Polls are now open in Iraq.

sleuth · Jan 29, 2005

So far not a lot of action in Bagdad, which is where Fox News is showing most of their live shots... but then.. it's very very early and I suppose they're waiting to see if the Insurgency blows anything up...

Hopefully in other areas of the country there's a lot more action than this...

PrepH4U · Jan 29, 2005

sleuth said:
So far not a lot of action in Bagdad, which is where Fox News is showing most of their live shots... but then.. it's very very early and I suppose they're waiting to see if the Insurgency blows anything up...

Hopefully in other areas of the country there's a lot more action than this...

You mean besides all the car bombs and the U.S. Embassy.

vraiblonde · Jan 29, 2005

Our son just called. Voting is taking place even as we speak and all personnel are on high alert. His base has been on lockdown for over a week now and he says this is going to be a hairy day (it's morning over there).

Kizzy · Jan 30, 2005

I was watching some of the footage while I was cleaning out the den. :ohwell:

They do not expect the day to go well at all.

vraiblonde · Jan 30, 2005

This is cool as ####! We're watching history being made! Like our own Revolutionary War!! The birth of a new country!

Watching these people voting is just amazing. So exciting! And I'm so proud to be an American today!

:patriot:

Penn · Jan 30, 2005

vraiblonde said:
This is cool as ####! We're watching history being made! Like our own Revolutionary War!! The birth of a new country!

Watching these people voting is just amazing. So exciting! And I'm so proud to be an American today!

Did you hear on CNN that they are estimating 60-70 percent of the Iraqi population is voting, yet here in the U.S. only a mere fraction of Iraqis are voting for their country's future?

Mikeinsmd · Jan 30, 2005

Kizzy said:
I was watching some of the footage while I was cleaning out the den. They do not expect the day to go well at all.

If you were watching anything but FOX, Don't believe it!! :peace:

Mikeinsmd · Jan 30, 2005

Penn said:
Did you hear on CNN that they are estimating 60-70 percent of the Iraqi population is voting, yet here in the U.S. only a mere fraction of Iraqis are voting for their country's future?

True but I figure since there's only 7-8 polling places in the entire USA, this has made it difficult for them. One fellow drove 11 hrs one way from NH to register last week then drove it again this week to vote. Good for him. :peace:

Penn · Jan 30, 2005

Mikeinsmd said:
True but I figure since there's only 7-8 polling places in the entire USA, this has made it difficult for them. One fellow drove 11 hrs one way from NH to register last week then drove it again this week to vote. Good for him.

That is good news; and the Dems biatch and moan when they have to stand in line for 11 hours?

SmallTown · Jan 30, 2005

vraiblonde said:
This is cool as ####! We're watching history being made! Like our own Revolutionary War!! The birth of a new country!

Watching these people voting is just amazing. So exciting! And I'm so proud to be an American today!

They held elections there before. Just because you only had one person to vote for and were shot if you didn't vote should not take away from that voting experience :wink:

ylexot · Jan 30, 2005

Penn said:
here in the U.S. only a mere fraction of Iraqis are voting for their country's future?

Are those Iraqis in the US planning to go back? If not, I don't blame them for not voting.

I saw a guy on the news that was born in the US and was never planning to go to Iraq, but his father is from Iraq, so he's voting. He said that he thought it was his duty as an American to vote in the Iraqi election so that he could try to get a secular government there. I disagree. I'd love to see a free and secular Iraq, but if you're not an Iraqi or don't plan on going back, I don't think you should be involved in forming their government. It seems like imposing your will on them.

SmallTown · Jan 30, 2005

ylexot said:
I'd love to see a free and secular Iraq, but if you're not an Iraqi or don't plan on going back, I don't think you should be involved in forming their government. It seems like imposing your will on them.

Now isn't THAT ironic! :lmao:

Animal · Jan 30, 2005

Penn said:
That is good news; and the Dems biatch and moan when they have to stand in line for 11 hours?

I would gripe about standing in line for 11 hours too and I am not a Dems. What would you be willing to stand in line that long for? :biggrin:

Penn · Jan 30, 2005

Animal said:
I would gripe about standing in line for 11 hours too and I am not a Dems. What would you be willing to stand in line that long for?

You are a person of depravity, but I know from whence you speak! :lol:

BTW, I checked in with MSNBC and Fox News, and they are reporting a significant number of Iraqis in the US are voting for their country! CNN is either out of touch, or their report is :bs:

Animal · Jan 30, 2005

Penn said:
You are a person of depravity, but I know from whence you speak!

BTW, I checked in with MSNBC and Fox News, and they are reporting a significant number of Iraqis in the US are voting for their country! CNN is either out of touch, or their report is

But you didn't answer the question.

vraiblonde · Jan 30, 2005

Okay, I have a question:

If the Iraqis over here are still Iraqi citizens, I can see them voting via absentee ballot. But how can someone who was born here be able to vote just because their father is an Iraqi citizen? Would they maybe hold dual citizenship or something?

Penn · Jan 30, 2005

Animal said:
But you didn't answer the question.

Catherine Zeta-Jones. :yay:

Will she do?

vraiblonde · Jan 30, 2005

Animal said:
I would gripe about standing in line for 11 hours too and I am not a Dems. What would you be willing to stand in line that long for?

People stand in line longer than that to audition for American Idol. They stand in line longer for Aerosmith concert tickets.

FromTexas · Jan 30, 2005

Penn said:
Did you hear on CNN that they are estimating 60-70 percent of the Iraqi population is voting, yet here in the U.S. only a mere fraction of Iraqis are voting for their country's future?

99.9% of our country voices their opinions regularly on how this country should be run, but only a fraction of those vote. :shrug:

Animal · Jan 30, 2005

vraiblonde said:
Okay, I have a question:

If the Iraqis over here are still Iraqi citizens, I can see them voting via absentee ballot. But how can someone who was born here be able to vote just because their father is an Iraqi citizen? Would they maybe hold dual citizenship or something?

That's probably how it is being done. Many countries offer citizenship via parental connection versus being natural born.

Polls are now open in Iraq.

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