Would you vote?

DjaugheOld · January 28th, 2005, 08:16 AM

Its gonna be interesting how voting day turns out...I gotta hand it to those folks putting their life on the line to vote over a list of 7,000 candidates from 256 political groups and independents...on the other hand I don't blame the one's that just stay home.

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Here's a quick roundup of Iraq violence from 8 a.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday. We have just one question: Amid all this, would you vote?

*Insurgents attacked a Marine base about 50 kilometers south of Baghdad, killing one soldier and injuring others.
*Street fighting broke out between American soldiers and rebels in central Baghdad.
*Jordanian terrorist and al-Qaida affiliate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi posted a videotape on the Internet showing the murder of Salem Jaafar Abed, a National Assembly candidate and the secretary of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
*In Baghdad, a car bomb near an Iraqi police station killed four policemen.
*A car bomb exploded in Samarra (95 kilometers north of Baghdad) killing three Iraqis.
*Two polling stations in Samarra were attacked. One -- a school administration building -- was blown up. Staff had been warned beforehand to leave.
*Sporadic clashes erupted in Samarra between US soldiers and armed men. One Iraqi died.
*In the city of Kirkuk north of Baghdad, rebels attacked seven polling stations with mortar shells and machine guns.
*Also in Kirkuk, insurgents attacked an Iraqi police patrol, killing one.
*In Beiji, also in the north, a suicide bomber struck a US military convoy.
*In Mahmoudiya, 30 kilometers south of Baghdad, three Iraqis died when a roadside bomb missed a US convoy.
*Near Tikrit, a roadside bomb aimed at a US convoy killed an Iraqi.
*On the military base, a US soldier died of gunshot wounds.
*In Ramadi, west of Baghdad, an Iraqi National Guard soldier died when insurgents attacked a school voting center.
*In Baqouba, the body of a former Saddam Hussein loyal was found. He had been abducted by armed men.
*Insurgents shelled the US Marine base south of Baghdad.
*In Baghdad, a car bomb near an Iraqi police station killed four policemen.
*In Basra, four polling stations were attacked. (2:45 p.m. CET)

PortlandCardFan · January 28th, 2005, 08:24 AM

The problem is I have not live my life in fear of die on a day to day bases.

I voted yes because I feel I would but you never know because of that type of environment would change your views on life.

I also could be one of the insurgents or dead at this point in time if I was an Iraqi national.

DjaugheOld · January 28th, 2005, 08:29 AM

lol...okay lets just clarify that everyone works at the local version of pep boys...and is alive.

PortlandCardFan · January 28th, 2005, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Djaughe

lol...okay lets just clarify that everyone works at the local version of pep boys...and is alive.

Then hell ya!!

SECTION 11 · January 28th, 2005, 08:34 AM

hell no.

taking 4 hours to vote is one thing, waiting to get blasted by some asswipe is another.
these people should not even be in this position. it's ridiculous that anyone is expecting them to vote under these circumstances.
secure the place, then vote. they deserve that much.

i feel bad for the people who are going to try and are going to pay for it with their lives. it's complete insanity that we're pushing this election with security as bad as it is.

DjaugheOld · January 28th, 2005, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SECTION 11

hell no.

taking 4 hours to vote is one thing, waiting to get blasted by some asswipe is another.
these people should not even be in this position. it's ridiculous that anyone is expecting them to vote under these circumstances.
secure the place, then vote. they deserve that much.

i feel bad for the people who are going to try and are going to pay for it with their lives. it's complete insanity that we're pushing this election with security as bad as it is.

Yup Yup Yup....I think my patience would evaporate pretty quick if I was standing in line ... with the sound of gunfire and explosions in the background.

DKCards · January 28th, 2005, 09:12 AM

Good question, I really have no idea. I hope I would.

In the US we take the right to vote for granted. This is the first time these people have this opportunity to do this. We have never been in this situation. If they think they can really make a difference by voting then I think they will.

justAndy · January 28th, 2005, 09:14 AM

Iraqis resisting American occupation is one thing, but attacking their own countrymen is whack.

GreenCard · January 28th, 2005, 09:18 AM

You won't let me vote here in Arizona but I can vote over there.Something is wrong with the system.

GreenCard · January 28th, 2005, 09:37 AM

Oh,you guys are serious.Yes I would vote if I could vote here and mail it in.

CardinalMike · January 28th, 2005, 09:46 AM

Of course I would vote. Those who are not willing to die for democracy don't deserve it.

Cardinal Mike!!

justAndy · January 28th, 2005, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by CardinalMike

Of course I would vote. Those who are not willing to die for democracy don't deserve it.

Cardinal Mike!!

I'd be willing to sabotage, hack, strike, march for freedom.
I guess I would risk my life for it.

When will the fight break out when the extreme right wing takes over America and the Reasonable Majority finally wakes up?
I'll fight that fight...

SECTION 11 · January 28th, 2005, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by CardinalMike

Of course I would vote. Those who are not willing to die for democracy don't deserve it.

Cardinal Mike!!

Said Cardinal Mike, from the comfort of his living room...

jerryp · January 28th, 2005, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SECTION 11

hell no.

taking 4 hours to vote is one thing, waiting to get blasted by some asswipe is another.
these people should not even be in this position. it's ridiculous that anyone is expecting them to vote under these circumstances.
secure the place, then vote. they deserve that much.

i feel bad for the people who are going to try and are going to pay for it with their lives. it's complete insanity that we're pushing this election with security as bad as it is.

Could not agree more. I voted no because there is no way in Hell I'd stand in line doing exactly that, waiting for some jerkoff to drive a truck full of explosives into me. If they'd let me walk there and stand in line armed I'd do it. Obviously that won't be allowed. And remember, there is a nation wide ban on vehicles the day of the election. They will not be allowed to drive to the polling places. So that's increasing your risk just getting there, let alone standing in line.

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Originally Posted by andikrist

Iraqis resisting American occupation is one thing, but attacking their own countrymen is whack.

Yep. I can understand people being pissed at the occupation and if the "insurgents" attacked only U.S./other nations troops I'd have no problem calling them insurgents. But there are reports coming in all over talking about blowing up Kurdish political buildings, schools where polling stations were going to be, etc. That's terrorism, and they are terrorists.

Sunday is going to be a damn mess. Glad my generation's mopping it up.

CardinalMike · January 28th, 2005, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SECTION 11

Said Cardinal Mike, from the comfort of his living room...

I spent 6 years in the Navy defending my country's way of life. What have you done for yours? I feel I have earned the right to say what I did.

Cardinal Mike!!