http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_Wake_1217.pdf
12/17/2009 6:22:16 PM
I read about this earlier this week. I'd already forgotten about it. Everyone else will by election time.[Edited on December 17, 2009 at 6:34 PM. Reason : Christ, why do we even have political parties at the county level?]
12/17/2009 6:33:09 PM
^How else will people know how to vote?
12/17/2009 6:39:33 PM
^^Some people will forget. But the kind of people who are really into local politics, as in the kind who vote in these low turn out elections, will remember. And I'm sure it'll be brought back up around election time.
12/17/2009 9:21:32 PM
it was a slimy move. they should have a re-election.
12/17/2009 9:46:02 PM
Was it as slimy as what the democrats pulled in order to get the lottery passed?no.
12/17/2009 10:05:28 PM
not familiar with that one...do tell
12/17/2009 10:06:49 PM
12/17/2009 10:41:15 PM
indeed. I didnt pay much attention to the lottery stuff...interesting.
12/17/2009 11:04:22 PM
yea... its natural to only pay attention to the shenanigans perpetrated upon your favored side.
12/17/2009 11:14:06 PM
well my "favorite side" would be the conservative one.I just didnt/dont give a shit about the lottery.
12/17/2009 11:32:44 PM
^x4 In that case vote for democratic county commissioners in Wake County and republican state senators. I for one like NC finally having a lotto though.
12/18/2009 12:10:42 AM
I've never played. Is it fun?
12/18/2009 12:57:30 AM
I have a few times, not many. But the concept of having something in NC where previously people were driving out of NC to spend their money seems like a good thing to me. As a kid taking 15 minute rides to VA to grab a bite to eat, getting some candy, & playing the lotto was something I did with my dad sometimes so I have pleasant memories associated with it.
12/18/2009 2:32:47 AM
Well aren't you the poster child for poor parenting.And so now we have another generation that still only looks 1 step ahead when making a decision.Dad:I could win $1MM dollars!!Lets drive to VA kids and spend $30 a week on gas/food/lotto ticket.To bad your dad didn't put that in a fund for you.$30 x 52 weeks x 10 years = $15,600but hey maybe i'm wrong and you hit it big with the lotto right?Kid:Now associates the lottery as something positve with pleasant memories, even though same memories could have occured if dad had just be a good parent and gone out with his kids just for the pure enjoyment of family fun.= Lotto must be fun for everyone, we should support NC while having fun. Lets bring the lotto to NC so we can keep $$ in the state.... how could this possibly not be a good idea? it's fool proof!Now we have a whole new generation blowing their money under the guise of funding education?It's amazing that we are now somehow in budget crisis for education? Keep being ignorant as long as the blissful memories are pleasant.You're broke, the state is broke, education is broke, and soon someone will stand up and say where did the money go? Que the crying over fat cats and greed
12/18/2009 1:42:44 PM
Wow.I guess every time the dad spent money on going to the movies, buying a toy, or doing anything besides investing money in some fund he was being a shitty dad.I weep for your children.Oh, you were just being pedantic about how his dad spent their time and entertainment money because you're against the lottery, got it.[Edited on December 18, 2009 at 1:48 PM. Reason : t]
12/18/2009 1:46:08 PM
Oh, i'm sorry i guess i missed the part growing up where the lottery was entertaining for children?The other things you mention could potentially provide enjoyment or value to the child/family.However I fail to see the correlation with a trip that's sole purpose is to piss money down the drain.Maybe I'll go up to the mountains this weekend and chuck dollar bills off the side. This is most certain to be in the best interest of my family.and i never mentioned investing unless your math skills are so poor that you assumed the only way the end value of my calculation could be so large was with some implied rate of return tacked on.But i guess maybe i am being pedantic with regards to their lifestyle. Maybe I should be more open minded. After all his dad's gambling problem did provide pleasant memories that could have not otherwise been obtained.
12/18/2009 2:26:28 PM
ladies and gentlemen, your new troll...Norrin Radd, parenting genius.
12/18/2009 2:29:03 PM
12/18/2009 3:11:11 PM
Playing the lottery isn't "fun." It's just a waste of money. The only thing fun about it is the thrill of thinking you might win a lot of money, but most of the time, you will lose.
12/18/2009 3:20:01 PM
there's no defending what happenedit demeans the entire process
12/18/2009 3:20:20 PM
$1 scratch-off tickets were pretty fun to do when I was a kid... then again, part of that might have been from the fact that they weren't sold in NC, so I'd only get to do them when on vacation anyway.It was enjoyable, even though I knew that I'd win AT BEST another free ticket.
12/18/2009 3:25:36 PM
Having sex isn't fun. It's just a waste of time. The only thing fun about it is that it feels really good.I love your logic, destroyer.
12/18/2009 3:39:28 PM
waiting for rebuttal from either norrin radd or destroyer about their idiotic definitions of fun.
12/18/2009 3:46:47 PM
You should simply watch what actually happened at the December 7, 2009, Wake County Commissioners' meeting--instead of believing the left-wing bullshit noise machine:http://wake.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=574Lindy Brown--a Democrat--suggested that the commissioners continue and they did. And neither Brown nor Stan Norwalk--another Democrat--pushed for a delay on the vote until Betty Lou Ward's return from the bathroom.
12/18/2009 3:55:29 PM
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12/18/2009 4:44:33 PM
OMGyou win hooksawjesus christand did you see Brown pull a Jar Jar Binks up in that piece...the fun begins at about 1:14:30[Edited on December 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM. Reason : .]
12/18/2009 4:46:18 PM
also, the GOP chairman has man accusations of political maneuvering on the part of the democratsthat this was all a ploy anyways...I don't know what to think, honestly...[Edited on December 19, 2009 at 4:22 PM. Reason : /]
12/19/2009 4:22:28 PM
12/19/2009 4:37:19 PM
i'm not going to read all the mess up to thisbut you should NOT be playing the lotterynor should you be setting that kind of example for your childthe lottery is a tax on stupidityyou should be teaching that playing such a game is a waste of money... it's a good reason to explain the basics of statistics and good money management
12/19/2009 4:51:07 PM
12/19/2009 5:25:33 PM