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The practical effects of a large house of reps would be first more local influence which seems like a good idea, but also more Washington influence by the unelected leadership. Kind of similar to term limits. Less powerful office holders means more powerful behind the scenes folks.
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MattD1zzl3 posted:I don't have a better answer but I think 1300 Congressman seems like a bad idea. It's a lot harder to hold people accountable for doing shady things when nobody has ever heard of them. Hell, i dont even know many congressmen by name today. (Not that im proud of that) Tribune of the Plebs
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I still can't understand any good reason house seasons even need to be attended in person anymore. Have most house members stay in their district most of the time and vote over secure connection.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:00
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It's important for those in Congress to be able to speak to one another in order to create these bills, and it's important for them to be able to do so in person.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:02
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greatn posted:I still can't understand any good reason house seasons even need to be attended in person anymore. Have most house members stay in their district most of the time and vote over secure connection.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:02
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All hail the pissiest president.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:09
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Huzanko posted:If polling does not reflect reality, of what use is the polling? It's like you want to double down on what led to the loss and the only other suggestion is to get rid of the EC via magic or something. God drat liberals have no answers or solutions. How was anyone supposed to know before the elections that all the polls were wrong? Looking back on it with the knowledge of the actual result and the benefit of hindsight, it's clear that the polls were wrong. But before the election, the polls were generally believed to be accurate and there's going to be a lot of study into what went wrong with them. This also has deep implications for the DNC, whose post-Dean strategy was to make more efficient use of their resources by identifying close races, key races, and races they had locked down, and then using that knowledge to hyper-focus and concentrate their efforts where they'll be most effective in winning races. MattD1zzl3 posted:I don't have a better answer but I think 1300 Congressman seems like a bad idea. It's a lot harder to hold people accountable for doing shady things when nobody has ever heard of them. Hell, i dont even know many congressmen by name today. (Not that im proud of that) You only need to know the names of three members of Congress - the House rep for your district and the two Senators for your state. The rest are optional. Hollismason posted:This would cost like 2 billion dollars minimum each year in just salaries. That's, what, ten cruise missiles? I think we can afford it.
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Main Paineframe posted:
Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, Bill Nelson and.... Marco Rubio  (The worst possible representation, so of course everyone up for re-election in 2016 kept their job) MattD1zzl3 fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Nov 26, 2016 |
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Nov 26, 2016 23:15
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 I... I have bad news about American prisons, dude
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Nov 26, 2016 23:20
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:
"Actually you shouldn't be upset with Castro because did you hear that American prisons are bad too?" 
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Nov 26, 2016 23:22
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Main Paineframe posted:That's, what, ten cruise missiles? I think we can afford it. Which I would argue are far more useful than Congress.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:23
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:
Yea I guess if you are counting American Prisons from like 1910 for African Americans sure just as bad otherwise nope
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Nov 26, 2016 23:27
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:
Nice try, but gitmo doesn't have sugar cane fields!
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gently caress SNEEP posted:Nice try, but gitmo doesn't have sugar cane fields!
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Rent-A-Cop posted:Also won't let you starve to death even if you want to. was the rectal feeding done during obama's tenure?
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Magic Hate Ball posted:All hail the pissiest president. Edit: I mean, Duterte seems the obvious comparison but he seems way more confident in what he is doing, even if what he is doing is crazy and makes no sense. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Nov 26, 2016 |
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Nov 26, 2016 23:32
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Condiv posted:was the rectal feeding done during obama's tenure?
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Samurai Sanders posted:Are there any other heads of state in the world today who are as petty and needy as Trump is? Even among developing countries? Kim Jong Un seems pretty needy.
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greatn posted:I still can't understand any good reason house seasons even need to be attended in person anymore. Have most house members stay in their district most of the time and vote over secure connection. Yeah, just have a Congress app. Disrupt the old law-making paradigms with tech based, crowd sourced solutions.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Are there any other heads of state in the world today who are as petty and needy as Trump is? Even among developing countries? The president of South Korea won't make any decisions without running them past her court wizard. There's that.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:47
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Wouldn't you consult your court wizard if you had one?
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Nov 26, 2016 23:49
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Sounds like a great way to deal with members of the CATO institute.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:50
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He's dead, but St. Reagan also consulted his wizard/astrologist.
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PhazonLink posted:He's dead, but St. Reagan also consulted his wizard/astrologist. I'm pretty sure he didn't let his astrologist rewrite his speeches, ban him from wearing certain colors, or blackmail millions of dollars from major corporations. Yes, I know Reagan was a doddering old fool lol, but let's keep things in perspective.
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Hollismason posted:Yea I guess if you are counting American Prisons from like 1910 for African Americans sure just as bad otherwise nope WhiskeyJuvenile posted:I... I have bad news about American prisons, dude  https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/05/16/us/jamycheal-mitchell-hampton-roads-virginia-jail-lawsuit/index.html
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Mustached Demon posted:Kim Jong Un seems pretty needy.
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Hopefully Castro's death will allow Cuba to move forward and help bring about a less repressive government. I'm sure his last regret was that he died before he could fulfill his 1957 promise for free and fair elections.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:58
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Samurai Sanders posted:How do we know for sure though? He doesn't use Twitter. I just realized I've never wanted anything more.
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QuoProQuid posted:Hopefully Castro's death will allow Cuba to move forward and help bring about a less repressive government. I do hope they keep the anti-advertising rules at least, the pictures I've seen of Cuba are beautiful.
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Samurai Sanders posted:How do we know for sure though? He doesn't use Twitter. Sorry we live in the worst timeline.
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Nov 27, 2016 00:27
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Sometimes I worry you tankies are as bad as the loving alt-right sometimes. "America did a lovely thing therefore it is impossible as a citizen to think any injustice perpetrated by a dictator is perhaps not good."
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Nov 27, 2016 00:31
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Just because an administration had its moments does not mean we cannot criticize a dictator for being a loving dictator. Come the gently caress on goons.
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Nov 27, 2016 00:51
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Pissing off this manchild alone is more than enough reason for me to support the recount.
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Chomskyan posted:
also this is from a while back but yeah... nah. He decided to act like a Julian Assange-esque rear end in a top hat, he made his bed so he can sleep in it. I'm not talking about his whistle blowing, I'm talking about his assfuck moronic silicon valley libertarianism
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I'll never understand why people defend Trump's ganglion reflexes to every little loving thing. Maybe the eporw mother fuckers just can't deal with self-reflection or don't know how to have an argument without frothing at the mouth feel kinship with a man who gets butthurt at the slightest provocation. E: and then turn around in the same breath and scoff at people who maybe think it's ok to have a space to escape the persecution they might feel from others.
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SSNeoman posted:also this is from a while back but I'd rather Obama pardon one of the whistle blowers that accepted their punishment despite knowing if they kept quiet they'd still be free.
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Rexicon1 posted:Sometimes I worry you tankies are as bad as the loving alt-right sometimes.
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Nov 27, 2016 00:59
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Because a lot of Trump voters can identify with getting upset by the stupidest things (like goddamn Starbucks cups).
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Nov 27, 2016 00:59
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Getting Snowden back will be Trump's big move in his first days of office, Russia only tolerates him to use as a bargaining piece.
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You know, politics aside, it's really loving shameful that our president is going to be communicating like this. He's not even going to try to dress it up. We're in for 4-8 years of "Official Statement from the President: My Detractors Are Sore Loser Baby Morons."
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