Comments on: Electoral College Blowout

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:15:33 +0000

Hmm, I’ll have to re-calculate. I do have a transcontinental map at least.

By: Dan tdaxp

Dan tdaxp — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:08:09 +0000

Thanks for all the great comments! But I need to confess I overestimated by Electoral Count by 5 electors — I’ve never been to West Virginia, so (like Obama) I have something of an Appalachian problem!

Deichmans,

As any true patriot will tell you, the so-called “State of North Dakota” is merely those counties north of the Seventh Standard Parallel under the criminal rule of the Bismarck Regime… obviously a front for Kaiserine Imperialists, William Lind, and other troublemakers.

As soon as the “warlord provinces” are recovered, we can proceed to enforcing our claim to the Duluth Corridor that will provide Dakota with access to the sea, and then enjoy our rightful place in the sun!

fl,

Congrats on your coming victory!

Adam,

Family- or friend- purchases count as well. So when I took Biz out to Ohio to buy him lunch (and claim those electoral votes for myself), he earned them too.

Ortho,

We didn’t hope the streetcar to Fiserhman’s Wharf, because we were worried about being delayed by security once we returned to SFO. (We shouldn’t've been… it was wicked fast.) Still, the scenery was gorgeous, and I know understand why people by Clear Cards! [1]

[1] http://www.flyclear.com/

By: ortho stice

ortho stice — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:27:15 +0000

I was in San Francisco for a conference a few weeks ago. In fact, in your first photo, if you turned around, you would see where the conference was held, the Hyatt Regency. But, more importantly, did you take the 15-minute walk down to Fisherman’s Wharf (Pier 39) to see the Sea Lions? When I saw them, they were barking-up a storm.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:38:29 +0000

Ouch, the new rules drop me down to 187. That’s what I get for letting my parents cover the snacks tab on road trips.

By: fl

fl — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:36:18 +0000

I am only at 253, still a bit short of the goal. But I’ll be on a panel at a conference in Los Angeles in March, which I suppose will officially make me president of the United States.

By: deichmans

deichmans — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:04:18 +0000

Alas, I’m still North Dakota shy of a unanimous victory…. (And any thoughts of bounding up from your wedding reception in SD were summarily dashed when I realized it would have added 300+ miles to the Meademobile!)

Neat pix from the Embarcadero. If you look closely, thru the fog beneath the Bay Bridge, you just may see the tip of Alameda — the town where I grew up.

The Governator thanks you for your sales tax dollars as you make the Republic a “Red State”! Now to get you through the Rockies and the Continental Divide… (And never mind those tiny states in the northeast — out west we call those “counties”!

By: Dan tdaxp

Dan tdaxp — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:09:29 +0000

To count a state, you need to buy something or sleep overnight, neither in an airport. Thus, if I hadn’t gone to San Francisco, Cali wouldn’t've counted.

I think Biz came up with the idea…

By: fl

fl — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:40:43 +0000

This is a neat idea (and learning tool, too) … do airports count or not? Texas would sure give me a whole lotta “votes,” but I’ve only been through George W. Bush Airport in Houston, and have never been atop real Texas dirt.

By: Dan tdaxp

Dan tdaxp — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:08:04 +0000

I’d love to see your map!

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:03:56 +0000

Hmm, I have more total states, but I only win by 8 EVs. That’s what I get for growing up in the Mountain West.