The USA, Now a Third-World Political Power
By: ejdeyoe	Published: 01/08/2001
The US election from a Third World perspective ... In our media, we hear daily events of third-world, and or, politically struggling countries fraudulant activities when it comes to elections. how corrupt 'other' people are, but it is not much different here in the US. Our children should study this event closely for it shows that Political Fraud IS NOT only a third world phenomena, it is strong here in the US. 1. Imagine that we read of an election occurring anywhere in the third world in which the self-declared winner was the son of the former prime minister and that former prime minister was himself the former head of that nation's secret police (CIA). 2. Imagine that the self-declared winner lost the popular vote but won based on some old colonial holdover (electoral college) from the nation's pre-democracy past. 3. Imagine that the self declared winner's 'victory' turned on disputed votes cast in a province governed by his brother! 4. Imagine that the poorly drafted ballots of one district, a district heavily favoring the self-declared winner's opponent, led thousands of voters to vote for the wrong candidate. 5. Imagine that that members of that nation's most despised caste, fearing for their lives and or livelihoods, turned out in record numbers to vote in near-universal opposition to the self-declared winner's candidacy. 6. Imagine that hundreds of members of that most despised caste were intercepted on their way to the polls by state police operating under the authority of the self-declared winner's brother. 7. Imagine that six million people voted in the disputed province and that the self-declared winner's 'lead' was only 327 votes. Fewer, certainly, than the vote counting machines' margin of error. 8. Imagine that the self-declared winner and his political party opposed a more careful by-hand inspection and re-counting of the ballots in the disputed province or in its most hotly disputed district. 9. Imagine that the self-declared winner, himself agovernor of a major province, had the worst human rights record of any province in his nation and actually led the nation in executions. 10. Imagine that a major campaign promise of the self-declared winner was to appoint like-minded human rights violators to lifetime positions on the high court of that nation. None of us would deem such an election to be representative of anything other than the self-declared winner's will-to-power. All of us, I imagine, would wearily turn the page thinking that it was another sad tale of pitiful pre/or anti-democracy peoples in some strange elsewhere. Why not join the rest of us on the inside and get all of Goofball.com?
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pricks (0 replies) started by alastairlogie (10.08.2001 11:49:54 AM EST) all these suggestions and comments are from nothing but pricks

pricks (0 replies) started by alastairlogie (10.08.2001 11:49:33 AM EST) all these suggestions and comments are from nothing but pricks

Even worse, (0 replies) started by shaftman (05.18.2001 5:19:28 AM EST) Imagine how bad it would be if Al Gore was president. Imagine how long it would take for the secret police to cut your hands off for writing this in a real third world country. Imagine how bad you want to rip my head off you socialist piece of fucking shit. Now, imagine my big fucking gun because it would be the last thing you ever saw. We do not live in a democracy stupid ass, where we would vote on every issue. We live in a democratic republic, where we vote for people to understand the issues and vote accordingly. The idea of a democracy is great, but too slow in the decision process as well as expensive. If invaded, we would lose before we had a vote on whether or not to defend ourselves. And to the anon who doesn't have the balls to even put up a screen name, what did clinton do that made him great? Even his taste in women sucks.

respect (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (02.09.2001 5:42:28 PM EST) I understand that you didnt write that. I understand that you didnt want either of the two poloticians to win. You have my respect for it. But it embarrasses me that my fellow country men make such "asses" of themselves. The one man "dissing" Clinton, regardless of the Lewinski crisis. Bill Clinton was a great president. He graduated the top man in his class at Harvard. Until you morons prove you are worthy of complaining about the most realistic president we have had, quit complaining. Thank you. Tmmybomb has spoken

