Trump is the iceberg, the Democratic party is the Titanic, and progressives are the lifeboat

Fogdog

Fogdog

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twostrokenut said:
"voters in small states an outsized voice".

Like Wyoming, which per capita is way more productive than California?

So you don't agree our congressional structure of two houses is the best compromise of being represented equally and by populous. Furthermore, if you research your own position a little more you will realize that you don't believe in a local state boundary at all, just one large all encompassing state.
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You don't read very well. I absolutely agree that the Senate is the check on power of more populous regions as it should be.

The President of the United States ought to be the the selected leader of the people of the United States, not the selected leader of small states. The house was supposed to represent proportional to population. But gerrymandering is stifling the majority. The die is pretty much cast that most states will have small populations and a few will have large ones until something changes to bring more prosperity to rural areas. It's absurd that there is no voice for the majority in Washington today.

If enough EC votes are pledged to the majority winner in the presidential race, then this absurdity will end. 165 EC votes are in the bag, 105 more to go.

I don't do libertarian speak and can't follow your theological argument about state boundaries.
 
SneekyNinja

SneekyNinja

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Fogdog said:
You don't read very well. I absolutely agree that the Senate is the check on power of more populous regions as it should be.

The President of the United States ought to be the the selected leader of the people of the United States, not the selected leader of small states. The house was supposed to represent proportional to population. But gerrymandering is stifling the majority. The die is pretty much cast that most states will have small populations and a few will have large ones until something changes to bring more prosperity to rural areas. It's absurd that there is no voice for the majority in Washington today.

If enough EC votes are pledged to the majority winner in the presidential race, then this absurdity will end. 165 EC votes are in the bag, 105 more to go.

I don't do libertarian speak and can't follow your theological argument about state boundaries.
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I just wish the Red States would stop needing so much federal welfare.
 
Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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If trump is the iceberg would that make the FDA the North Atlantic?

Bill Maher told his Real Time audience on Friday night, noting that the 14 states with the most painkiller prescriptions per capita all voted for Donald Trump.

"West Virginia was Trump's best state, and in the past six years folks there have downed 780 million hydro- and oxycodone pills. That's 433 pain pills for every person in the state. West Virginia's mascot is a dilated pupil," Maher added. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a52445/bill-maher-pillbillies/
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a52445/bill-maher-pillbillies/
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a52445/bill-maher-pillbillies/
Thats $7.8 Billion on the black market.
 
Fogdog

Fogdog

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Grandpapy said:
If trump is the iceberg would that make the FDA the North Atlantic?

Bill Maher told his Real Time audience on Friday night, noting that the 14 states with the most painkiller prescriptions per capita all voted for Donald Trump.

"West Virginia was Trump's best state, and in the past six years folks there have downed 780 million hydro- and oxycodone pills. That's 433 pain pills for every person in the state. West Virginia's mascot is a dilated pupil," Maher added.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a52445/bill-maher-pillbillies/
Thats $7.8 Billion on the black market.
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Might that opiate epidemic be in part due to economic stress? All the wellness signs are flashing alert status for much of the rural white population. Life expectancy is down, drug addiction is up, obesity rate is up, suicide rate is up. Isn't laughing and making light of their situation exactly what those same rural whites do when they talk about inner city African Americans? I didn't much care for it when they laughed at urban city poor. I guess turnabout is fair play but I can't overlook the tragedy.
 
Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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Fogdog said:
Might that opiate epidemic be in part due to economic stress? All the wellness signs are flashing alert status for much of the rural white population. Life expectancy is down, drug addiction is up, obesity rate is up, suicide rate is up. Isn't laughing and making light of their situation exactly what those same rural whites do when they talk about inner city African Americans? I didn't much care for it when they laughed at urban city poor. I guess turnabout is fair play but I can't overlook the tragedy.
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Maher is rather crass and insensitive (for a laugh) instead of further educating his audience.
Baby steps I suppose.
 
abalonehx

abalonehx

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Who's Leonardo DeCraprio? Sean Spicer? I wish KellyAnne looked like Kate Winslet. She was a hot bbw back then.
But it is like.. a huge shinking ship where the rich get saved and the less fortunate drown.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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abalonehx said:
Who's Leonardo DeCraprio? Sean Spicer? I wish KellyAnne looked like Kate Winslet. She was a hot bbw back then.
But it is like.. a huge shinking ship where the rich get saved and the less fortunate drown.
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Quite. Only they're called 'bailouts' now.
 
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