LoZoccolo
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:42 PM
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Ba ha ha ha ha! Someone's pushing shirts with that county map... |
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...that supposedly shows that Bush* has such a mandate, when we know and they know that barren land doesn't have voting rights. http://www.bushcountry.org/bushcountry-store/bushcountry-2004-tshirts-and-sweatshirts.htmI can't wait until I see someone try to actually wear this somewhere.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:44 PM
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1. I usually keep to my own business |
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but if I see someone with that shirt on I am going to point and laugh.
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LoZoccolo
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:45 PM
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3. Red, the color of Kool-Aid Man. |
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:45 PM
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2. wow, those guys (look thru the front page) |
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are true flat earthers. :puke: I almost thought it was a parody site.
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LoZoccolo
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:47 PM
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4. I get really really tempted... |
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...to try to take lemons and make lemonade by selling junk like this to the wingnuts out there.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:49 PM
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8. Yikes, that's one funny site..... |
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Though I'm sure they didn't intend it to be.....flat landers indeed.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:47 PM
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these people don't understand "population density"
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LoZoccolo
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:48 PM
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6. I think they understand that. |
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They just don't understand they look like dumbasses with these shirts on.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:50 PM
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9. but aren't the oceans blue? n/t |
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:48 PM
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7. I thought you were going to say they were selling those shirts |
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and donating the profits to the DNC or DFA.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:52 PM
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10. I think one with the "psychedelic" map would be cool. |
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Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 12:53 PM by LoZoccolo
There's one where individual counties are scaled by population, and shaded on a continuum from blue to red. http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/electionIt would also be cool because the conservatives know we want everyone to take drugs.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:55 PM
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12. Hey, we can make them ourselves! |
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5. Can I use your figures in my magazine, newspaper, mailing list, web page, artwork, wall hanging, interpretive dance, etc? Absolutely. Our maps and the accompanying text are released under a Creative Commons License that allows for their free distribution and use in derivative works. We would appreciate hearing from you if you wish to make use of our work, but it is not required under the terms of the license.http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/election/faq.html
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:55 PM
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11. The red needs to be dripping like blood. n/t |
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Fri Dec-10-04 01:11 PM
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13. Do they make those shirts in "Khaki Camo"? |
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They'll look fabulous on the Bushistas as they march off to Chimperor's Great War.
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Fri Dec-10-04 01:23 PM
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That map should be very carefully studied. I fully understand the population density counter-argument, but that map (even more than the red state-blue state map) show us places where we could stand to improve our organization and our approach.
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Fri Dec-10-04 01:35 PM
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Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 01:38 PM by LoZoccolo
You'll find that I actually really enjoy coming up with strategy and what-not, rather than just raging against these people.
But the idea they try to promote with this map, that somehow Bush* has a huge mandate based on the fact that the counties where he leads take up a lot of space, is lame. It tries to hide the real margin between the candidates, which was close. It's actually could be interpreted as being disparaging to our system of democracy in a way - does it imply that people who own the most land should have more of a say? It actually wouldn't even be effective at promoting that idea, since we don't know how much of that space is public or corporate-owned land!
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Fri Dec-10-04 03:15 PM
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is owned by the US government, not by the residents of the "reddest" states of Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah. They are often extreme antigovernment types based on some of policies of the Bureau of Land Management. Federal employees of BLM in those states often have to go armed.
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