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Recent Comments by joedirt

Wrong wrong wrong.

The electoral college is a safety net. For one thing, if a candidate dies from Nov-Jan there is a way for electoral college to select better choice. It also prevents weird things like China bribing tons of people to buy their votes, or other weird things. It also can be used to overturn corrupt state gov't.

Here is the flaw with your popular vote nonsense. You assume every state is equal when it comes to counting and casting a ballot, so that one person one vote.

In reality this is not the case. There are counties in rural places where it is so corrupt and they pay you $5 to cast their ballot and bring them your blank. At least with electoral college, we semi-limit the damage one bad state elections can have on the overall election.

Let's say CA decided to choose the next president or the Gov of CA runs.. they could just stuff the ballot box and win the popular vote PERIOD. With electoral college there is more input into the system where smaller states still have a stake in the elections.

Only ignorant people keep repeating these ideas of popular vote and getting a "receipt" to prove how you voted.

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Feature Comments a Problem in Kids Channel (Kids Talk Post)

By the way, I prefer word filters instead of ^$#$^#&#@

It can add humor and community to see "you mother butterchurn" instead of "you mother f&&#$^#er

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Feature Comments a Problem in Kids Channel (Kids Talk Post)

Don't forget avatars!! Some of them are not Mother Tested, Kid Approved.

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Ducks Best Friend

dupe should be tossed and the old one fixed.

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Channel Roll Call (Sift Talk Post)

Again, I will say this, do we need "meme" and "viral" why not expand the definition a little, or make a playlist. Same for "happy" and "cute". Also, some don't really fit and/or aren't that useful like obscure (which is essentially a playlist, since I wouldn't know what to put into that channel ever).

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Channel Roll Call (Sift Talk Post)

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Cultural
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80s: dag, active
asia: Lucky760, active
bravo (italian): Deano, MIA
british: Zifnab, active
canada: Calvados, active
downunder: maatc, active
kids: James Roe, active
geek: gorgonheap, active

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Entertainment
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1sttube: Grimm, active
vintage: swampgirl, active
animation: thesnipe, active
--> woo hoo: Krupo, active
latenight: eric3579, active

commercial: Looris, MIA
viral: Open
--> meme: MarineGunrock, active

comedy: Open
--> stand up: winkler1, active
--> parody: dotdude, active

music: Open
--> hiphop: benjee, MIA
--> jazz: choggie, active
--> rocknroll: MLX, ?
--> livemusic: deathcow, active

cinema: pigeon, ?
--> shortfilms: Sarzy, active
--> grindhouse: dw117, active

actionpack: wildmanbill, MIA
dark: dystopianfututretoday, active
horror show: pyrex, MIA
mystery: grspec, MIA
wild west show: Open
scifi: Firefly, active

documentaries: Fedquip, active

sports: michie, MIA

videogames: Oatmeal, active

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Educational
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art: plastiquemonkey, active
books: kronosposeidon, active
science: rembar, active
engineering: oxdottir, active
nature: Arvana, active
catsanddogs: youdiejoe, active
cooking: djsunkid, active
history: rickegee, MIA
military: darksun, MIA
spacey: lunkwill, active
travel: silvercord, ?
howto: maudlin, MIA

politics: Open
--> election 08: joedirt, active
--> war on terror: raven, MIA
--> world affairs: histnerd, active

religion: LadyBug, MIA
--> cult: therealblankman, active
--> islam: Gwann, MIA

humanitarian: bl968, MIA
philosophy: bluecliff, MIA

sexuality: persephone, active
--> femme: intangiblemeg, MIA
--> gay: Open

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Other
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cute: Open
--> happy: Issykitty, active
obscure: Farhad2000, active
terrible: sometimes, active
eia: karaidl, MIA
fear: blankfist, active
lies: Fjnbk, active
wtf: Spiff, ?

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Automated License Plate Recognition System (ALPR)

Close.. they are starting with your face. And this is just grocery stores. Imagine what DHS etc. is using and logging.

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Automated License Plate Recognition System (ALPR)

*nolong

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Automated License Plate Recognition System (ALPR)

LOL.. this infomercial is totally scripted.

Check out the Canadian version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6IkMulFjEY

In the Long Beach version they admit to datamining every car ever encountered by big brother: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXjZcFesCdE

Also, if you think this is just local cars, or this data is NOT uploaded to national databases then you are a moron.

Knowledge Computing Corporation and ELSAG North America Law Enforcement Systems today announced a strategic partnership to support information sharing and intelligence-led policing initiatives among law enforcement.

"COPLINK's information sharing, tactical analysis, lead generation, visualization and decision support solutions are proven performers when it comes to solving or thwarting crime and terrorism," stated Mark Windover, President and CEO of ELSAG North America. "Because over 70% of all crimes involve the use of vehicles, the license plate data available through ELSAG's system will become even more valuable in helping law enforcement prevent criminals or terrorists from falling through the cracks."

"ELSAG has demonstrated consistent leadership in providing one of the most advanced and accurate license plate recognition solutions in the industry," said Robert Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing Corp. "With a combined reach in over 1700 jurisdictions nationwide, spanning across 33 states, including all five of the nation's largest cities, this partnership will enable both companies to expand and better serve our client base."

Once both companies have completed their pilot deployment together, ELSAG North America will become an official member of Knowledge Computing Corp.'s COPLINK Interoperability Certified Partner Program.

ELSAG North America Law Enforcement Systems is a Finmeccanica company, a global leader in defense and security solutions

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Are Myspace videos working right now? (Comedy Talk Post)

*quality since you like points so much.

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Channel Roll Call (Sift Talk Post)

How is happy different from cute, or meme different from viral? Or eia different from wtf. Or shortfilms and cinema. Or horrorshow and fear. Some of these are more like a playlist.

At some point we need master categories and sub-categories.

Such as main category=religion subcategory=islam (all *islam are automatically enrolled as religion)
Same for politics with subcategories worldaffairs and election08

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Channel Roll Call (Sift Talk Post)

Since you have the VS 2.2 & 2.4... For historical purposes, I made a few sifttalks listing the collectives / channels.

http://videosift.com/talk/The-Collective-List

I also posted the old school "categories" from then popular video sites in case anyone wants historical ideas or comparison to where we are today.
http://www.videosift.com/talk/GooTube-categories

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| 4 days 9 hours 52 minutes ago | CH

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"Am I Being Detained?"

Federal policing should be restricted to State Declared emergencies.

That is how things have been done in the US since the first states ratified the Constitution. Only recently when a certain asshole created DHS and merged the border patrol into it and gave them unheard of, unrestricted powers has this become an issue (google "border patrol greyhound").

Once upon a time state militia, state and local police were responsible for their jurisdictions. Border patrol was only to police those people crossing the US borders and harbors.

Now there are blanket illegal checkpoints (YOUR PAPERS PLEASE). This man might have sounded like a jerk to you, but that is because you are a moran and do not understand your rights. She would have gladly done something to him if she had any authority. Instead it is a whole highway of people who would gladly board the trains and be shipped to ghettos (yea, I went there Godwin's fans)

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House Season Finale (1sttube Talk Post)

Oh I see this aired already. FYI Hulu now lists aired dates and Hulu dates.

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House Season Finale (1sttube Talk Post)

The chick #16 or whatever is going to sleep with Kuddy.

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