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Post by Augustus »

Lol :)

Bush Wins Guam

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PRESIDENTIAL RACE
• George W. Bush 17,264
• John Kerry 9,540
• Ralph Nader 153
• Campagna Badnarik 53
BTW what to you call the people in Guam?
Guamish?
Guamese?
Guamirians?
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They can have him then.
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Guam has no electoral votes so in the big picture, its a meaningless victory.
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I assume it has something to do with this:

http://www.admin.gov.gu/commerce/guam_b ... onment.htm

Guam receives a lot of money from the Military, and since Republicans are usually seen as pro-military . . .
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The Federal government allocated approximately $479 million for their military operation in Guam in Fiscal Year 1998. Of this amount, $319 million was allocated for wages and salaries, and $160 million for military construction.
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They're called Guamy Bears. :wink:
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Alferd Packer wrote:They're called Guamy Bears. :wink:
That is quite possibly the worst pun I've yet heard in my life.
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CmdrWilkens wrote:
Alferd Packer wrote:They're called Guamy Bears. :wink:
That is quite possibly the worst pun I've yet heard in my life.
And yet, that's the second time today that I heard it.
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I think people in Guam are called "Irrelevant in this election, so why do we care who they vote for?".
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:I think people in Guam are called "Irrelevant in this election, so why do we care who they vote for?".
They should just apply for Statehood. Then again, DC tries, and Congress bitchslaps them, so...
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Augustus, first you post about some hamlet voting for Bush, now you post about Guam. Are you getting desperate? :wink:

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Congress bitchslaps DC because has long has it's not a state it be run has Congress' own personnal fiefdom.
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Ha, Guam's only a little island. Who cares what people on a little island think about American politics?
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Xenophobe3691 wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:I think people in Guam are called "Irrelevant in this election, so why do we care who they vote for?".
They should just apply for Statehood. Then again, DC tries, and Congress bitchslaps them, so...
That's because the founding fathers decided to ensure that DC wouldn't be a state. They didn't want any one state to say "I HAVE THE CAPTIAL! NYA-NYA-NA-NYA-NYA!"
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Post by Augustus »

fgalkin wrote:Augustus, first you post about some hamlet voting for Bush, now you post about Guam. Are you getting desperate? :wink:

Have a very nice day.
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