Duck888 speaks the truth! (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (02.06.2001 12:35:59 PM EST) let's conquer the third world. It our's for the taking. Burning in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHhhhhaahHH (0 replies) started by Sloopy80 (02.04.2001 5:07:51 AM EST) The U.S. uses the electoral college because we are a nation of states united. Each state has a say and just because one state has more citizens doesn't give it overall authority. The will of the state is more important than the will of the overall population. There is an even breaking ground where we give small states a little extra per population and large stats a little less per population. This makes it so that small states still have a role in elections. I believe it is the right way under our current conditions. Btw Bush and Gore both suck. Gore is the better of the two however in my opinion.(I can't spell) With gore we will have higher energy costs and laws prohibiting guns. With Bush we will have abortions being banned and the death penalty being more recklessly enforced. We will also have much more enviornmental problems. The earth isn't a toy we should be tinkering with like we are. I also believe we are much more likely to go to war with bush. I'm not talking about peacekeeping wars. ( I wouldn't call them wars) I'm talking about wars that count. Wars where many ppl on both sides die. When asked if Bush thought russia, a nation with elected officals, was a friend or enemy he said he wasn't sure. I'm wondering about his views on china/india ect. who are much further off from being "friends". I also believe peacekeeping while not the thing we most want to do in the world is necessary. An unneccesary war could start in the middle east or anywhere where there is a lot of power involved and that would be the begining of wwIII. Everybody's national interests would be at stake. Oil is power right now and we need to find alternatives to all the earths fossil fuels. If it wasn't for the oil/coal/natural gas industry the alternatives would have been long ago. The death penalty isn't right. I believe it would be better to let a million guilty ppl go free than to kill one innocent person. Hopefully you think that also. Bush didn't want a recount. It was determined by the courts that each county was going to decide what was/wasn't a vote. Gore had no say in that. The courts in florida did. Gore supported a state wide recount including republican counties. If counting was reckless I would imagine the republican counties would count anything that the democratic counties could.

Same shit, opposite page (0 replies) started by chukmac (02.02.2001 0:55:17 AM EST) For eight goddamn years I've endured the whining of holier-than-thou, conservative, "God"-fearing Republicans. Now I have to endure at least four years of whining from the touchy-feely, liberal, wounded inner child Democrats. Plus I get the bonus of hearing the oh-so-witty replies. The fact that anyone could defend either of these turds astounds me. I have a very hard time believing that the majority of America is as extreme one side or the other as the two majaor candidates. Most of us are probably somewhere in the middle. Hey, by all means lets kick the death penalty in to high gear, but please don't prevent some fifteen year old girl who stupidly got knocked up from at least avoiding one more addition to the exponentially growing,unwanted bastard population. Jeez. Christians should be thrilled that the little zygotes or fetuses get to go straight to heaven instead of enduring years of hell with an irresponsible mother and a part-time idiot of a dad. Amd yes, I do vote...in every election, not just "the big one". Even the "little" ones that make the real differences and I never vote part lines. I actually do research and make a well-informed choice. Imagine that! Pervert?!?..Hell, I'm a provert 'cause I'm damn good at it!

bullshit (0 replies) started by testiclees (01.30.2001 6:16:21 PM EST) i think you're forgeting that the electoral college determines the winner of the election and that al "i invented the internet" gore was acctually supposed, according to numerous political analyists, to lose the popular vote but still win the electoral college. funny how when it turned out the other way he cries foul and starts begging for a recount, and lets not forget the fact that bush was not totally opposed to a recount, he just wanted gore's team of lawyers and political advisors to set some kind of standard for counting the fucking ballots. and last but not least. in the recount that is now going on, even though it won't make shit of a difference either way "dubya" is actually picking up votes in florida. so stick that up your whinning ass and shut the fuck up and let the man do his job. I am Testiclees: Lord of the Pants

The USA - S U C K S - (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (01.29.2001 3:59:11 PM EST) What a useless useless bunch of complaining hillbillies. Leave it to the US to back themselves into a corner and be unable to think of how to get out. Typical yanks ... assholes.

The media spent too much time on the election. (0 replies) started by duck888 (01.24.2001 12:27:25 PM EST) So what, Al Gore won the popular vote. So what that the Florida election laws and ballots are fucked up. So what if ejdeyoe is a communist. It is not going to change a thing. George W. Bush is our fucking President. While we were discussing this fucked up election, we could have achieve our main objective as a nation. Conquer the fucking Third World. HA!HA!HA!

Hi Al Gore! (0 replies) started by duck888 (01.24.2001 12:19:35 PM EST) I know it was tough to lose the election. However, just get over it.

America GET A GRIP!!! (0 replies) started by sal1981 (01.23.2001 3:11:42 AM EST) Now what the fuck is going on over in your country, huh? All time is spent arguing about some stupid election when the real world awaits? While you are discussion some stupid non related crap issue, people are dying, school shootings are happening, gangs are taking over your streets, etc etc. etc. Your country is sooooooooo fucked up! Goofball site is funny

FUCK THE 3RD WORLD (1 reply) started by nimitz68 (01.17.2001 9:00:08 PM EST) WHO CARES WHAT THEY THINK NUKE'EM TILL THEY GLOW!!!! G.W. WON!!! LIKE THE EAGLE'S SONG GOES "GET OVER IT"

We are all screwed up! (0 replies) started by ohyeah (01.14.2001 11:25:25 AM EST) Take all the Gore supporter's arguements and all the Bush supporter's arguements and all the other candidates supporter's arguements and then you will see how are country's election process is screwed up...And yes I voted too.

