Ask an American dude

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 06 Aug 2005, 19:04

Why not? I'm an American and I love poking fun at Americans.

Dragon-of-Rune · Post by **Dragon-of-Rune** » 06 Aug 2005, 19:31

ROFL

Nice move Jopuma saying that.

Speed818 · Post by **Speed818** » 06 Aug 2005, 19:51

besides, we're making fun of YOU not Americans at the moment...
*Points and laughs at BK*

WhereIsTheNsx · Post by **WhereIsTheNsx** » 06 Aug 2005, 19:52

joins in laughing at BK shouting "look at the pansy boy"

korge · Post by **korge** » 06 Aug 2005, 19:53

Speed818 wrote:we're making fun of YOU not Americans at the moment...

Am I the only one who thinks that is a dumbase comment?

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 06 Aug 2005, 20:04

No. I think that too.

Speed818 · Post by **Speed818** » 06 Aug 2005, 20:38

I really don't care

Dragon-of-Rune · Post by **Dragon-of-Rune** » 06 Aug 2005, 20:59

Ok people we had our fun, just leave him alone now.

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 07 Aug 2005, 02:02

I agree.

WhereIsTheNsx · Post by **WhereIsTheNsx** » 07 Aug 2005, 03:28

na one more time,(laughing at the pansy boy), okay i'm done

Post by **TheStig** » 07 Aug 2005, 06:09

ok now quit it!

get back on topic! of that is even possible!

and btw you should learn also the flaws of your country/ silly things... once you know them you can laugh about it...

I know what is wrong/silly/stupid in my country. and I can laugh about it..

no one and no country is perfect. accept it and see the fun in it

Supra-man · Post by **Supra-man** » 07 Aug 2005, 17:22

thats true stig, just how our justice system is all messed up.

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 07 Aug 2005, 18:21

I'm a little confused to how they election system works in the US, could someone perhaps explain to me....

WhereIsTheNsx · Post by **WhereIsTheNsx** » 07 Aug 2005, 22:10

the election system doesn't work. but what do you want to know, how the president gets chosen?

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 07 Aug 2005, 22:23

well ye, i guess, and just the general voting system....

WhereIsTheNsx · Post by **WhereIsTheNsx** » 07 Aug 2005, 22:58

first, you have to be 18 to vote. second felons are convicted felons may not vote. you have to actually register (you can't just go in the voting station with a driver's license and expect to vote)

on to voting:
alright, there is the popular vote (which counts how many votes a canidate has) and a electoral college vote (which tallies up points according to different states the canidate won)
the electoral vote(the one by which we go by) is kinda tricky, some states are worth more points than others, New york > alabama. if by the end of the voting process a canidate has more electoral votes than any other canidate, they win the election. did you want to now how senators, govenors, mayors, district attourneys and all that jazz works read a american gov. book cuz it takes to long to explain and i'm lazy.

Post by **TheStig** » 08 Aug 2005, 04:51

isn't it that each state represents a certain amount of points.

I don't know the exact point (or what they are called)

if you got 2 candidates and the one that has the most votes in a state gets the points for that state! (all points) so even if he has 51%)

for instance:

2 candidates: mr A. and Mr B.

New York: Mr A won he gets 10 points
California: Mr B won he gets 12 points
Alabama: Mr B won he gets 8 points
Florida: Mr A won he gets 7 points

so in the end:

Mr A got 17 points
Mr B got 20 points ---- Mr B is president!

am I right? correct me if I am wrong but this is what I understand out of the last election... it was live on TV here also

WhereIsTheNsx · Post by **WhereIsTheNsx** » 08 Aug 2005, 06:09

yea you pretty much got the jist of things

Post by **Bojan** » 08 Aug 2005, 09:34

And the elector votes:

if there's Mr. A, Mr. B and Mr. C competing in a state that has 100elector votes and A gets 45%, B gets 40% and C gets 5%. How many electoral votes does each candidate get?
A 100 or, according to percentage they received on elections? Is it a nationwide rule for that or do some states have specific rules?

ca$h · Post by **ca$h** » 08 Aug 2005, 09:47

Only the candidate who get the biggest number of votes in a state will recieve electoral votes for that State. Thats how it is for every state. Sux for states like utah cuz the majority of people there are republicans. So the democrats who vote there wont even matter.

WhereIsTheNsx · Post by **WhereIsTheNsx** » 08 Aug 2005, 19:46

yea its basically like choosing which state, you can't split up points in a state, so i think the electoral college system suks, if you are a democrate in georgia you might as well not vote, and if you are a republican in ny the same applies, i rather the popular vote, gives everybody a fair chance you know.

Post by **TheStig** » 09 Aug 2005, 15:16

the voting system is pretty useless... because of the reasons posted above.... it makes people not want to vote because they know it has no use to even try... :S (unless there is one candidate that everybody likes and the other is so terrible...

it would be better if they just counted all votes and add them later on all together...

cause with this system it could happen that that more people actually voted for Mr A then Mr B... but Mr B gets the nice house and a new office...

just because he got a few big states that he managed to get 51% and the other guy did get some smaller states and got like 80 %
the is all a example ofcourse!

Cpt.Razkit · Post by **Cpt.Razkit** » 09 Aug 2005, 16:40

reading all of this is reminding me how boring my History teacher is!!!!!! AHH stop this conversation about voting!

how come no one has asked me any stupid questions about American people or culture? hmmm

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 09 Aug 2005, 17:07

I've always known that the college kids here are pretty much stupid. They all voted for Bush when we could've had a good President like Kerry. Did you know something? Bush wasn't supposed to win the reelection. Some of his minions made people vote for him. That is why I don't like that lame excuse for a President and a person.

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 09 Aug 2005, 17:08

Why are French Fries called by that name, I mean, are these fries imported from France or somat, and as far as I can remember (perhaps a french person could correct me on this) Fries is not part of the French quisine. Please tell me, I am dying to know