MineralMan
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Sat Jan-16-10 03:44 PM
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| 13. It still won't happen. It's a tradition thing. What might just be |
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possible, though, is a return to the filibuster as it was originally. That might just get through, and would have pretty much the same effect as ending it altogether.
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| -If the system is broken, what do we do to fix it??? |
Ozymanithrax |
Jan-16-10 03:25 PM |
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Educate locally. All elections are local. |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 03:29 PM |
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Actually, I think politics works like religion in the maze of the mind... |
Ozymanithrax |
Jan-16-10 03:47 PM |
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Sad truth |
Jkid |
Jan-16-10 06:58 PM |
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Government seizure of the corporations. |
timeforpeace |
Jan-16-10 03:29 PM |
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Ain't happening. |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 03:30 PM |
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That amounts to a full blown civil war and won't happen. |
Ozymanithrax |
Jan-16-10 03:40 PM |
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Own shares in publicly traded companies and vote those shares according to your values. |
sharesunited |
Jan-16-10 03:57 PM |
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End the fucking filibuster. |
liberalpragmatist |
Jan-16-10 03:31 PM |
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To do that, we'll need a 2/3 majority. |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 03:35 PM |
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Not exactly |
liberalpragmatist |
Jan-16-10 03:42 PM |
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It still won't happen. It's a tradition thing. What might just be |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 03:44 PM |
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"It won't happen." |
liberalpragmatist |
Jan-16-10 03:48 PM |
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Having marched in Selma in 1965, I know about civil rights |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 06:53 PM |
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Agreed. |
liberalpragmatist |
Jan-17-10 01:39 AM |
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Filibuster |
Kalun D |
Jan-17-10 02:25 AM |
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Good idea but you need 66 votes in the Senate to end the fillibuster... |
Ozymanithrax |
Jan-16-10 03:41 PM |
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See above |
liberalpragmatist |
Jan-16-10 03:43 PM |
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That is a good point cogently made |
treestar |
Jan-16-10 03:50 PM |
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#1, amend the constitution to remove the electoral college |
WeDidIt |
Jan-16-10 03:35 PM |
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Impossible. You need 2/3 of congress and |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 03:37 PM |
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Two possibilities |
liberalpragmatist |
Jan-16-10 03:47 PM |
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Do it or the system remains the same |
WeDidIt |
Jan-16-10 03:49 PM |
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Actually what you really would need is proportional representation |
liberalpragmatist |
Jan-16-10 03:59 PM |
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That system has led to the USA having a black President. |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 06:55 PM |
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It's funny how, in your world, *EVERYTHING* is impossible. |
Tesha |
Jan-17-10 01:08 PM |
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Mineral Man #7 is right. It is near impossible to ammend the Constitution. |
Ozymanithrax |
Jan-16-10 03:44 PM |
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I don't think the system is the problem. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jan-16-10 03:45 PM |
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See my #1. That's the only solution. |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 03:47 PM |
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Then who do we fix the voters? |
Ozymanithrax |
Jan-16-10 03:48 PM |
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If I knew how to fix 'em, they wouldn't be a problem. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jan-16-10 03:53 PM |
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Education. |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 06:55 PM |
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I think that's true |
treestar |
Jan-16-10 03:52 PM |
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The voters clearly indicated they wanted major changes in the last election.. |
Fumesucker |
Jan-17-10 01:52 AM |
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They've gotten lots of change. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jan-17-10 02:23 PM |
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I have no control over what my fellow voters do.. |
Fumesucker |
Jan-17-10 04:28 PM |
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and Obama can't control other Senators either, the Dems are elected the same way Republicans are |
JI7 |
Jan-17-10 08:42 PM |
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I think Obama could have made far more use of "the bully pulpit".. |
Fumesucker |
Jan-17-10 09:30 PM |
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Primary every incumbent |
notesdev |
Jan-16-10 04:17 PM |
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Utter nonsense. |
MineralMan |
Jan-16-10 06:56 PM |
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It's a set of structural problems that are unfixable |
depakid |
Jan-16-10 06:57 PM |
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Election Reform. |
crispini |
Jan-16-10 07:00 PM |
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kicked and recommended |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-17-10 01:40 AM |
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They can start by reinstating Glass-Steagall, putting the public option back in the health insurance |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-17-10 01:46 AM |
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Shorten The Campaign Season. |
KharmaTrain |
Jan-17-10 01:57 AM |
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Organize grassroots demonstrations? |
renegade000 |
Jan-17-10 02:04 AM |
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Find People... |
voc |
Jan-17-10 02:11 AM |
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It is NOT a grass roots problem: it's the people who get in office and their $$$ masters |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-17-10 02:12 AM |
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A vareity of things |
Juche |
Jan-17-10 02:16 AM |
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organize & resist. it's as simple & difficult as that. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-17-10 04:55 AM |
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Good question |
okie |
Jan-17-10 06:08 AM |
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Armed struggle. n/t |
leeroysphitz |
Jan-17-10 08:45 PM |
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Change th maximum poltical donation to $1. |
LostInAnomie |
Jan-17-10 08:46 PM |
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I am at the point where I am gritting my teeth and waiting for the USA to learn |
Mari333 |
Jan-17-10 08:46 PM |
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Nothing we do will fix anything until we have fair elections |
happy_liberal |
Jan-17-10 11:36 PM |
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Public campaign financing. |
suede1 |
Jan-18-10 12:03 AM |
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A few ideas |
Lurks Often |
Jan-18-10 01:00 AM |
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