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...members emphasized the need to maintain a central student organization within IOP even after the dissolution...
...then, the crown jewel of the voting fiasco, the ineptly designed Palm Beach "butterfly" ballot, a ballot that caused thousands of primarily minority voters to wail that they may have given their precious vote to (gasp!) Pat Buchanan. Even Pat "The Nazi" Buchanan admits that these votes were not for him (probably out of some sort of desire to keep all of his votes "ethnically pure"), but we need not just take his word for it. Statisticians put the probability that fewer than 1743 (the margin between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Gore before this first recount...
...comes down to accountability: If Amazon.com loses a small but noticeable percentage of its business, it may very well go under, but if election officials lose a similar number of votes as a consequence of ineptitude, it usually won't matter too much. In fact we wouldn't normally even hear about it. Well, now it does matter and we are hearing about it. The gross and inaccurate workings of the election system are laid bare...
...report also argues convincingly that these policies would benefit the U.S. even if global climate change and greenhouse gas emissions were not of concern. In addition to the lower emissions, a reduced reliance on oil imports would improve America's trade balance and reduce our vulnerability to supply constraints and oil price shocks. Also, U.S. industries that produce efficient and clean technologies to meet climate policy goals would be poised to capture a large share of the rapidly growing world markets for these technologies. And cutting fossil fuel use would reduce air pollutants, thereby improving public health and reducing damage...
Gore was wildly successful in his early career in Tennessee politics, winning five terms in the U.S. House and two terms in the U.S. Senate. He even won the 1988 Democratic presidential primary in Tennessee--part of his failed first bid for the presidency...