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Destroying the Electoral College: The Anti-Federalist National Popular Vote Scheme
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostInteresting,
So, how do, to pick completely at random, Mexico and South Korea choose their president?"Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostHah, I like it. (Incidentally, Ta-Nehisi Coates is currently writing for Marvel comics so if you like that book, check out his Black Panther run when the first TPB comes out)"Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by Roy View PostNo. It's because you're ignorant and lazy."What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer
"... there are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party, who occasionally get together and do something both stupid and evil, and this is called bipartisanship." - Everett Dirksen
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostI might check it out once I'm done with the book. I'm enjoying the book--he writes prose like poetry. It's like a non-fiction "Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao." I'm not sure where he ends up yet (don't spoil it) but it's interesting to see where is thought process goes.
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostI haven't read this book of his yet, just recognized the name. I have a massive backlog to get through now that the election is over."Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostYer gonna love it. Move it up on the list. Then read Hillbilly Elegy.
If I could offer a suggestion of my own, a short read even, Alain de Bottons The News: A Users Manual is a great read and as a collection of essays is great for short bursts of reading, kind of like reading one of the smaller bits of non-fiction that CS Lewis wrote. The section about why people care a lot about a flood in random parts of America, but don't tend to care much when it happens in Indonesia was really eye opening for me.
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostI'm actually tempted to read that one first. I've been working on how to explain the weird results of this election and how to reach out to people like that that I don't have much in common with as a lower middle class west coaster. I just read the NYT book review piece on Elegy and I'm probably going to buy it tomorrow and, hopefully, it will go into my personal library for people who want to understand politics in America. Michegan, Wisconsis and Pennsylvania decided the election with a little over 100k votes (source) and I really want to understand more about how Trump was able to galvanize the White Working Class as a billionaire who routinely doesn't pay his contractors, even those 3 little girls who sang that godawful song.
If I could offer a suggestion of my own, a short read even, Alain de Bottons The News: A Users Manual is a great read and as a collection of essays is great for short bursts of reading, kind of like reading one of the smaller bits of non-fiction that CS Lewis wrote. The section about why people care a lot about a flood in random parts of America, but don't tend to care much when it happens in Indonesia was really eye opening for me."Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostHey now, if you're going to admit to being wrong on the internet at least reply to the first person to suggest so ;)"What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer
"... there are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party, who occasionally get together and do something both stupid and evil, and this is called bipartisanship." - Everett Dirksen
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Originally posted by Littlejoe View PostSorry, you were too subtle.
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostSorry, I thought "oh, really, what about these two, surely random, countries? Educate me" was pretty blatant about how pretty much all the non-parliamentery (who, of course, have a way of making PM much like the original American way) do it by NPV because few non-parliamentary countries, if any, have an electoral college analog"What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer
"... there are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party, who occasionally get together and do something both stupid and evil, and this is called bipartisanship." - Everett Dirksen
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