IRC log for #utah on 20121106

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00:12.57jimayoutah: bring a shovel when we meet up; we'll see how you enjoy it.
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02:43.03dandkburthello
03:03.26shalkieThere are peoples... They are just likely to be doing that "monday" night thing.
03:03.32shalkieNo, not football...
03:03.43shalkietries to beat everyone to the punch.
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15:55.46fadeinHappy Election Day!
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15:56.16fadeinI'll take your collective silence to mean that you're all out casting your ballots
15:56.57Q_Continuumhahaha
15:57.00Q_ContinuumThat is after work.
16:02.47Migsthis year, it's kind of silly to vote if you live in Utah. As if we don't all know who'll get the electoral vote.
16:03.12fadeinMigs: yeah, because there aren't any local offices up for the contest
16:03.23MigsI meant presidential obviously
16:03.35MigsI always vote in local elections
16:04.06maheliousgotta do my part to keep Hatch down.
16:04.16macnewboldMigs: there are a lot of other things on the ballots besides presidential race
16:04.17macnewboldwe have a governor too, county mayor, county council, constitutional amendments, etc.
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16:04.52MigsI don't understand why Hatch keeps getting re-elected
16:05.14fadeinbecause inertia
16:05.25maheliousthe incumbent effect.
16:05.26Migshe's been a senator longer than half the people in Utah have been alive. They probably just see him as a permanent fixture.
16:06.03fadeininterestingly, in my own ward, whenever someone speaks their opinion on Hatch it is negative
16:06.11fadeinI've heard that many, many times from members
16:06.43Migsrelevance?
16:07.06fadeincounterintuitive to the "he gets elected b/c he's a mormon"
16:07.27fadeinstereotype
16:07.33Migswho thinks that?
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16:10.52fadeinThere was a flyer (I think, I can't find the original right now) from the Howell campaign that said that Orrin is too old and may not survive this next term
16:10.58fadeinhttp://www.inquisitr.com/335425/senator-orrin-hatch-opponent-vote-for-me-because-he-might-die/
16:11.44fadeinAnyway, the Hatch campaign countered with something along the lines of "many of the LDS apostles are older than me, and they do a good job"
16:12.23fadeinso folks took that as a pandering-to-the-base kind of remark
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16:19.06unummost people who go to the polls today in utah will go to vote for mitt romney
16:19.16unumthey do not know or understand any of the other candidates
16:19.38unumthey will show up to vote for mitt and against obama they will vote straight ticket,  they will not even see hatch's name
16:20.00unumthey will walk up to the machine, they will see the republican option and they will press it
16:20.19unumall their votes will be filled in they will make sure mitt romney is checked and they they'll bush the vote button
16:20.29unumwith out even thinking about senator orrin hatch
16:20.36unumand that is how he gets reelected
16:21.30unummy last facebook post was discouraging people from voting for candidates they have not met or at least researched
16:23.37eightyeightindeed
16:23.53eightyeighti had the most polarizing conversation with my brother and father last night
16:24.33eightyeighti mentioned who i would like to see on the democratic and republican tickets for 2016, and i got massive scorn for my democratic pick
16:24.58eightyeightwhen i pushed back on who they would like to see on the democratic ticket, i got blank stares, and verbal stumbling
16:25.30eightyeightthey have _no_ clue who is on the democratic congress, house, or elsewhere
16:25.46eightyeightit was clear to me they view the world through rose-colored glasses, and are perfectly happy with their views
16:26.10eightyeightthe remote possiblily that you can be educated on both sides of the aisle is not possible in their mind
16:26.26eightyeightit's right vs wrong, good vs evil
16:26.36eightyeightvery, very frustrating
16:27.16eightyeightit's equally as annoying to see people who view the world through aqua-colored glasses
16:27.23eightyeightpolarized politics is annoying
16:30.18rsimpkinsWe are the vicitims of the power of our ignorance.
16:30.24unumI share your feelings, but had a hard time splitting my ticket this year, very disappointed with the republican ticket this year
16:30.41unumI voted for snellgrove two years ago, I've never liked mullin
16:31.06unumanyways if anyone has any questions about Ben I'd be happy to answer them :)
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16:33.11youtahharleypig it's an amazing word too!
16:33.40youtahmanithree: youtah: Tom Chapin fan? Or the parent of one? * manithree looks at youtah like he's an alien << lol
16:34.11youtahJima: it's not the shovels fault. I just suck at petting spiders.
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16:37.09saturdayplaceOK nerds. I've never read dune. Should I start in their published order, or what?
16:37.15jimapractice, you'll get there
16:37.18jima(or not)
16:37.41jimais not a nerd, and has never read dune (or watched the movies)
16:38.03youtahI've watched the movie
16:38.10rsimpkinssaturdayplace: I read the first three, then it started getting too strange for me.
16:38.11youtahand we're Geeks, not nerds
16:38.15youtahWe have social skills.
16:38.19jimai caught part of...what was it, children of dune?
16:38.23jimayep. i am a geek.
16:38.34saturdayplaceAhh, I've never made the distinction before.
16:38.40rsimpkinsChildren of dune is where things start getting odd... it goes down from there.
16:38.47jimanerds vs. geeks is srs bznz
16:38.49youtah;-)
16:38.58Jayce^rsimpkins: seriously, *really* odd
16:39.07Q_ContinuumMy father is a nerd.  I'm a geek.  (He wears a pocket protector, I don't)
16:39.20Q_ContinuumI hated Hatch before I moved to Utah.
