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Everybody is focused on the Presidential race, but there were a lot of other races and issues in the mix.

[*]Washington and Colorado legalized marijuana.

[*]Massachusetts legalized medical marijuana.

[*]Michelle Bachmann held onto her MN congressional seat with a 1% margin.

[*]Dems held onto the Senate, Republicans held onto the House.

*]CA voted to approve the legislative redistricting drawn up by a non-partisan citizens committee.

[*]In CA, after redistricting Dems grabbed a majority in both houses of the state legislature.

[*]CA rejected the mandatory labeling of GMO foods.

[*]CA voted to keep the death penalty.

[*]CA voted to strengthen criminal laws against human trafficking.

[*]Two controversial senate candidates lost their races. In MO Todd Akin lost and Richard Mourdock lost in Indiana

[*]NH became the first state to have an all female congressional delegation and a female governor.

[*]There will be 19 female US Senators, the most in history.

Every single person and issue I voted for yesterday was defeated, except the County Sheriff and he was unopposed.

I was like the black thumb of elections

Maine referendum question approved same sex marriage,
on the 3,424th attempt.
Now it will become law.



Anybody know a sane country to move to?

Anybody know a sane country to move to

I am actually considering it. I'm looking for pro-life, RC, low taxes, not hot/humid. Ideas?

Texas?

Anybody know a sane country to move to?

Texas?

I am seriously considering that. But maybe Texas should cessede from the union first.

I'm looking for pro-life, RC, low taxes, not hot/humid. Ideas?

1. Italian community?

2. Green (farm) areas (not in path of hurricanes)?

Initiatives to legalise gay marriage were also taken to the ballot in a number of states to mixed results.

Television networks forecasted (sic) the approval of gay marriage laws in Maryland state, while Maine and Washington look set to pass similar initiatives.

With 93 per cent of votes counted in Maryland, 52 per cent of voters back legalisation of same-sex marriage.

In Maine, CNN reported 54 per cent in favour after 54 per cent of votes were counted.

Washington state also appeared set to approve the measure, with 52 per cent of voters supporting the measure after 50 per cent of votes were counted.

Same-sex marriage is not federally recognised, but before Tuesday it was already legal in a number of states - including Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and the District of Columbia.

Gay marriage remains constitutionally banned in 31 US states.

Lou,



I'm guessing one out of four won't do.



That we can do. (Well, sort of brownish-green farms... mostly.)

Do you really think that there is anywhere in the entire world, much less anywhere that speaks English as a first language, that is more conservative on the whole the United States of America ?

Do you really think that there is anywhere in the entire world, much less anywhere that speaks English as a first language, that is more conservative on the whole the United States of America ?

Maine referendum question approved same sex marriage,
on the 3,424th attempt.
Now it will become law.



Anybody know a sane country to move to?

Jamaica? Uganda?

P. S. Bob, I wanted you to know that I dictated that entire message on my phone. And the only mistake it made what did it did not include the word than.

Jeff, I assume you intended that for me. The W7 SW with a headset/mic combo isn't all that successful so far but I'm not ready to fork over the expense of a smart-phone and monthly fee to solve the problem. I suspect I might have to speak more slowly and/or improve my diction. Still time to work the problem before a solution is an absolute necessity.

No, I don't. However, if we're going to slide into a moral quagmire, and the slide looks inevitable, a moral quagmire where the economy is doing better, where there is less racial strife, and where there is less political stalemate begins to look more attractive than the moral quagmire in which I'm currently living. If I lose my job because, among other things, the economy continues to be held hostage to political stalemate and conflict, where am I going to go in this country?

David,

Don't know much about Uganda. But Jamaica is very humid and subject to severe hurricanes.

It was.

I wasn't suggesting you do so. I just found it interesting that I was able to do that. It's not perfect. I never could make it understand "than". But I found it interesting and somewhat amusing honestly.

What is the jobs situation and how amenable is Australia to immigration?

Australia's Business Innovation and Investment program encourages successful business people to settle in Australia and use their proven skills to develop business activity in Australia.

Background
The Business Innovation and Investment program is designed to increase entrepreneurial talent and diversify business expertise in Australia. It is positioned to target migrants that have a demonstrated history of success in innovation and business and are able to make a significant contribution to the national innovation system and to the Australian economy.

The objectives of the Business Innovation and Investment Program are to contribute to the growth of the Australian economy by:

•generating employment
•increasing the export of Australian goods and services
•increasing the production of goods and services in Australia
•introducing new or improved technology
•increasing competition and commercial activity
•developing links with international markets
•increasing the dispersal of business migrants across Australia through state and territory government sponsorship.

The Vatican ?

Nepal. Hasn't changed in four thousand years.

We probably would have moral issues voting for nearly anyone in most of the First World democracies.

Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance. Perhaps James can enlighten us a bit.

Ok, I have no Idea what that is about but ok

The people of Washington state passed the referendum to legalize the sale of marijuana for "recreational" use; not just medicinal marijuana.

I'm concerned about the young people who, though not able to buy it directly, will still have greatly increased access to it. I smoked a moderate amount of it when I was in my late teens/early twenties back in the 60's/70's, and it wasn't a good thing for my life. The liklehood that more young people will have easier access to marijauna is an outcome of this law that apparently the voters didn't really care about.

Oh, and if anyone is paying attention, Florida finally finished counting the votes. Obama won.

Recount!!!!!

David,



As the bowl of petunias said, "Oh, no, not again".

I love it, James.

The people of Washington state passed the referendum to legalize the sale of marijuana for "recreational" use; not just medicinal marijuana.

I'm concerned about the young people who, though not able to buy it directly, will still have greatly increased access to it. I smoked a moderate amount of it when I was in my late teens/early twenties back in the 60's/70's, and it wasn't a good thing for my life. The liklehood that more young people will have easier access to marijauna is an outcome of this law that apparently the voters didn't really care about.

Recount!!!!!

The way I see this is that most of those people have unlimited access to all the pot they want. If it is legal it can be regulated and taxed.

Does the moral decay and decadence of the Weimar Republic ring a bell?

So Bob, you don't think access to marijuana will now be considerably easier for young people with this legalization? When I was young it required some doing to get marijuana, even if you knew someone who might have access to it. With the new law it will be as easy as a short hop down to the convenience store.

Karl,



No I really don't. It's pretty easy to get around here, or so I'm told. It's not my thing. If it is legal you can regulate it, tax it and decide who can legally sell it.

Legalization should put a crimp in the Smuggling operations, and we can actually put Customs and the USCG back to what they should be doing.

And lastly these young people who get busted wind up with a criminal record for what?

Daniel,



Not making a connection.

The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the federal republic and parliamentary representative democracy established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government. It was named after Weimar, the city where the constitutional assembly took place.

Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918. In 1919, a national assembly was convened in Weimar, where a new constitution for the German Reich was written, then adopted on 11 August of that same year. The ensuing period of liberal democracy lapsed in the early 1930s, leading to the ascent of the nascent Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler in 1933. The legal measures taken by the Nazi government in February and March 1933, commonly known as Gleichschaltung ("coordination") meant that the government could legislate contrary to the constitution. The republic nominally continued to exist until 1945, as the constitution was never formally repealed. However, the measures taken by the Nazis in the early part of their rule rendered the constitution irrelevant. Thus, 1933 is usually seen as the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of Hitler's Third Reich.

Anyway, this was the first election since the redistricting. It, along with a change in the primary rules, produced some strange results. For instance, locally we had two incumbent Democratic congressmen (Sherman & Berman ) running against each other. That campaign was pretty contentious, even though they both had almost identical policy views.