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In reply to the discussion: We just watch what they do, then do the opposite. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)46. It's more difficult here
With the Senate giving some state disproportionate power to their population. Supermajority requirements. And the filibuster's abuse.
The Parliamentary system lets things get done faster. If a party has power, it can't be stopped. But our system is designed that things don't change without overwhelming support. We have to factor that in.
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nothing to do with morans; more to do with big money & big power operating behind the scenes.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#13
in finland it's sa-oo-na. not in the US. loan words are almost nowhere pronounced exactly
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#14
as i said, finnish has borrowed lots of words from other languages, and the finns pronounce them
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#17
some people make a big deal out of nothing. language isn't a fixed thing. the finns have borrowed
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#20
you lived in an area with finnish immigrants. that's why they pronounce it in the finnish way.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#37
the american pronunciation is the pronunciation of most americans. which is 'sawna'. pronouncing
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#43
Who says that most americans prounouce it SAWnah? You? Maybe around you they do.
Thor_MN
Jan 2013
#44
And note that all of those failed American strategies are cornerstones of Conservativism.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#5
Endemically failed strategies are the prices we gladly pay for the joys of living in a right-wing-
indepat
Jan 2013
#7
The one that most infuriates me is the last one. We send thieves to prison unless..
BlueJazz
Jan 2013
#15
it's almost comical the way this country choses the exactly wrong solutions to its problems
KG
Jan 2013
#24
We refuse to learn from others who have successfully attempted what we're facing.
gateley
Jan 2013
#39