Tombstone.

[garyd]

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul , Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the Presidential election:

Number of States won
by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won
by: Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won
by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won
by: Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory the Republicans won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years. If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.

 

[stormchaser]

Oh good GOD, this crap again? does anybody EVER think for themselves or simply keep forwarding on stuff they get in emails without even CHECKING the legitimacy of it? Sheesh, this is anchient...it was about the 2000 election! It came out in December 2000 and it was disproved even back then. It's been circulating throughout the internet for now close to a decade and people are still buying it. SHEESH...please please please check you sources and stop believing the dribble your friends forward to you.


http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/athenian.asp

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/whats_the_deal_with_prof_joseph_olsons.html

 

[Sparky1]

Since when have facts concerned liberals?

 

[garyd]

lol, I just put it up for the tombstone. Which is a fact lol. By the way nice tatoo

garyd

 

[stormchaser]

By the way nice tatoo

garyd

Which tattoo are you speaking of? I have several... But thanks in advance.

Sparky: I will not fall for the ad hominem, attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the source making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim is simply a sign that the person has already lost the argument.

 

[Sparky1]

That ad hominem bit is getting rather "anchient" as well. Say hey to mominem next time they're in town.

Lighten up stormy, I knew the deal behind Gary's email, but the tombstone pic was a new one for me.

 

[stormchaser]

I never could type worth a damn. haha

I'm sorry but if people would stop attacking the peson delivering the news rather than attacking the news, maybe the mention of ad hominem would cease as well. If you (not directed at any one person) want to debate whether something is factually accurate, great, but flipping the coin and simply attacking the person...well, that I take issue with. It really is a sign that the person attacking can't make their side stick and are sore loosers when it comes to debate. And in this case, there is no arguing/debating the fact that the original post was simply an internet myth and not at all true. If you knew it was false...why not point it out so we can avoid the further spreading of this kind of jibberish?

Yes, the pic was funny, but the pic could ahve been posted by itself and it still would have been funny...I don't buy for one second that it was posted knowing it was false/lies. Or maybe it was psoted knowing that...but it was hoped that others would fall for it and fan the fires of hatred? Either the OP didn't know andy better and didn't know to check his sources...or he DID know it was false and choose to post it as truth a nyway...either way...disappointing.

 

[Sparky1]

Either the OP didn't know andy better and didn't know to check his sources...or he DID know it was false and choose to post it as truth a nyway...either way...disappointing.

Who's andy?

Hey, I doubt very seriously Gary would post anything that he knew was false and I'm sure there was no malice involved in his posting this email. It's just entertainment for the most part, but true or not, it's hard to argue with the fact this country's going down the tubes. Obama is simply going to speed up the process which actually may be a good thing.

The faster it falls, the faster we can pick up the pieces and start over. Maybe this time we the people won't let the politicians get us back into the shape we were in before the collapse.

 

[stormchaser]

OK, now you and I can agree on something...every word you said seems totally accurate to me.

And Andy is a friend of mine...I thought everyone knew Andy.

 

[nyrussell]

Andy has a deputy too, right? and a kid named opie?

 

[saltshaker]

I'm sure Andy voted Republican.

 

[Sparky1]

Nope, Andy and Opie got caught up in all that guilt about never having any black folks in Mayberry, and they voted for Obama. I'm pretty sure Otis and Aunt Bea voted for him too.