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May 1, 2004 9:21 pm
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I'm voting Libertarian because I don't want to waste my vote. I realized a long time ago that any vote cast for anyone other than your first choice among what...
When I first learned of Condorcet I thought it made more sense than IRV, too. But, then I read a critique of Condorcet vis a vis IRV and it changed my mind....
I have read some similar things in favor of both. In the end I have at this point decided that I like condorcet better, but I still favor IRV as far as reform...
There were rumours about this during the runup to the Free State voting. The FSP had done research and chosen Condorcet. People were discussing strategies for...
... years ago, and b) Iraq isn't anything like Vietnam in any way, shape or form, other than it is under the general heading of "armed conflict outside US...
The only critiques of IRV I have seen involve bizarre, contorted cases in which a large percentage of voters vote in illogical ways. For example, it is shown...
... There is an argument sometimes made that the "popular" vote supplies a "mandate" so that a large popular vote for Kerry or Bush implies strong support of...
... I just want to be on record here. I believe that Nic will be proven wrong. I believe that New York State will vote for Bush. In fact, I believe that all 50...
In a message dated 5/2/04 12:23:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I don't think either is quite correct. The soldiers are volunteers, not draftees, and they...
Dear Manhattan LP Members: As you know, I was elected to represent the Manhattan LP on the State Committee of the LPNY. My duties have been temporarily...
... Many of them are having to serve longer than they had been previously told. While they all signed these sorts of open-ended contracts, so it's legal, many...
... Kerry is ... will ... Libertarians ... supplies a ... strong ... argument, for ... Kerry nor a ... disenfranchised. ... State will ... will ... major party...
... Yes, that's what I come up with. Institutionalization has simply run amok. One form of institutionalization is the mental programming of people in large...
... with ... I wish I had time to read this thread as I'm sure it will prove interesting. Whoever holds the White House now has the power to wreak havoc across...
... will ... I hope he has something because it takes me forever to write anything important and I have a lot to do. I will check. In any case I will be...
... politicians ... to ... volunteers, not ... As discussed in another post, their stays were extended, their service is not what they signed up for and they...
... Few professional athletes play entire games. A pitcher might be taken out in the sixth inning and replaced by a relief pitcher, and this is part of the...
... taken out in the sixth inning and replaced by a relief pitcher, and this is part of the plan before the game starts. A sportscaster knows this. A...
Dear State Committee Members: While I respect the position of Jim Lesczynski, the Chairman of the Manhattan Libertarian Party, you will notice that it is I who...
For the record, I voted at the convention for Nic to be an elector. If it were up to me, 2/3 of the convention would have also voted that way. (Hell, it would...
Jim, While it is true that the delegates did not endorse Sam & Nic for Electors, they did authorize the State Committee to use its Judgment to endorse ...
This is truly bizarre. First of all, there is no rule or understanding that LPNY members not voted electors at the Convention may not later be elected by the ...
Sam and I have been wondering about something: If Jim voted for me, but against Sam, then someone had to have voted for Sam, but against me, since we both got...
These things are best addressed by rules that preclude ambiguity. I do not understand the concept of loyalty in this context, nor did I in the previous post it...
Just checking for someone - what's the going rate on a good condition Walter P-38 (obtained in Germany by a member of Patton's Third Army) ? [Non-text portions...
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