tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post8060224510882180257..comments2024-03-28T09:13:04.373-04:00Comments on KIKO'S HOUSE: Pardon The Interruption, But American Democracy Is Dying. Will Anyone Notice?Shaun Mullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-66004070066300610102019-03-11T05:47:27.710-04:002019-03-11T05:47:27.710-04:00DefenseLiberal,
I feel your pain. Since our count...DefenseLiberal,<br /><br />I feel your pain. Since our county rejected Andy, he's spent an inordinate amount of time glad-handing in Galena, a town which seems to want to be annexed to Middletown. Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-41412408392417968512019-03-10T14:14:32.301-04:002019-03-10T14:14:32.301-04:00Donald Trump is what we get after decades of negle...Donald Trump is what we get after decades of neglect; of Congress not paying attention to an outdated and broken Electoral College system in need of revision every ten years with the census. The current number of electors should be in the neighborhood of 655; not 538. If the Electoral College had kept pace, Donald Trump would not be President. <br /><br />…. 1929 was the last time Congress set the number of seats in the House of Representatives at 435, based on 1910 census data; the U.S. had 94 million people then. Today we have 328 million people. This is why Donald Trump is President.<br /><br />…. More than 100 seats should be added to the U.S. House of Representatives. That would give citizens across the country “taxation with equal representation”. As it stands now, one Congressman from Wyoming represents 577,000 people; in California the number is 750,000; Colorado 810,000. Why? Because the number of seats in the U.S. House keeps the number of representatives allocated artificially low. <br /><br />…. With one plan afoot, the “Wyoming Rule” plan, Delaware would even have a Congressional seat added (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Rule). <br /><br />…. It will take both the U.S. House and Senate to approve any revisions in the number of seats in the House. I think people in Congress have kicked this can down the road long enough. Donald Trump provides the obvious wake-up call. It would make Congress and the Electoral College far more equitable. And it would be much easier to accomplish than getting a Popular Vote effort past the U.S. Supreme Court, which is where I fear the National Vote for President effort will wind-up, if it is not an amendment to the constitution. Do you think 38 state legislatures would approve an amendment which abolishes the Electoral College? Me neither.<br />Pete Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-90624102947002356962019-03-10T10:04:40.700-04:002019-03-10T10:04:40.700-04:00Oops. Retired Govies dont get social security unle...Oops. Retired Govies dont get social security unless they double dip. They get their government or military pension. My bad.DefenseLiberalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-7933970072887529902019-03-10T09:54:48.102-04:002019-03-10T09:54:48.102-04:00Carol,
I am in MD-01 as well and also have to end...Carol, <br />I am in MD-01 as well and also have to endure the 70's white flight idiots and right wing nut jobs in Harford County who rant about the Government but are mostly retired Govies on social security or feeding at the trough as government contractors. They all voted for the odious Andy Harris. It still amazes me that he convinced the minimum wage oyster shuckers and chicken pluckers down on the Eastern Shore that they really didn't need affordable health care. You can't fix stupid.<br /><br />Sadly, we're stuck with Harris until the idiot base dies off or the Dems in Harford County get out and vote.DefenseLiberalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-46349855642609453502019-03-10T07:29:33.272-04:002019-03-10T07:29:33.272-04:00I want to believe Kristof, but fear I must agree w...I want to believe Kristof, but fear I must agree with you, Shaun. The political nightmare we find ourselves in was not quite unimaginable pre-Orange One, given Mitchie's and others' ("You lie!") disrespect for Barack Obama, elected by an overwhelming majority, and the ignorance of tea party adherents who told the government to keep its hands off Medicare and Social Security, who now seem to be in charge of the Republican Party along with rich disruptive Russians. The complete breakdown of our putative system of checks and balances—I don't know what to do about it. The county I live in voted firmly against sending Rep. Andy Harris back for another term, but we are the small and meek compared to even more conservative Baltimore County. I also see how one can blame the Democrats but tell me then: what is to be done?Carolnoreply@blogger.com