US Election

[ch33z1l]

Hi all,

If anyone is interested in the LIVE footage of the US Election

you can find it here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...86841#22886841

Barack Obama is currently leading the race

[GORDZ]

thx for the link.

obama won (killed them by 40 odd percent)

[azaxr8]

Black president? i can't see this being a healthy decision. Guess we will find out soon. Close thread please.

[Polyal]

^^^WTF. And whats wrong with that. Comments like that are the reason these threads dont last. FFS.


Interesting, he is the better of the two for the country moving forward IMO.

[Jeeepers]

Originally Posted by azaxr8

Black president? i can't see this being a healthy decision. Guess we will find out soon. Close thread please.

And the issue is?

[DoreSlamR]

I don't think it makes too much of a difference who is president in the grand scheme of things anyway.

But yeah all those racist Americans are gonna be pretty peeved lol.

Tough I say.

[GORDZ]

Originally Posted by azaxr8

Black president? i can't see this being a healthy decision. Guess we will find out soon. Close thread please.

wtf mate? seriously...

anything will be better than bush, and wtf is wrong with a black president?? Better than that 200 yearold white guy :

[azaxr8]

I don't think anything is wrong with obama, infact it is a wise decision from my pov. But in reality if he doesnt get a bullet through his head ill be very suprised!

But yes anything is better then anyone from the bush family period.

[RG]

Originally Posted by azaxr8

Black president? i can't see this being a healthy decision. Guess we will find out soon. Close thread please.

No I won't close the thread, I will however close you.

[GORDZ]

lol...

[Jeeepers]

Originally Posted by Russell

No I won't close the thread, I will however close you.

I thank you for that one. :

[blueoval]

I watched McCain concede defeat live online and I must say he was very gracious.

Will soon see how well Obama does with his new position of power

[Jeeepers]

Originally Posted by blueoval

I watched McCain concede defeat live online and I must say he was very gracious.

Will soon see how well Obama does with his new position of power

Agreed, he was a winner in his loss. I for one, think this is nothing short of brilliant. I wish Obama well, in what I am sure will be a tough transition.

[GORDZ]

why will it be tough? He's been black all his life and really seems to have his head screwed on. I just hope we see some quick positive changes to the dollar! I have a long xmas list

[RG]

I do not want to see ANY more comments about Barack Obama's race or anything to do with that.

[mcnews]

Is America ready to explode?

After recently traversing across America from south to north I noted a number of various observations. The most pertinent of which in relation to current affairs are the following; the domination in American society of religion is suffocating. A lot of the America I saw had a huge amount of religious fundamentalism going on at a level I found downright frightening. It was more oppressive and obvious than a lot of predominantly Muslim countries that I have spent plenty of time in.

The other thing that really surprised me was the fear that many white Americans had of Obama's candidacy for President. Not a racist fear of their own, but a fear of the racists in their society. So many of what I would describe as moderate, run of the mill normal Americans that in many of their opinions and outlook I would describe as very similar to the average Australian, are sh-tting themselves. They truly believed that Obama would likely be assassinated even before election day and believed it was only a matter of time before he was assasinated. They fear the racial tension that would explode if what they predict actually happens.

"We don't really need that sh-t going down man, as when it does things will get real ugly", was the way one expressed his fears. Combine a looming recession with religious fundamentalism and racial tension and there is one hell of a dangerous melting pot brewing in America.

[Jeeepers]

I reckon he will have more than the average amount of hiccups, purely because of the fact he's the first African-American President. I believe he will truly have an opposition party, GORDZ. But he will do well, of that I'm certain. After all, he has some big shoes to fill.

[ch33z1l]

I watched a good documentary the other night on the discovery channel about the 2000 election and the surprise result from that. It delved deeper into accusations of polling machine tampering, and I must say there was alot of incriminating evidence against Bush, and the polling machine manufacturers. I think the manufactures were in fact convicted of not fixing security flaws etc.
Showed how to hack the polling machine memory card in about 10secs without leaving a trace, and all because the company left a copy of their code on a public ftp server.
Like everything else on TV, u can't really believe everything you see on TV, but it really fueled the idea that the election was a sham.