Fucking inbreeders (1 reply) started by DARKOVERLORD (01.12.2001 8:48:31 AM EST) Are the same people that elected the commy pig draftdodging law breaking scumbag LOSER asshole clintler.The day that antichrist inbreed hillbilly sisterhumping motherfucker steped in to office we fell ten step below a third world country.I can only think that you who would vote for gore have to be the people that have takin ignorance to a new level,Why what else can derived from the thinking that we will all be better off with the people like algoreya taking more control of you and your money. TRESPASSER'S WILL BE SHOT!! SURVIVOR'S WILL BE SHOT AGAIN!!!

A message to the "Comrade" (0 replies) started by nutty827 (01.11.2001 7:49:54 PM EST) I read your list, and here is what I have to say. Marxist/Socialist scum like you are what will turn our nation into a country whose polotics are no better than that of a third world country. Do you even truly know the primary goal and function of the Electoral college? Do you even know truth about many of the things you are yakking about, I doubt it. Do all the rest of the TRULY free thinking people left in the world and either shut up, or take a long walk off a short pier you moron.

NOT PLAGIARISM (2 replies) started by ejdeyoe (01.11.2001 4:50:25 PM EST) this is not PLAGIARISM, because when i sent it to the goofball.com staff, i had told them it was an e-mail i had recieved... i never wanted to accept credit for writing it, only credit for thinking... and taking the time to ask other people to think. too many proud individuals are ignorant to the fact that there ARE problems with our country... but instead, people tend to fight for something that the barely know anything about. please, save your personal attacks, they are not going to help any of us, but open your mind up a bit... that is all i ask. "i am what i am and that is all that i am, but not all that i can be."

Gilbes (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (01.11.2001 4:07:58 PM EST) ____________________________________ The writer of this article obviously has no idea what a third world country is, and if I asked him to name a second or first world country I am sure he would be dumbfounded. He also has no grasp of American (or world for that matter) history and his opinions are irrelevent becuase they are uneducated. Stupid fucks piss me off! _________________________

IMAGINE (0 replies) started by texasx96 (01.11.2001 8:44:24 AM EST) Imagine if you poor, "confused", socialist, law-breaking freeks left my country and started your own somewhere near siberia.

mmmm...plagiarism (0 replies) started by hecubus15 (01.11.2001 8:21:19 AM EST) all those bitching this guy out for writing this would probably like to know that he didn't write it -- this was something a professor in South Africa told his class. i read it in an email from Dr. Porto weeks ago. "Even in the future nothing works!" --Spaceballs

wow. (0 replies) started by blackholesungod (01.11.2001 1:05:00 AM EST) interesting read. I'm glad im Canadian. i mean, our shit is fucked up to, but, DAMN. Yeah! ah 1, 2! ah 1, 2! what the FUCK ya gonna DO!?!??!

Bullshit (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (01.10.2001 10:57:40 PM EST) Think of all the people who will believe this crap!!!! We have a system it may not be purfect but it is the best in the world. I live in the disputed ballot aera it was pretty fucking clear to me how to vote. And lets tell everyone we did a manule recount. Twice! It was the third that Bush fought against. What about Gore fighting to keep out the votes of the men and women in the armed services? Or the close calls in other states that went uncontested to Gore with margins just as tight. (Under 10% for an intire state). You win some you loose some but who wants a cring kicking sore looser in the Whitehouse. WHy did they approve a ballot that they say was unfair? If it was ok before the election why was it not ok after? Shit I could go on all night, Just let me close by saying I for one Am mighty glad Al Gore invented the internet so I could waste my time bitching on it!

What about (0 replies) started by darkoverlord (01.10.2001 5:33:22 PM EST) what it must look like having a fucking pussy wimp draftdodger in charge of your milatary.Or the chef law maker pissing on the law at every chance he gets. TRESPASSER'S WILL BE SHOT!! SURVIVOR'S WILL BE SHOT AGAIN!!!

Damn! What Are You (3 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (01.10.2001 7:40:31 AM EST) trying to do? Are you actually trying to make us use our Critical Thinking ability? Instead of just making dumbass slams based on party affiliation? Are you pointing out stuff to make us think about shady behaviour of our elected officials. Well I'll be damned, this post actually might help a few people think out of their limited, often closed minded box. Thank you ejdeyoe, for offering something that allows the thinking person to, think.

