The Friday Five

[Jax]

1. What types of portable audio devices do you use?
A 20gb Creative Zen Sleek Photo
2. What format of music do you listen to most often?
It's a tie between cd & mp3.
3. How do you get your electronic music files? (pay service [i.e Napster, iTunes, eMusic, etc.], file sharing, artist/label web sites, etc.)
Rip them from my cds.
4. What type of headphones do you use?
Some relatively cheap ones that don't even have a brand name on them *shrug*.
5. What song are you listening to right now?
Some new fan club cd material to be named at a later date.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Hi 5's Jax and everyone else who has a Zen

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

D.C. Cooper is the only dude I know with a Zen. I remember him being all wasted and trying to get the files off an old one, it was sweet.

 

[Jax]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

 

[Burnout]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?

Yes

2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?

Probably eighteen.

3. Do you vote in every election?

I try to.

4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?

The Democrats usually seem the most reasonable and sane of the two major American parties. They might not get a lot done, but they usually seem more reasonable.

5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

At the moment I'd have to go with Obama. I'd also be happy with Huckabee not getting anywhere near Washington and the more I read about Ron Paul's positions on issues, the more he scares me.

 

[noble savage]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

1) Yes
2) 19
3) Yes
4) I'm a democrat but these days I don't identify with them so much. Or any other party for that matter.
5) Richard Dawkins..

 

[DoomsdayZach]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

Have you seen the off topic thread Jax? It's incredible... And by the way, i put in a request to have it split to its own topic in the event that it does get heated (though so far so good... i'm proud of everyone)

On to the friday fizziddy five.

1. Are you registered to vote?

Yes

2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?

Eeek... trying to do the math... maybe 20? 19? 18? not sure, don't know what it was for either. the last election would have been when i was 20 so that may have been it, though i may have done it earlier as well.

3. Do you vote in every election?

No. I vote in the ones that are of some importance to me (presidential, state officials, etc) but a lot of the statewide ones i don't bother voting in.

4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?

I guess democrats, but i don't like their politics much. I wish there was a happy, less religious medium between the two.

Actually, i wish we had a strict athiest for president. Still had good moral values, but denied any God. I just think the comedy would be unmatched.

5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

John Edwards. But i'll keep dreaming. Here's to hoping for an Obama / Edwards campaign.

 

[Horus]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

1. I thought I was, but apparently, I wasn't.
2. When I was in 2nd grade, we voted for the class president.
3. I would if this wasn't my first year that I'm able to vote.
4. I want to say that I just agree with who I agree with, but very rarely do I agree with Republican Policies, so I'm Democrat.
5. I plan on voting Obama, but the *Point Point Clap Clap* thing is fun. So I'm gonna vote for Dr. Steel.

 

[Beelzebub]

1. Are you registered to vote?
Yes

2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
18

3. Do you vote in every election?
For midterms and presidential elections.

4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
I'm with Zach on this one.

5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?
Obama.

 

[Meedleyx10]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

1. Yes
2. Haven't yet, this time around will be my first
3. Every presidential election at least, I probably wont get into local voting until I'm actually in one place and know I will be there long enough to bother
4. I honestly can't answer that because I'm pretty split down the middle and I'd have to break it down on an issue-to-issue basis.
5. Haven't come to a solid decision yet. I don't want Hillary or Huckabee and both Obama and McCain have their positives and negatives. (Note: If i could choose anyone, it would probably be none of the above...but I'm thinking realistically here)

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

1) Yes
2) 1985
3) I try to, I have missed a few local elections....
4) None
5) Frank Zappa

 

[EyeballKid]

1. Are you registered to vote?
Yes

2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
18

3. Do you vote in every election?
Just presidential elections.

4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
I try to be neither. I like the middle.

5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?
Jon Stewart

 

[Phanto]

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

1 Yes
2 18
3 Uh, I've voted once
4 Moderaterna
5 Not any celebrity at least

 

[Kenneth R.]

1. Are you registered to vote?
Yes
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
In 2004 I was 19.
3. Do you vote in every election?
Yes.
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
None. If one MUST label me (I insist that labels are a failed assignation) then I would most closely fit a social democratist. Which isn't a party.
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?
At the moment, no one alive. Barack Obama is the best of the choices we have, but if I could include dead people, I might re-elect Lincoln or Kennedy. Their contributions were not only positive but monumental for humanity as a global community, not just nationally. The freedom of a race and the conquering of the moon. What has dwarfed these since?

 

[proulxski]

1. Are you registered to vote? Yes!
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time? 18!
3. Do you vote in every election? No, not always, we have alot of elections here in quebec, based on language issues, and I think its BS! So I often don't vote, but If I feel its important I will!
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with? oi
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose? Stan Lee (Stanley Martin Lieber) 'nuff said!

 

[clover]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

1. Seeing as it's compulsory here, yes.
2. I turned 18 in 1979, so whenever the first state or federal election was after that.
3. Again, it's compulsory, so yes.
4. Here in Aussieland, Labor.
5. Kevin Rudd has only been in the job since November, and so far, he's doing ok. Definitely none of the current state premiers. I say, give the job to Peter Garrett...

 

[Sabin17]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

1. Sent in my voter registration papers a couple weeks ago.
2. I'll be 20 when I vote next month
3. Only if there's someone worth voting for
4. I've always considered myself Republican, but that's changed over the years
5. Ron Paul (U.S.A.)

 

[greenaxer]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

1. Yup
2. 18
3. Just presidential elections, and the local ones back home.
4. Democrat, although I don't agree with some of their positions.
5. With the choices we have right now, Obama.

 

[Wander]

None. If one MUST label me (I insist that labels are a failed assignation) then I would most closely fit a social democratist. Which isn't a party.

It is in Finland!
Anyway...
1. Are you registered to vote?

Nope

2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?

Nothing really official yet, I have voted for many things though

3. Do you vote in every election?

I wouldn't.

4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?

Can't say for sure yet. The green party is alright and from the bigger one's (Finland), I guess Social Democratic Party would be my choice.

 

[progmetaldan]

Try to keep this one civil, kids..no bickering about anyone's answers.

1. Are you registered to vote?
2. How old were you when you voted for the first time?
3. Do you vote in every election?
4. Which political party do you identify most closely with?
5. If you could choose anyone to run your country, who would you choose?

Can I do one for real, and one pretending I'm American?

Australia:

1. Yes
2. 18, the election last year happened to coincide with my first year of being eligible to vote...
3. Yes
4. Liberal Party, or Family First...
5. I'd have John Howard back, he was doing a great job imo...

If I was American:

1. Lets Pretend
2. I'd be 19
3. Yup
4. No idea, the US system confuses me a little, what with Candidates having to first compete within their own party, and then compete overall... Perhaps someone could give a readers digest version of what each of the parties is generally like?
5. I'd vote for Mike Huckabee and his band, and have Chuck Norris as secretary of defense...