I think McCain suffered from alot of bad policies from the former government, and didn't distant himself enough from George Bush. A valiant effort...

and thanks Russell for cleaning up this thread.

[Drive XR7]

So happy to see this happen. :

[DivHunter]

Originally Posted by Russell

I do not want to see ANY more comments about Barack Obama's race or anything to do with that.

Oh seriously as the two posts immediately after this showed that's like asking there to be no pictures of cars in a show & shine thread.

Originally Posted by mcnews

Is America ready to explode?

After recently traversing across America from south to north I noted a number of various observations. The most pertinent of which in relation to current affairs are the following; the domination in American society of religion is suffocating. A lot of the America I saw had a huge amount of religious fundamentalism going on at a level I found downright frightening. It was more oppressive and obvious than a lot of predominantly Muslim countries that I have spent plenty of time in.

The other thing that really surprised me was the fear that many white Americans had of Obama's candidacy for President. Not a racist fear of their own, but a fear of the racists in their society. So many of what I would describe as moderate, run of the mill normal Americans that in many of their opinions and outlook I would describe as very similar to the average Australian, are sh-tting themselves. They truly believed that Obama would likely be assassinated even before election day and believed it was only a matter of time before he was assasinated. They fear the racial tension that would explode if what they predict actually happens.

"We don't really need that sh-t going down man, as when it does things will get real ugly", was the way one expressed his fears. Combine a looming recession with religious fundamentalism and racial tension and there is one hell of a dangerous melting pot brewing in America.

This is effectively exactly what azaxr8 said, just poorly.

[Lane351]

Yay the american ppl have come to their senses elected the right person for the job about bloody time

[merlin]

This is great news - lets hope he takes the country in a new direction.

I am on a few US forums - you should see all the Republics going on and on about how the USA is now communist and Obama is a marxist (this is because of his proposed health care reforms and he is upping the top tax rate by 4%). These are moderate normal people - its surprising how utterly stupid some of them are.

See ya Bush : : :

[Charliewool]

But what sort of Car does Barack Obama drive?... At least it's a V8!
http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com...080304-120185/

[boo81]

I think it's great to see. A bit of diversity and something different. Obama seems to have something to offer the people of America. I, too am concerned that he might be assassinated, as I am sure he and his family are!

but it must say something about his character if he is willing to risk his life for the position. Show's he believes in what he has to offer... Will be interesting - that's for sure

[DivHunter]

Originally Posted by charliewool

But what sort of Car does Barack Obama drive?... At least it's a V8!
http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com...080304-120185/

So he may oppose chrysler being bought out and shut down. Important information.

[flappist]

When I become king of the world there will only be one rule with regard to elections.

No person who has ever been involved with the legal profession can ever hold any elected position.

So now there will be an interesting 4 years as the new President shows how he can or cannot resolve any of the existing issues. The real test will be in 2012 when Obama will be judged on his presidency.

[FlipXW]

Fantatsic stuff. Good luck to him. Also well done to McCain, very gracious in defeat.

[Full Noise]

Originally Posted by merlin

This is great news - lets hope he takes the country in a new direction.

I am on a few US forums - you should see all the Republics going on and on about how the USA is now communist and Obama is a marxist (this is because of his proposed health care reforms and he is upping the top tax rate by 4%). These are moderate normal people - its surprising how utterly stupid some of them are.

See ya Bush : : :

I think that this is a great result. I also have friends over there who are hurting because of previous government decisions. Lucky for us that we also have a new leader as I’m sure that Obama hasn’t forgotten what our previous one said about him.

[SpoolMan]

Yes party pooper, politics isn't a subject we debating here as we all know where it ends.