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SamuelRSmith on 07 March 2012
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Viper1 said:
SamuelRSmith said:
Viper1 said:
Results are in: I hold so little hope for the American people after that fantastic display of voting idiocy.


Hong Kong is starting to look nicer and nicer as this election cycle goes by.


Ehh, not really. I know of quite a few immigrants from Hong Kong, and they agree that mainland China is playing an increasing role year-on-year in Hong Kong's affairs.


Perhaps, but given recent trends, imagine 25-30 years down the line.   Do you see the US or Hong Kong as being more free?  The US is regressing and HK is progressing (if with Chinese political influence).

Singapore isn't too bad either.  Though both have some work to do with social freedoms.

 

Let's find a way to mix HK with Amsterdam. 


I don't think the USA will continue down the same path for 25-30 years. The dollar collapse will happen within the next decade, and then the Government will be forced to live within the confines of the Constitution.

I also don't blame the voters: if you had been voting the same way for 40 years, would you like to admit you were wrong and vote for something completely different? Especially when all the institutions you trust - the media, the body politik - all tell you that the guy's a kook?

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Super Tuesday thoughts:

Ron Paul may not have won the popular vote in North Dakota, Idaho, or Alaska, but he will almost certainly be picking up a majorityof the delegates. The same is true for Iowa, Maine, Washington, Colorado. He'll also "punch above his weight" in delegates for Nevada and Minnesota.

Frankly, I'm happy that Santorum won Oklahoma and Tennessee, last night. And that Gingrich won Georgia. Because it means Romney didn't win. Every delegate that Romney doesn't win is a delegate harder for him to reach the majority. Paul's best chances were always through a brokered convention - the game plan should be allowing the other candidates to prevent eachother from getting a majority, and to slowly amass a number of delegates. And that seems to be what the game plan is.