The BNP got 2 seats. Our Country is now looking very right wing after the Conservatives and UKIP did so well also Edited by lagetcher on 08-06-2009 13:55
Colombia sucks. An awful lot. Last polls for the presidential election: Santos (right wing politician) 34%. Mockus (center right, but at least not corrupt) 33%. Voting results: Santos 47%. Mockus 20%. Are they joking? How in the world it is possible such a difference between the polls and the real results?
How can someone refute people who say that in Colombia it is legitimate to join the guerrilla because there isn't possible to achieve anything by conventional democratic methods? I'm disgusted. And really angry.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this guy Mockus?
I read a short biography about him in a newspaper the other day. One of the most colorful politicans I have ever heard of. As the mayor of Bogotà he apperently got quite known for his various surprising and humoros initiatives. Once hired 420 mimers to make fun of drivers to reduce the amount of traffic accidents.
Anyway, to avoid being completely off-topic; what happens now? I think I heard someone say that as neighter of the candidates got an outright majority there will be a reelection on the 20th of June.
Immortal wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this guy Mockus?
I read a short biography about him in a newspaper the other day. One of the most colorful politicans I have ever heard of. As the mayor of Bogotà he apperently got quite known for his various surprising and humoros initiatives. Once hired 420 mimers to make fun of drivers to reduce the amount of traffic accidents.
Anyway, to avoid being completely off-topic; what happens now? I think I heard someone say that as neighter of the candidates got an outright majority there will be a reelection on the 20th of June.
Yes indeed, he is. Pretty colorful and, to some people, weird. But he is honest. And honesty is not common in a Colombian politician. You are right, due to the fact that Santos didn't get 50%+1 vote of the votation, there will be another round. However, Santos will win again. Corruption in Colombia is amazing. You can give the equivalent of 20 US dollars to most people and they will vote according to your wishes. To make things worse. dead people vote (yes, they found a lot of registered IDs from people who is dead!), mentally handicapped people vote, disappeared people vote and so on. That's a total shame, because even with a 34-35% of vote intention according to last polls, Mockus got an unexplained 20%. That is not statistically probable, but nothing will happen.
Disclaimer: The above post reflects just the personal opinion of the author and not a fact. But if you read it, you must accept it as the ultimate truth.
Capitalism works to a certain extent, has some problems. It assumes that everything in the world can and will be solved by market functioning, supply and demand in the long term.
This is not the case in some things, and that's where things go wrong in a fully capitalist system.
ShortsNL wrote:
Capitalism works to a certain extent, has some problems. It assumes that everything in the world can and will be solved by market functioning, supply and demand in the long term.
This is not the case in some things, and that's where things go wrong in a fully capitalist system.
I think you're confusing capitalism and liberalism here, though, of course, both are tied.
Changing the subject, did any other Brits watch Farage v Clegg(on Europe) on Beeb Two yesterday?
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Winner of a FIFA Prediction Fair Play Award (a phrase becoming increasingly ironic) "... Because he (me) has a sound tactical mind in general..." jandal7, at 9:30 am GMT on 12th May 2016
weirdskyfan64 wrote:
Changing the subject, did any other Brits watch Farage v Clegg(on Europe) on Beeb Two yesterday?
Yep. Farage once again made up statistics and Clegg desperately tried to regain public trust, so not too different to the first one in that regard. As someone with an interest in Politics - looking to study it at uni - it was painful and just served to strengthen UKIP further, which makes me despair greatly. I mean the Conservatives are bad enough, but UKIP are even worse and Farage is incredibly hypocritical, while his attacks on immigrants are just plain unnecessary. Have an angry blog I wrote a while back https://comradegautama.wordpress.com/2...ation-lie/. I am worried about the number of UKIP supporters I see in my area, although hopefully they won't win any seats and Farage will clear off back to the pub permanently. As for Clegg, he'll be gone in a year or so anyway - I can't see him remaining Lib Dem leader post election.
Agreed. Nigel Farage IS an alien(well, not quite, but that pub shot at the council elections-ugh). He won 69 to 31 percent on not one but TWO polls - God help us.
Edited by weirdskyfan64 on 03-04-2014 18:18
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Winner of a FIFA Prediction Fair Play Award (a phrase becoming increasingly ironic) "... Because he (me) has a sound tactical mind in general..." jandal7, at 9:30 am GMT on 12th May 2016
Changing the subject- I know no-one else cares, but any thoughts on the Scottish independence referendum?
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Winner of a FIFA Prediction Fair Play Award (a phrase becoming increasingly ironic) "... Because he (me) has a sound tactical mind in general..." jandal7, at 9:30 am GMT on 12th May 2016
weirdskyfan64 wrote:
Changing the subject- I know no-one else cares, but any thoughts on the Scottish independence referendum?
It's amusing how few fucks English (pretend to) give about the referendum. As an Irishman I'd be happy for them, but of course it's got a fair few economical disadvantages, for both sides. In the end, they must know themselves what's best for them, though I'm not too well informed anyway.
I read a short biography about him in a newspaper the other day. One of the most colorful politicans I have ever heard of. As the mayor of Bogotà he apperently got quite known for his various surprising and humoros initiatives. Once hired 420 mimers to make fun of drivers to reduce the amount of traffic accidents.
