Headache-inducing AND amusing...

[c9]

In honour of cap_hill_latte's plans, I offer up this confusing column in the Times. It still sounds better than what Bush hath wrought so far, actually.

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[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

For those not privy to my plans:

"In a desperate attempt to keep my sanity, I’ve decided that – until Wednesday anyway – my attitude towards the election will be “detached amusement”.

If you need me, I’ll be hiding under the bed watching reruns of The Daily Show."

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

OK, the whole Electoral College thing just f'ing sucks. It's that simple.

Thanks to Wikipedia, I've discovered a much better way of electing democracies... better than instant run-off, which I always thought was a little... well... rinky-dink: the confusing, non-intuitive, hard-to-understand Condorcet Method -- it's perfect -- no one would be able to argue who won or lost because no one could follow the procedure used to elect people :-) Actually, it's not that hard, and it does make sense, but it's regrettably less viscerally satisfying than first past the post.