know that more than 3 million registered voters are dead.  This means that the low perentages of voter turnout are not nearly as low as we think. According to the report,&quot;Some states have bigger problems than others,” Phillips said. “With deadwood exceeding one in seven votes in some counties, candidates might as well spend a day a week campaigning in the cemetery.”
 
Among the findings, the study showed that states with the most “deadwood” voters were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. 
 
In Massachusetts, 116,483 registered voters are dead, 3.38 percent of the state’s total of registered voters. Another 538,567, or 15.6 percent, had moved to an area outside of where they are registered to vote.&quot; 

The purging of registered voters no longer living or eligible to vote is a responsibility of local governments. In order to spend money elsewhere, many neglect this duty.  The practice of checking obituaries and having party operatives recruit &quot;substitutions&quot; to vote for dead persons was allegedly used by Chicago&#039;s first Mayor Daley. It&#039;s legendary as &quot;The Democrat Cemetery Vote&quot;. When Nixon lost to JFK in 1960, there were at least three states with numerous ballots cast by dead persons and Nixon was advised to contest those states. He chose not to, claiming the resulting chaos would be harmful for the country.  Had Nixon chosen differently, the country would have seen the kind of chaos that we witnessed in 2000 when Al Gore contested the Bush victory in Florida. 

As for cancelling elections if they&#039;re uncontested, I think it&#039;s a great idea.  Sure, citizens have a right to vote, but voting is about choosing. If there&#039;s no choice to make, there is no reason to vote. Citizens aren&#039;t subjects or children that need to be encouraged to show up at the polls every couple of years merely to &quot;keep them in practice&quot;. If anything, the Tea Party movement demonstrates that when they have sufficient motivation, citizens are more than capable of engaging in the political arena. 

Rather than spending money trying to browbeat people to cast meaningless votes in the name of guiding them to develop a voting habit, save the money and use it to clean up your voter registration database. 

Here&#039;s the link I referenced:  http://cnsnews.com/news/article/56423</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to a recent survey By Aristotle International, Inc., we know that more than 3 million registered voters are dead.  This means that the low perentages of voter turnout are not nearly as low as we think. According to the report,&#8221;Some states have bigger problems than others,” Phillips said. “With deadwood exceeding one in seven votes in some counties, candidates might as well spend a day a week campaigning in the cemetery.”</p>
<p>Among the findings, the study showed that states with the most “deadwood” voters were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. </p>
<p>In Massachusetts, 116,483 registered voters are dead, 3.38 percent of the state’s total of registered voters. Another 538,567, or 15.6 percent, had moved to an area outside of where they are registered to vote.&#8221; </p>
<p>The purging of registered voters no longer living or eligible to vote is a responsibility of local governments. In order to spend money elsewhere, many neglect this duty.  The practice of checking obituaries and having party operatives recruit &#8220;substitutions&#8221; to vote for dead persons was allegedly used by Chicago&#8217;s first Mayor Daley. It&#8217;s legendary as &#8220;The Democrat Cemetery Vote&#8221;. When Nixon lost to JFK in 1960, there were at least three states with numerous ballots cast by dead persons and Nixon was advised to contest those states. He chose not to, claiming the resulting chaos would be harmful for the country.  Had Nixon chosen differently, the country would have seen the kind of chaos that we witnessed in 2000 when Al Gore contested the Bush victory in Florida. </p>
<p>As for cancelling elections if they&#8217;re uncontested, I think it&#8217;s a great idea.  Sure, citizens have a right to vote, but voting is about choosing. If there&#8217;s no choice to make, there is no reason to vote. Citizens aren&#8217;t subjects or children that need to be encouraged to show up at the polls every couple of years merely to &#8220;keep them in practice&#8221;. If anything, the Tea Party movement demonstrates that when they have sufficient motivation, citizens are more than capable of engaging in the political arena. </p>
<p>Rather than spending money trying to browbeat people to cast meaningless votes in the name of guiding them to develop a voting habit, save the money and use it to clean up your voter registration database. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the link I referenced:  <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/56423" rel="nofollow">http://cnsnews.com/news/article/56423</a></p>
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		<title>By: joe matarotz</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/11/04/dim-bulb-law-leads-to-cancelled-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-6395</link>
		<dc:creator>joe matarotz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Vote against every incumbent.

Never vote for anyone who is running unopposed.

Repeat every election day.

Only thus will we clean out the filth know as &#039;politicians&#039;. They suck.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vote against every incumbent.</p>
<p>Never vote for anyone who is running unopposed.</p>
<p>Repeat every election day.</p>
<p>Only thus will we clean out the filth know as &#8216;politicians&#8217;. They suck.</p>
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		<title>By: Pompano</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pompano</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whoops… someone filed a lawsuit somewhere alleging racial bias. Another front-page story for the AJC.

100’s of lawsuits were filed today – but leave it to the AJC to always advertise the race-card.

When did Al Sharpton become the editor of the AJC</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoops… someone filed a lawsuit somewhere alleging racial bias. Another front-page story for the AJC.</p>
<p>100’s of lawsuits were filed today – but leave it to the AJC to always advertise the race-card.</p>
<p>When did Al Sharpton become the editor of the AJC</p>
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		<title>By: Public Option, NEVER!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Public Option, NEVER!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let me know Keith, when a &quot;write in candidate&quot; is exploited and maybe Ill agree with you.  But for now, I&#039;m fine with the law.  

Now, let&#039;s start voting NO on any measure to raise taxes, PERIOD!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me know Keith, when a &#8220;write in candidate&#8221; is exploited and maybe Ill agree with you.  But for now, I&#8217;m fine with the law.  </p>
<p>Now, let&#8217;s start voting NO on any measure to raise taxes, PERIOD!</p>
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