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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Part of the fun is that red states are gerrymandered in such a way as to give the Republicans a House majority when they command less than a majority of the popular vote.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"When was the last time it presented an issue on the opposite side, though? Potential for abuse is not the same as actual abuse.
I mean, both sides may engage in voting shenanigans from time to time, but you can't take one party's national agenda and declare in the absence of evidence that the other side engages in the same acts, washing your hands of responsibility for the problem thereby.
edited 26th Aug '13 7:41:19 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The same goes for you however. You can't handwave Democratic gerrymandering because the Republicans do it as well.
You know,
like how Illinois
has two of the most textbook college used Democratic gerrymandered districts in the country. The same ones that let your party strangle the shit out of an entire state on behalf of Chicago?
Some Maryland for good measure.
Gerrymandering is a problem across the board that needs to be addressed, but specifically bitching about one side doing it when your side does it just as much is rather disingenuous. I just sometimes get an overwhelming tune from you of "Well the Democrats are obviously the good guys, so when they do the same skeevy things as the Republicans it's not as bad, because the GOP are outright evil."
Newsflash, the Democrats and the Republicans are both out to fuck us. They aren't all that different at the end of the day, and the end doesn't justify the means. What we need to be doing is getting pissed off about it and trying to change things. If we could fix the system, then the people who are responsible for addressing our problems might actually address them.
edited 26th Aug '13 7:55:15 PM by Barkey
I am in favor of across-the-board solutions to it, in case it wasn't clear. If the makeup of the House does not reflect the demographics of the nation, there is something wrong.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"‘Mini-IRS’: Donald Trump Says Obama Had Role In New York Lawsuit
edited 26th Aug '13 8:01:53 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016On a more historical note:
This is an argument I've advanced before. It's also why my recommendation for progress is elect Democrats, and then cow them into submission with direct action (strikes, protests, community organization, and boycotts, in order of increasing frequency).
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.So in a sense, Republicans in power answer to a vocal minority with extremist views, whereas Democrats in power answer to a much broader base of constituents, but neither can be trusted to run things without being reminded of who they serve on a regular basis.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"That's been observed before. It's pretty sad, actually.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Please provide context for your links. And that's hardly anything new. Superpower status isn't all it's cracked up to be, and we can't be the world's mommy forever.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Frankly, the job seems designed to ensure that the President does as little of actual substance as possible.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Obama: MLK 'would like' ObamaCare
Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) Coburn: 'I am a global warming denier'
Jesse Jackson: 'Tea party is the resurrection of the Confederacy'
edited 27th Aug '13 1:26:36 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016The US no longer being the world's undisputed superpower doesn't particularly bother me as, by sheer virtue of size and population, the US will always have a voice in the world.
What does worry me is the idea of NO superpower.I don't care who sits the throne , so long as someone does it. Multipolarty has not worked out to well for the world in the past.
... so said every other country. Why do we have a lock on knowing what's best for the planet?
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

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