Folks who want YOUR vote to Matter

Interesting Article on Folks wanting the Vote of
People to actually mean something.

Plan would sidestep Electoral College

By NGUYEN HUY VU, Associated Press Writer
Sun Feb 10, 2:16 PM ET

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If John R. Koza gets his way, American voters will never again have to wonder about the workings of the Electoral College and why it decides who sits in the White House.

Koza is behind a push to have states circumvent the odd political math of the Electoral College and ensure that the presidency always goes to the winner of the popular vote.

Basically, states would promise to award their electoral votes to the candidate with the most support nationwide, regardless of who carries each particular state

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080210/ap_on_el_ge/goodbye_electoral_college

Delegates and SUPER Delegates

Have you Often Wondered if Your Vote Really Counts.

This News Video explains what Delegates and Super Delegates are. It kind of makes you wonder if your vote even mattered, when the Delegates decide the Candidate.

Passports at the Border

I suppose most of you folks have a passport. I don't have a passport, and I have heard it takes a long time to get one. As of Jan. 31, Canadians and U.S. citizens must show proof of citizenship before entering America. In reading the recent article in the Missoulian I have to agree with Kris Proudfoot, We have known some of the border agents our whole life we are made to feel like we do not belong here. I understand the need for securty, but when I cross the border I do not feel welcome in the country I was born in. Canada makes me feel more welcome than the U.S. side and it has been this way for as far back as I can remember. Canada is losing quite a bit of American Dollars, not that our dollar is worth much anymore.

Who knows how long it will take me to get a passport, but I feel Canada loses quite a bit of free trade and tourist dollars because quite a few folks will Never get a passport. I don't really understand how a passport is more protection?

Here is a link to the Article in the Missoulian http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/02/02/news/mtregional/znews01.txt

It is Sad when the Country we were born in and in the town we have lived our whole lives Our Own Border treats us like criminals until proven innocent when the Canadian side says, come on in, we welcome you.