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electoral college

Also known as the Electorate. A very complex way of electing the President of the United States that is mandated in the Constitution. Each state is given a number of electors or electoral votes by population—California 54 and Wyoming 3—equal to the number of electors it has in the Congress. On election day Americans actually vote for an elector to cast their vote rather than voting for the President himself, despite what the ballot says. Most states have a “winner take all” system that gives all of its electoral votes to the candidate with the most votes. However, some states have no law, and the electors may vote for the candidate they wish or their electoral votes will be awarded based on the popular vote. Six weeks after the general election and the popular vote, the chosen electors travel to their state capital to cast their vote for President; these are the actual votes cast for the President. The candidate with at least 270 electoral votes (one more vote than 50% of the total electoral votes) is the winner. The electoral college and not the popular vote, is what actually elects the President. This system was put in place by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution but resulted in two candidates—one being George W. Bush in 2000—being elected after losing the popular vote. The electoral college has come under fire a few times (usually by liberals who don’t like the Constitution), but works in general. The last time was in 2000 after George W. Bush defeated Vice President Al Gore. The system isn’t perfect but ideal in a Representative Republic like the United States. Changing it would require a Constitutional Amendment by the Congress and a majority of the fifty states.

The electoral college is the process by which we elect the President of the United States.

by [e-mail] October 13, 2008

opportunist

Someone who takes advantage of situations and people to get what they want. They put material and superficial things above people, and their wants over the needs of others. In a way, many politicians are also opportunists because they take advantage of the socially downtrodden to shove socialism and more government down our throats.

An opportunist is a dngerous person and should never be trusted.

by [e-mail] May 10, 2009

character

The true you when no one is around.

see: integrity

Who you are when you around people means nothing, but it is character that determines your real person.

by [e-mail] January 11, 2008

living in sin

Also known as living together or cohabitation. It's the practice of a couple--usually a man and woman--living together having sex and playing "house" without the benefits of marriage. Living in sin is not a good idea for a couple who is considering marriage, because the couple can get to know each other well enough by the time marriage occurs and living in sin makes a couple more than twice as likely to end up divorced.

see: cohabitation, living together

Living in sin is never a good idea for a couple, and usually ends up a futile attempt to bring a couple closer.

by [e-mail] May 28, 2008

Carmel

pronounced CAR-MULL. A city in Hamilton County, Indiana with a population of some 66,000 in 2007 and a posh suburb of Indianapolis. Probably the only “wealthy” community in Indiana. Many Hoosiers mistakingly believe Carmel is rich and envy its residents for some reason. It is no doubt a very nice and growing community but the truth is that there are tons of similar-sized communities around the country with way more money than Carmel could ever dream about, making it only an upper middle-class community. It’s not even the richest community in the Midwest by a long shot. In fact, a similar but smaller community of Zionsville to the immediate west could rival Carmel’s wealth per-capita, except they don’t brag about their perceived “wealth” and know how to respect individuals who have less than they do.

Hoosiers have no reason to be envious of Carmel because it is only an upper middle-class community. Many Hoosiers are jealous of its perceived wealth because they have no life of their own, but yet enough time on their hands to insult those who have worked for a living to obtain what they have. How jealous and childish. If your life sucks, then change it.

by [e-mail] March 27, 2008

Constitution

Something liberals know nothing about but think they do. A historical document drafted in 1787 by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, and the foundation of American law that liberals consider irrelevant today because it does not coincide with their misguided views. The liberals only use the Constitution to twist its wording and further their agenda i.e. using SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE to ban anything considered religious from public, and turning FREEDOM OF RELIGION into Freedom from Religion.

The U.S. Constitution is NOT law (despite what liberals tell you), but merely the foundation of our laws. The U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are the greatest documents the human race has seen.

by [e-mail] May 19, 2008

Fort Wayne

1. A miniature version of Indianapolis.
2. Indiana's 2nd largest city with about 225,000 people in the city limits.

There isnt much about Fort Wayne to even mention.

by [e-mail] November 25, 2007