Gore Supporter, huh? (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (01.10.2001 3:15:33 AM EST) While I agree with the jist of what your rant is about, (it DOES smell "fishy" when you look at all the circumstances), try to keep in mind that of the counties and districts that Gore won, there is approximately 20 TIMES the per capita: murder, assault, drug abuse, welfare abuse, gang related crime and arson rates...who do you REALLY think should be electing our leader? (by the way...I voted for Bush!)

UUGGGH! (0 replies) started by calihankl (01.10.2001 1:44:24 AM EST) My psych teacher sent me that exact same e-mail.... "I know...but at least I'm not a million"

Anonymous Goofball (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (01.09.2001 9:51:28 PM EST) Imagine if you had an IQ higher than 30. Your assumptions & comparisons are absurd & juvenile. Don't want to pay back your college loans, little whiner baby?

Anonymous Goofball (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (01.09.2001 9:50:23 PM EST) Imagine if you had an IQ higher than 30. Your assumptions & comparisons are absurd & juvenile. Don't want to pay back your college loans, little whiner baby?

Imagine this bitch (0 replies) started by crazyreckloose (01.09.2001 8:46:22 PM EST) Imagine thousands of pathetic morons who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground who piss and moan for weeks because they were too stupid to read a piece of paper that constitutes the last true freedom we as Americans have (based on you're article,you're probably too stupid to figure it out so I'll just tell you that I'm talking about our right to vote.) Honestly, do we want these ignorant shitbags choosing the leader of our country?

Imagine... (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (01.09.2001 2:50:16 PM EST) Imagine someone sitting down and writing this useless drab. The Election is over and a winner was chosen. GET OVER IT YOU WHINING PATHETIC LOSER!

Long live the Republic! (0 replies) started by tootalltexan (01.09.2001 1:50:02 PM EST) If you think that the popular vote is how we select a president then you need to go back to High School. The people who wrote the constitution (Thomas Jefferson, et. al.) spent a long period of ime debating the electoral college. They were smarter that you or me, of for that matter most of our current polliticians. Al Gore forgot that we live in a republic not a democracy. Long live the Republic. And may God protect us in the future from communists like Clinton and Gore who want to take our FREEDOM away.

If any of you (4 replies) started by darkoverlord (01.09.2001 1:41:09 PM EST) gore supporter can read. Then read the the new yorker story about how al was a cronic pot smoking underachever.This moron got a c- in echon,and mostly D in his other classes.But G.W. got better grades all the way through college.even at his lowest point he was above algoreya.He has a masters in echon. So you pick who will run the country A pot smokin loser who got more F's in college than any other grade or someone that held a 3.0 or better most of the time.one other thing NOT EVEN ONE person came forward to conferm GW's supposed coke use, NOT ONE!!!!!! That is why the book was pulled from the shlef.The day that G.W. is to take the oath office is the day AMERICA finally gets to flush a shit that has been building for eigth years. BAAAAWOOOOSH!!!! TRESPASSER'S WILL BE SHOT!! SURVIVOR'S WILL BE SHOT AGAIN!!!

cheese with that wine (0 replies) started by champ145 (01.09.2001 12:47:46 PM EST) PLEASE FORGIVE MY SPELLING BELOW, I HAVE TO TYPE FAST BECAUSE I AM AT WORK

cheese with that wine (1 reply) started by champ145 (01.09.2001 12:36:59 PM EST) imagine the "self-declared winner's" opponent declare that votes of thousands of people do not count because they do not favor him. then imagine the opponent allowing them back in when they are losing in the polls, only to select the very few that voted for him. somebody get me jesse jackson and al sharpton, i think that there is some racist issues going down in the way the ballot was made in florida. bye the way, has anyone seen the final election results for the other states, i live in california and they gave gore they said that gore won california with 11% of the precints reporting and gore was behind by about 20,000 votes. the best way to curb all of this is to not openly show how the votes are doing because saying that one candidate is winning by a lanslide without saying only 10% of the precints reporting does have an effect on voters in the west coast FEAR THE MULLET- LONG LIVE THE MULLITIA- WWW.MULLETSGALORE.COM

Point the finger (0 replies) started by spoiler (01.09.2001 11:13:04 AM EST) Guys, don't blame the guy who posted this, he just sent something he found interesting...I got this same thing in an email chain letter a while ago, just about word for word, so they're not necessarily his views anyway. Sorry to spoil the party...but my name has to mean something. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, cuz you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Well put, ejdejoe (0 replies) started by obiwan (01.09.2001 9:01:24 AM EST) but the real scandal here, or at least that is how it is seen here in Europe, is the interfeering of the Supreme Court. Well known right wing members, first stopped the recounting to then say there was no time to do it again. Where is the separation of the three powers? Now that is something to really worry about. If you cannot trust the Supreme Court, who will you trust? Btw, if you wanna see a humble opinion from this side of the world, go to Current Affairs Board and read "The Ballot". The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

Imagine (0 replies) started by Temar (01.09.2001 8:58:24 AM EST) Imagine what political affiliation the author of this rant is. Do you think this has anything to do with the items in this imaginative piece?

