It takes two thirds of both houses of congress to make change.
So what? People just have to elect the politicians that will make the change. The vote by the people, where it counts, works by simple majority. You have to try it before you can convince anybody that it doesn't work. You still can't blame anybody else but the voters. Even their apathy has power over the system, and is effectively exploited by some parties. In fact it's the apathy that props up the corruption everyone pretends to lament. So, really, save your breath, and quit making excuses, or at least be creative make up some new ones.
Yeah you do have majority rule, with a minor variation for the president, but it's still close enough. If the people want to change the system, they can. There is no excuse. The voters are responsible for the people they reelect over and over.
Whatever you want them to mean. Watch how many comments will define them for us. There will be hundreds of variations. It's like those old ladies that make quilts, but at least they end up with a quilt.
You didn't pay attention. If you don't reelect the "experienced" politician, the lobbyist has to make a new attempt on the next one. And if the next one fails, he is supposed to be voted out also. It's up to the voters to fix the problem. Nobody else can do it. With current reelection rates, there is no incentive to fix anything.
How about just not reelecting them? Only we can turn over the house 100% instead of the usual 5 or 10, every two years the opportunity stares us in the face... It's worth a try, don't you think?
This is what the Democrats need to do, go down the list of popular bills congress should pass, send them to the senate so the electorate can watch them go down in flames thanks to Mitch McConnell.
*sigh* such a waste. First, the democrats don't want to upset their big money donors either. They know how to kill a popular bill as well as anybody. Let's not fall for the *good cop - bad cop* routine. If there was opposition we would see it. Second, the voters will always believe campaign promises made by their team, not voting records.
Just like last year, another opportunity to clean the House will be squandered next year. Until we are ready to do our duty and get rid of the trash, there is little point in arguing amongst ourselves about policy.
I wonder how the weight redistribution will effect the earth's spin... We'll end up on our side like Neptune, all the water will go the bottom. Then the weather will get real exciting!
That's a bunch of garbage. What Somalia has is absolute violence, much of it used to suppress free speech.
One thing for sure, the words no law leave no room for exceptions. Few things in the English language could be more absolute. All judges that have violated those exact words should be removed from the bench.
Eh, who cares? It's just a bunch of monkey chatter anyway...
I kinda wonder if mathematics isn't expressed better through music than all those number and stuff. Sometimes an error is easier to hear than it is to see.
It's funny how Venezuela was the shining socialist success story - right up until the point where they ran out of other people's money.
Eh, shit can happen when you pin your fortunes on the commodities market. The Americans very mafioso economic blockade doesn't exactly make things any easier.
I thought slipping in socialist Sweden was a funny potshot for the explicit purpose of starting this little sidetracked thread here. Worked like a charm...
All the power and dominance come from the users. It is by their choice. Don't confuse this with real monopolies, where the wire has become the new railroad.
Facebook, for example demands that you MUST allow their creepy "targeted" ads.
Even if you don't use Facebook? How do they do that?
There is no need to interfere with content providers. There's too many of them to choose from. The users can turn Facebook into the next MySpace the moment they want and use something else. Real censorship is happening at the ISP level. That is what we need to attack.
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I miss the old /. days when math wasn't hard for commenters.
Yes, do tell! Back at ya, friend! It's been a slice!
It takes two thirds of both houses of congress to make change.
So what? People just have to elect the politicians that will make the change. The vote by the people, where it counts, works by simple majority. You have to try it before you can convince anybody that it doesn't work. You still can't blame anybody else but the voters. Even their apathy has power over the system, and is effectively exploited by some parties. In fact it's the apathy that props up the corruption everyone pretends to lament. So, really, save your breath, and quit making excuses, or at least be creative make up some new ones.
Yeah you do have majority rule, with a minor variation for the president, but it's still close enough. If the people want to change the system, they can. There is no excuse. The voters are responsible for the people they reelect over and over.
"Libertarianism" and "Socialism" mean what?
Whatever you want them to mean. Watch how many comments will define them for us. There will be hundreds of variations. It's like those old ladies that make quilts, but at least they end up with a quilt.
So, when majority rule fails, what's the backup plan?
You didn't pay attention. If you don't reelect the "experienced" politician, the lobbyist has to make a new attempt on the next one. And if the next one fails, he is supposed to be voted out also. It's up to the voters to fix the problem. Nobody else can do it. With current reelection rates, there is no incentive to fix anything.
How about just not reelecting them? Only we can turn over the house 100% instead of the usual 5 or 10, every two years the opportunity stares us in the face... It's worth a try, don't you think?
They have to deny it. Otherwise the government can order them to do it any time they want.
There is literally nothing we can extradite him for.
Then it's a plain old kidnapping, isn't it? They usually do that with unknowns, but public opinion will let this one pass.
This is what the Democrats need to do, go down the list of popular bills congress should pass, send them to the senate so the electorate can watch them go down in flames thanks to Mitch McConnell.
*sigh* such a waste. First, the democrats don't want to upset their big money donors either. They know how to kill a popular bill as well as anybody. Let's not fall for the *good cop - bad cop* routine. If there was opposition we would see it. Second, the voters will always believe campaign promises made by their team, not voting records.
Just like last year, another opportunity to clean the House will be squandered next year. Until we are ready to do our duty and get rid of the trash, there is little point in arguing amongst ourselves about policy.
So what? That has nothing to do with the price of rice. Turn your back, and vote for somebody else.
We better put the earth on a diet!
I wonder how the weight redistribution will effect the earth's spin... We'll end up on our side like Neptune, all the water will go the bottom. Then the weather will get real exciting!
That's a bunch of garbage. What Somalia has is absolute violence, much of it used to suppress free speech.
One thing for sure, the words no law leave no room for exceptions. Few things in the English language could be more absolute. All judges that have violated those exact words should be removed from the bench.
It's like Scotty, How else can they keep their reputation as a miracle worker?
The repair needs two weeks. I'll have it done in six hours
Does it kill fungus if you "fumigate" the room/building?
Fucking hypocrite.
Oh please! He's a businessman. What's the big deal?
Sorry, this ain't "private"...
Now they own the pipe, and that makes a big difference. It's up to us to make sure access is not restricted by content.
Third, and please try to keep up here, we don't allow psychopathic individuals or organizations to make or enforce policies.
OY! If only I could give a thousand "Funny" mods for that one!
Go to the hospital, you roll the dice. Good luck...
Hey! Don't be giving me shit over this comment. This is how they roll. May as well tell you you're on your own. The state exists to protect business!
Eh, who cares? It's just a bunch of monkey chatter anyway...
I kinda wonder if mathematics isn't expressed better through music than all those number and stuff. Sometimes an error is easier to hear than it is to see.
socialist Sweden
Not confusing at all. It was a mathematically crafted summary to generate two threads for the price of one.
It's funny how Venezuela was the shining socialist success story - right up until the point where they ran out of other people's money.
Eh, shit can happen when you pin your fortunes on the commodities market. The Americans very mafioso economic blockade doesn't exactly make things any easier.
I thought slipping in socialist Sweden was a funny potshot for the explicit purpose of starting this little sidetracked thread here. Worked like a charm...
All the power and dominance come from the users. It is by their choice. Don't confuse this with real monopolies, where the wire has become the new railroad.
Facebook, for example demands that you MUST allow their creepy "targeted" ads.
Even if you don't use Facebook? How do they do that?
There is no need to interfere with content providers. There's too many of them to choose from. The users can turn Facebook into the next MySpace the moment they want and use something else. Real censorship is happening at the ISP level. That is what we need to attack.