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wisdomeagleThis quote from To Eternal Peace by Kant made me think of a current hot topic in the US...:
Everybody knows into what danger, even in the most recent times the supposed right of thus acquiring states has brought Europe. Other parts of the world have never known such a practice. But in Europe, states can even marry each other.
OMG state marriage! Is like gay marriage! Only states!
So here's what I propose.
You will need:
-An electoral map with information about the popular vote and how many electoral votes each state gets. The Beeb has one here that seems adequate.
-a calculator
-time
-a dissatisfaction with how the election turned out
Take two states, one red, one blue (because, you know, what with gay marriage getting banned across country, presumably same-color states won't be allowed to marry either.) Marry them to each other. Assume they're pooling their possessions, both popular votes and potential electoral votes.
Example: I married TX/CA. Texas had 4,458,711 votes for Bush, 2,786,016 votes for Kerry, and 24 electoral votes. California had 5,427,055 Kerry, 4,403,495 for Bush, and 55 electoral votes. Together, that's 8,862,206 Bush and 8,213,071 for Kerry, so the happy couple's 89 electoral votes would go to Bush.
Objective: Find as many pairings as you can that would win Kerry the election. Can you find a pairing that would leave the election a tie? One that would make the result in New Mexico critically important?
Additional rules:
-no calling of states that are still too close to call (Iowa and New Mexico on my map)
-270 electoral votes still needed to win
-no group marriages (unless they include Utah *shifty eyes*
-make up your own rules as you go along
-Bonus points for wit, snark, cleverness, justifying your pairings, clever pairing names, and state!fic.
Now, I really, really should go to bed.
Everybody knows into what danger, even in the most recent times the supposed right of thus acquiring states has brought Europe. Other parts of the world have never known such a practice. But in Europe, states can even marry each other.
OMG state marriage! Is like gay marriage! Only states!
So here's what I propose.
You will need:
-An electoral map with information about the popular vote and how many electoral votes each state gets. The Beeb has one here that seems adequate.
-a calculator
-time
-a dissatisfaction with how the election turned out
Take two states, one red, one blue (because, you know, what with gay marriage getting banned across country, presumably same-color states won't be allowed to marry either.) Marry them to each other. Assume they're pooling their possessions, both popular votes and potential electoral votes.
Example: I married TX/CA. Texas had 4,458,711 votes for Bush, 2,786,016 votes for Kerry, and 24 electoral votes. California had 5,427,055 Kerry, 4,403,495 for Bush, and 55 electoral votes. Together, that's 8,862,206 Bush and 8,213,071 for Kerry, so the happy couple's 89 electoral votes would go to Bush.
Objective: Find as many pairings as you can that would win Kerry the election. Can you find a pairing that would leave the election a tie? One that would make the result in New Mexico critically important?
Additional rules:
-no calling of states that are still too close to call (Iowa and New Mexico on my map)
-270 electoral votes still needed to win
-no group marriages (unless they include Utah *shifty eyes*
-make up your own rules as you go along
-Bonus points for wit, snark, cleverness, justifying your pairings, clever pairing names, and state!fic.
Now, I really, really should go to bed.
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Date: 2004-11-04 04:01 pm (UTC)-no calling of states that are still too close to call (Iowa and New Mexico on my map)
But are they destined to be alone for the rest of their lives!?? that is so sad! I will let them have a sekrit backdoor affair with each other.
Must the states be physically adjacent to one another? Or are long-distance marriages of convenience allowed? Like... mail order brides who want green cards? Like, I dunno, Ohio is all "Rhode Island, I have never met you, but have heard tell of your coffee milk."
The weddings will be pretty, the guests all nicely colour-coordinated...
And red and blue makes purple!
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Date: 2004-11-04 06:13 pm (UTC)And we elect Trance president...
:p
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Date: 2004-11-04 06:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-11-04 06:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-11-05 02:25 am (UTC)Although I'm convinced they're all involved in sorid and twisted affairs already...hey, are extramarital affiars allowed for consideration?
:p