6975 - "Not over yet"... I suspect it is.

[scottobear]

Well, I'm surprised, but I imagine that Bush has the election (and he does have the popular vote, this time). Very close, but it has been throughout. No matter who takes it, I'm not looking forward to the whiny-baby antics that are sure to follow both by losing politicians and voters that didn't get their guy. If you didn't vote... well, I hope that you get the guy you wanted, because that's the guy you got.

Also, I think the electoral system is el-sucko, no matter who wins.

Something that I'm thinking about... The tight race that's been going on... it's weird, but most bloggers that I read lean to democrat, about 2:1 over republican. I wonder under which hobby that would be switched around, to balance out?

Most of the people that I used to game with didn't bother to vote. If pressed to pull a figure out of the air, I'd guess that maybe one in five would vote for president.. and only perhaps one in twenty would vote in lesser elections. Gamers are generally suffer from slacker-itis, in my experience.

I have to remember to ask GP about the Halloween game.

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Gauhati, India — Monkeys lurking at an ancient Hindu temple in India's northeast have attacked up to 300 children over three weeks, temple officials said Tuesday.

"They hide in trees and swoop on unsuspecting children loitering about in the temple premises or walking by, clawing them and even sucking a bit of blood," Bani Kumar Sharma, a priest at the Kamakhya temple in Assam state, said.

The temple, one of the most famous in India, is located in Gauhati, Assam's capital.

"I was returning home from school when a monkey suddenly pounced on me, scratched my head and hand and pushed me to the ground," said Jolly Sharma, a six-year-old girl.

At least 2,000 rhesus monkeys roam in and around the temple but none had shown aggressive behavior in the past, the priest said.

Monkeys are often found in tens of thousands of temples across India. They are seen as a symbol of Hanuman, the monkey god, and devotees visiting temples often feed them. While occasional attacks by monkeys are not uncommon at temples, the sudden surge in attacks at the Gauhati temple has experts perplexed.

Some said the Gauhati monkeys may be turning violent because of shrinking living spaces, or because animals once kept as pets might not have been able to adjust to new lives around the temple.

"The loss of habitat due to increased human settlement in the hills around the temple and the release of monkeys kept confined at home...could be among the reasons for some of the monkeys behaving in a weird manner," said Narayan Mahanta, a wildlife official in Gauhati.

Three monkeys were randomly tranquillized by wildlife officials over the weekend and have been taken to the Gauhati Zoo where they will be examined in search of clues to explain the changing behavior, Mahanta said.

Whatever happened to monkey pox, anyhow?

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Hand-held head covering? bleh.

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Comments

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

I tend to find in elections, that whatever the majority seem to say on the matter, they usually vote the opposite. Looks like the same case here. Everyone was against Bush but seems the American people want to keep him.

I agree with you though, everyone should vote. You live in a democratic nation for that reason, that you can influence policy and choose who your president/prime minister is.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

It is strange... from my local perspective, Kerry was pretty favored, but the USA is a big, big place.

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

Over here, it really seemed like the British people (at least as reported in the media) were in support of Bush, but then they also slate Tony Blair for getting involved in the war. Odd.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That is odd... from my perspective of the news here, it was "politicians in Uk like bush, civilians, not so much"

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

Sort of. It seems that with both politicians and civilians that its almost a 50/50 split. Some political parties don't like Bush, but thats a given in the run up to our elections next year.

[shoo.livejournal.com]

I was hoping that this year, there would be a record amount of new voters. Im sick to see that nearly half of the people eligable to vote, still don't...
I just found out that a fellow figrefighter/paramedic and his teacher wife (in there early 30's) have NEVER voted...=(

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

looks like voters between the age of 18-25 were very low, too. less than one in 10.

[shoo.livejournal.com]

I have several English friends and not one of them likes Bush. Nor did any of the people I met when I was there.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That's interesting.. I suspect that opposing sides tend to glom together, and don't mix too much.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

crackin' good toast, gromit!

[shoo.livejournal.com]

"It's the cheese, Wallace..the cheeeeeese"...lol ;)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Tsk.. now I'll have the little W&G trumpet them in my head all morning.

dah, duh dit dah dah dit duh dit dahhhhh...

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

Saw those numbers about the kidlets, too. All that money spent on campaigns specifically focused on young people, and still only 1 in 10? That tells me something.. not sure if it tells MTV or P. Diddy anything. They shouldn't give up... but the message it sends shouldn't surprise them.

I don't remember where I saw it - but I read something this morning about only 73% of registered Ohio peeps voting. A record number....and I'm sure some had some sort of emergency to tend to..but there had to be a good number of laze-o's in that remaining percentage, too.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I think that the kids today are all about the "fashion" of voting.. I bet that there are 100,000 slackers with rock the vote shirts who never went to the polls.

73% sounds like a pretty good turnout, all told.. 3 out of four. or is that a typo?

[filthymonkey.livejournal.com]

Yep, I agree, there's going to be lots of whining going on.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I say we release indian monkeys over major population centers, do distract politcal talks.

[filthymonkey.livejournal.com]

good idea.

[rejectomorph]

...it's weird, but most bloggers that I read lean to democrat, about 2:1 over republican. I wonder under which hobby that would be switched around, to balance out?

I thought about that for a while, and it came to me- Republicans are participating in those call-in talk radio shows. Most of those shows are dominated by conservatives- or at least by people who think themselves conservative, even if they aren't.

Maybe liberalism appeals more to people who have a literary culture, and conservatism more to people who have an oral culture. Something to consult the anthropologists about, I guess.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That's a very good answer, and I suspect that you're right on the bean.

I think the 2:1 ration is a big one, there, too.. I know a lot of people that liek to listen to extreme opposing viewpoints, to be amused and outraged.