tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20890242.post8473425619689590880..comments2023-10-28T03:41:40.550-07:00Comments on eric three thousand: eric3000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00554308678019220189noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20890242.post-36161911466998551962007-11-05T09:59:00.000-08:002007-11-05T09:59:00.000-08:00Exactly, big fella! But the great thing is that we...Exactly, big fella! But the great thing is that we can accomplish it without amending the US constitution. The states have the right to award their electoral votes any way they choose; all we have to do is get the states to award their votes to the winner of the national popular vote and the problem is solved, leaving our "sacred" constitution intact.eric3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/00554308678019220189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20890242.post-32443013005901512212007-11-04T16:46:00.000-08:002007-11-04T16:46:00.000-08:00"Actually, it is a good idea to never sign petitio..."Actually, it is a good idea to never sign petitions for ballot measures since they are usually bullshit."<BR/><BR/>That is probably the best advice that you can give anyone, Eric. I hate seeing these on ballots, because I know, invariably, that reading their descriptions, I will still have no idea what the actual intent is behind them.<BR/><BR/>In terms of this fair voting, bull shit, that is what it is, a bull shit initiative foisted by Republican operatives.<BR/><BR/>The way the Constitution is written, the states, not the people elect the president. The only fair way to address this issue, is to amend the Constitution, so that the <B>people</B> elect the president, by having each person's vote count the same as everyone elses, a true election by popular vote.Big Fellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168727377825916902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20890242.post-63525805376822819112007-11-04T10:21:00.000-08:002007-11-04T10:21:00.000-08:00I'm still hopeful California will be able to vote ...I'm still hopeful California will be able to vote down this ballot measure and, if we can't, I hope it gets caught up in a protracted legal battle. But it's going to cost a lot of money fighting it; money that could have been spent on other things. What a waste.eric3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/00554308678019220189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20890242.post-90705642618895165542007-11-04T09:10:00.000-08:002007-11-04T09:10:00.000-08:00this thing was smacked down once, and now it rears...this thing was smacked down once, and now it rears its ugly ass head again. it is maddening. the rethugs just got out from under a consent decree on voter intimidation and here we go again.<BR/><BR/>i've just finished armed madhouse, wherein greg palast has described how 2004 was stolen and it is terrifying. what they started in 2000, refined in 2004, will be full force in 2008. <BR/><BR/>i fear that we are going to have a republican president in 2008 and i really, really fear that the vast majority of americans will simply accept that it was the peoples' choice. <BR/><BR/>ruining california in this way will be sufficient, i fear, to affect the whole process. some days i think i couldn't hate anything more than i hate the republican party and its culture of corruption, manipulation, racism, and disenfranchisement of voters. it is despicable.<BR/><BR/>oh yeah! and did you catch the big expose last night on CNN? well, on Fox? no, of course not, on ABC, wasn't it? NBC? CBS? where's the expose on how our democracy is being stolen from us? where the fuck is it??????BigAssBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196713522104157126noreply@blogger.com