16:39.27Q_ContinuumAbout a decade ago, in fact.
16:39.33goozbachthe dune books are good
16:39.33jimahttp://gosmellthecoffee.com/files/2010/05/20090921-nerd-venn-diagram.jpg
16:39.34Q_ContinuumSome tech bill he was pushin'
16:39.41jima^ nerds/geeks/dweebs explained
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16:39.49goozbachif you stay with the original
16:40.11Q_ContinuumI recall writing about it, even, for the school newspaper.
16:40.12rsimpkinsQ_Continuum: you mean the one where he thought the federal government should have the ability to blow up your computer?
16:40.19goozbachbrian and kevin j anderson's takes in the dune universe are good, but not dune good
16:40.25Yorokobigoozbach, some of the Dune books written by Frank's son are good, too.
16:40.34jimaat least he never described the internet as a series of tubes ;-)
16:40.37Q_Continuumrsimpkins: I forget what it was.
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16:40.58goozbachgo into those with the same mindset as a pulp starwars book and you'll enjoy them fine
16:41.08goozbachjust don't expect the heady stuff of frank
16:41.16YorokobiI was okay with them until I got to Paul of Dune. I stopped there.
16:41.55Q_Continuumrsimpkins: Yes, that was it.
16:42.02youtahThat is an excellent diagram
16:42.31rsimpkinsQ_Continuum: I guess that is his idea of limited government power.
16:44.52Q_ContinuumHeh
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16:55.17manithreeLines were LONG at Orem City Center to vote
17:01.13manithreersimpkins: That's Hatch's idea of protecting his CD sales
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17:04.24Nemusearly voting is where  its at
17:04.28Nemusin and out 5 minutes
17:04.43saturdayplaceseconds
17:05.01manithreeOne of my friends was voting today because she said the lines were longer Friday.
17:05.02saturdayplaceVote early, vote often. Or something like that.
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17:07.54Q_ContinuumUgh.  Did not get research on choices.
17:07.55Q_Continuumlol
17:11.50unumI love absentee voting
17:12.05unumplenty of time to sit down and research candidates/issues
17:12.11unumand no diebold voting machines
17:12.55jimaunum: NO KIDDING
17:13.02unumas someone who writes software to report on people's political views for a living, I'll never use those machines
17:13.03jimaabsentee voting = awesome
17:13.44unummy ballot shows up in my mail box a few weeks before election, I fill it out at my leisure while sitting at my desk
17:13.50unumthen send it in
17:14.13Q_ContinuumWell I'm making a text file with my choices, then I'll print/write that out and take it in with me.
17:14.15unumthere are legimate concerns about vote buying but I really wish we did it like oregon
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17:18.16jimaunum: i don't think i'll regular-vote again, if i can help it.
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17:25.03fadeinjima: yeah, I'm totally over regular voting, too
17:25.28fadeinthere's just something about being able to take my sweet time and not feeling like I'm holding up the line
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17:45.49youtahGood crap I can't focus today
17:46.03youtahand the kids (two of the three) have croup.
17:46.12youtahI am thinking of just taking PTO today
17:47.37Gateyoutah: parent teacher organization?
17:47.47youtahthat too
17:47.48youtahsure
17:47.49youtahwhy not
17:48.30GateI'm serious; I have no idea what you mean by PTO
17:48.47unumPaid Time Off
17:48.48youtahPTO = Personal Time Off
17:48.54unumeither way....
17:48.55youtahyeah, or that too
17:49.23youtahit's essentially vacation and sick leave accrued hours combined into one
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18:32.22Q_ContinuumSo.  US Senate voting choices.
18:34.47Q_ContinuumBill Barron seems focused on carbon tax, and a steadily-climbing tax at that.  Single-issue candidate, doesn't talk about anything else.  Either too focused, or not willing to admit the rest.
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18:37.01unummost likely running just to raise awareness, knows he has no chance, no need to develop other opinions
18:37.11Q_ContinuumDon't like Hatch's technology stance on stuff in the past and now
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18:37.40Q_Continuum(Don't know enough on his other stuff, but career politicians are generally not good)
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18:39.17Q_ContinuumDon't agree with half of Howell's "Utah Values" (the religious side of it)
18:40.08Q_ContinuumBut is the most 'likely' candidate against Hatch
18:40.40Q_ContinuumHaun McCausland's 110% Flash site is beyond annoying
18:40.44Q_ContinuumShaun McCausland's 110% Flash site is beyond annoying
18:41.25Q_ContinuumThis is the only seat I'm having serious trouble settling on.
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18:48.15Q_ContinuumDown to Shaun McCausland, Scott Howell, and Daniel Geery. Hrm.
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19:26.44errstr-just fantastic: http://factcheck.org/2012/11/the-2012-factcheck-awards/
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19:26.55Migshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72YG2DhWHmE
19:50.49maheliousq_Continuum: did Barron drop out?
19:51.35Q_ContinuumI have no idea.
19:51.51Q_ContinuumI'm looking at the state's "sample ballot" page
19:52.18dandkburtno
19:52.37dandkburtwhen I went and voted 30 minuts ago I seen that name
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20:50.29Gatethat's hilarious
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22:22.28Snoopyhi there
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