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> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:22:27 -0500, Joe English
> wrote:
>
> >>>>do you think it was customs, security or maybe the infamous thieving
> >>>>Miami baggage monkeys?
> >>>
> >>>Either way, it sounds like yet another reason to not fly through Miami
unless it's
> >>>absolutely necessary.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Shouldn't that be "another reason not to fly through the US"?
> >>
> >> The Untied States - Home of Bush the unelected, discoverer of
> >> terrorism.
> >>
> >> Pete S
> >in case you have been incommunicado Bush is not the unelected. Elected
> >set forth and followed to the letter of the law
> >
> Oh of course, elected, but not by the majority.
Sure he was
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/2000/index.html
271 for Bush
266 for Gore.
Now, on this side of the pond, 271 is greater than 266, so Bush was elected
by a majority.
Of course, I presume y'meant a "popular vote". Of course, that's not the way
it works over here - it s the elctoral college. See here
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/article02/
and here
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_68.html
Or, since Clinton did not win a majority of the popular vote, was he
unelected as well?
>
> Do you need the UN to attend your cuntry to ensure a fair and free
> election?
Perhaps they could monitor the eelctions y'all hold for monarch first? :-)
Dennis
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Thermonuclear War.
It's the -responsible- environmental alternative
Popeye
>
> Pete S.
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