tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post4003988607501135158..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: On the PetitionsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-52672167316658615112016-11-19T20:52:23.216-06:002016-11-19T20:52:23.216-06:00Good for Nevada, I say. At this point, I might ev...Good for Nevada, I say. At this point, I might even be tempted to try some.<br /><br />(I have led a very boring life, pharmaceutically speaking.)<br /><br />--<br /><br />"What do we want?"<br />"Reasoned discourse and respect for evidence!"<br />"When do we want it?"<br />"Anytime would be good!" Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-74196746743406021232016-11-19T15:49:14.121-06:002016-11-19T15:49:14.121-06:00'Nuther troublemaker signing on.
"Down w...'Nuther troublemaker signing on.<br /><br />"Down with Something"<br /><br />"Up with everything"<br /><br />Annnnnnd, at least we here in the soon to be higher than normal state of Nevada legalized that much maligned weed for use to abate the incoming nightmare.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-49934784225092065372016-11-16T07:29:48.368-06:002016-11-16T07:29:48.368-06:00It wouldn't be a coup, simply by virtue of bei...It wouldn't be a coup, simply by virtue of being legal, though it would certainly be perceived as such - the niceties of legal argument would probably be lost in the general outrage. And the consequences laid out here would follow.<br /><br />Getting rid of the EC would be a way to solve this particular problem - and in a political culture that has become entirely Lockean liberal and a technological age that can handle things like long-distance communication it would make sense. It does raise practical issues, though. The EC privileges rural states over urban ones, and I don't see those states being willing to lose their special snowflake status, particularly since the GOP has become the party of white rural males and you add a partisan layer to that divide. The Constitution is deliberately difficult to amend, to avoid the kind of ignorant, heated changes that would otherwise result in monstrosities such as the flag-burning amendment that was popular among the uninformed about a quarter century ago. It does make useful amendments harder too, though.<br /><br />Glad to know you're on the troublemaker list with me. :)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-90613909864726875312016-11-16T03:42:02.512-06:002016-11-16T03:42:02.512-06:00The more interesting petition would be to get rid ...The more interesting petition would be to get rid of the Electoral College. Would be as much work as the ERA.Beatrice Desperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843520699216089362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-40627610971664926802016-11-16T03:41:05.847-06:002016-11-16T03:41:05.847-06:00It would be a "coup d'état." But sig...It would be a "coup d'état." But signing the petition made me feel better, and I knew there was no snowball's chance in hell.I'm on that troublemaker's list alreay.Beatrice Desperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843520699216089362noreply@blogger.com