Comments on: Depressing Rolling Stone Article http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:15:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: jacob http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/comment-page-1/#comment-16 jacob Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:58:07 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/#comment-16 Yes, it's just not that complicated...vote, count up, share results...It's not hard to see that the demise of the U.S. as the dominant global force could happen, realistically because of it imploding on itself. Yes, it’s just not that complicated…vote, count up, share results…It’s not hard to see that the demise of the U.S. as the dominant global force could happen, realistically because of it imploding on itself.

]]> By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15 erik Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:46:13 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/#comment-15 Although it wasn't completely by chance that I mentioned Peru in my previous comment, it certainly was <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/canada/national/2006/06/05/peru-vote.html" rel="nofollow">apt</a>. Although it wasn’t completely by chance that I mentioned Peru in my previous comment, it certainly was apt.

]]> By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/comment-page-1/#comment-14 erik Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:31:55 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/#comment-14 The problem is that it's in some people's (the people that happen to be in power) best interest for it to be really hard to vote. We certainly don't deserve to be "spreading democracy" across the world when countries the India, Ukraine, and Peru handle voting better than we do. The problem is that it’s in some people’s (the people that happen to be in power) best interest for it to be really hard to vote.

We certainly don’t deserve to be “spreading democracy” across the world when countries the India, Ukraine, and Peru handle voting better than we do.

]]> By: jacob http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/comment-page-1/#comment-13 jacob Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:21:59 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/05/depressing-rolling-stone-article/#comment-13 I just don't know why it is so hard for us to vote in this country without incident. I just don’t know why it is so hard for us to vote in this country without incident.

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