Dude (0 replies) started by thelizard (01.09.2001 8:05:38 AM EST) Babylon must be Babylon. The Beast just changes its face. Poison Clan rocks the world !!!!

A VIEW, THAT IS ALL (0 replies) started by ejdeyoe (01.09.2001 3:03:36 AM EST) my message about the election was just reporting what i saw... i wrote-in McCain for the presidency, i could have cared less which one of the losers won it. so, i am not saying Bush should not be president, or that Gore should, but the coincidences that stood out are clearly something that we as a society would look at another country and dismiss easily as a 'third-world' scandle, or corruption again in the political worlds of places who just aren't quite as good as we are... well, the events may be just coincidence, but it sure looks sketchy if you add it all up... that is all i am saying, i could give a shit less who is our president, really... i just want people to see something that they might not have seen before, and think a little bit about it... just because i see outside the lines doesn't mean that i am pro-Gore, or anti-Bush, it only means that shit makes sense to me. "i am what i am and that is all that i am, but not all that i can be."

cheer up loser (0 replies) started by barnyardstyle (01.08.2001 8:37:57 PM EST) Maybe Gore will let you give him some head. What's sad is that you apparently aren't embarrased by your lack of reasoning power. Looks like you need to put on your thinking cap more often, son.

ooooowwwkayyyyyy... (0 replies) started by mysteryman (01.08.2001 8:01:40 PM EST) thats a long way to go to say that you hate bush.I do too, but its over and lets face it,he has no power anyway. mysteryman-2000

Imagine (0 replies) started by cmoncmon (01.08.2001 7:26:15 PM EST) Even worse...imagine Al Gore as president. Get A Clue Dude

WELL THE WAY I SEE (0 replies) started by donut38 (01.08.2001 6:40:41 PM EST) YOUR JUST LUCKY THAT AMERICA IS NOT A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY IF WERE IN AN ELECTION THAT WAS AS CLOSE AS THE ONE THAT YOU JUST WENT THROUGH THE DESPOT IN POWER WOULD HAVE DECLARED IT A NON ELECTION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE IN HIS COUNTRY WERE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO DECIDE ON THEIR NEW RULER AND AS SUCH WOULD DECLARE HIMSELF RULER FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS ALSO I THINK THAT YOU GUYS WILL STILL BE ARGUING FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS ABOUT WHO REALLY SHOULD HAVE WON AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ALL THAT MONEY THAT THEY SPENT ON RECOUNTING THE VOTES AND JUST HELD ANOTHER ELECTION OR THEY COULD HAVETAKEN THE CANDIDATES OUT TO A FIELD AND HAD A DUEL YEAH THATS A GREAT IDEA IN THE HISTORY OF THE WILD WILD WEST PISTOLS AT DAWN FASTEST WITH THE SIX IRON WOULD RULE THE COUNTRY AND THE OTHER BIMBO WHOMEVER THAT WOULD BE WOULD`T BE AROUND TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT CASE AND PROBLEM SOLVED

crap (0 replies)   started by newellrp1 (01.08.2001 5:30:49 PM EST) Your message is a complete load of bullshit. No wrongdoing has been proven on the part of George W. Bush or any party acting on his behalf. Your accusations are totally prejudiced by the liberal media's libelous assaults on W's character. In fact the only wrongdoing in the Fl. election was on the part of Al Gore, by requesting a recount in several key democratic counties which he had won. By Florida law, only the loser of a county may request a recount. So, in fact G.W.Bush was the legal president on election night. Furthermore, George W. Bush isn't violating human rights by allowing executions, he is merely allowing Texas law to be carried out on criminals that deserve their punishment. I don't think you know what human rights violation is. If you are referring to conservative individuals that refuse to kowtow to the liberal notion of political correctness, you are greatly mistaken. If you want to know about human rights violations, just look up China. A country to whom, incidentally, has been granted "most favored nation" status by President Clinton. Human rights, indeed!! der attentater

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