Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[ice grillin you]

Have we reached bottom yet?

The man who wants to oust Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, is so worried about states allowing same-sex marriage, he fears it'll lead to bestiality.

last night...

7:50


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjIEDXWBfnM

[rjs246]

FCC plans to provide more and better broadband internet access.

I'm putting this here because I it's something that's been lost in the first year of the Obama administration. One of the things he promised was a renewed Federal focus on the country's infrastructure. So far he is staying true to that promise. The Recovery Act, whether it had an immediate 'shovel ready' impact or not, puts a lot of its resources into infrastructure. The expansion of the country's broadband capabilities, which the FCC says 'is a detriment to economic growth', is a great next step.

[PhillyGirl]

Have we reached bottom yet?

The man who wants to oust Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, is so worried about states allowing same-sex marriage, he fears it'll lead to bestiality.

last night...

7:50


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjIEDXWBfnM

Holy shtein do I want to smack that smirk off his disgusting face.

[ice grillin you]

fairly interesting article about the friction btwn glenn beck and many people at fox news

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/14/AR2010031402312.html

one line in the piece immediately jumped out at me and shows just how cult like and insane fox viewers are

When Fox covers breaking news during Beck's hour, some journalists say, they are flooded with angry e-mail from viewers about the preemption.

[PhillyGirl]

Glenn Beck and "taint" in the same subject line?

Say it ain't so.

[Munson]

speaking of Beck, Jon Stewart has taken ripping him apart to a new level tonight, jesus christ

[phattymatty]

ha

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/george-w-bush-wipes-hand_n_511188.html

[rjs246]

Hahaha what a jackass.

[Seabiscuit36]

kinda awesome. 

[Sgt PSN]

Words cannot express how happy I am that he is no longer running this country.

[rjs246]

The most coherent centrist plan of action I've read in a while.

First, let every state emulate California's recent grass-roots initiative that took away the power to design Congressional districts from the state legislature and put it in the hands of an independent, politically neutral, Citizens Redistricting Commission. It will go to work after the 2010 census and reshape California's Congressional districts for the 2012 elections. Henceforth, districts in California will not be designed to be automatically Democratic or Republican — so more of them will be competitive, so more candidates will only be electable if they appeal to the center, not just cater to one party.

Second, get states to adopt "alternative voting." One reason independent, third-party, centrist candidates can't get elected is because if, in a three-person race, a Democrat votes for an independent, and the independent loses, the Democrat fears his vote will have actually helped the Republican win, or vice versa. Alternative voting allows you to rank the independent candidate your No. 1 choice, and the Democrat or Republican No. 2. Therefore, if the independent does not win, your vote is immediately transferred to your second choice, say, the Democrat. Therefore, you have no fear that in voting for an independent you might help elect your real nightmare — the Republican. Nothing has held back the growth of independent, centrist candidates more, said Diamond, "than the fear that if you vote for one of them you will be wasting your vote. Alternative voting, which Australia has, can overcome that."

Alas, though, it is not equal. There are still many conservative Blue Dog Democrats, but the liberal Rockefeller Republicans have been wiped out.

[ice grillin you]

that last sentence cant be stressed enough....the center leaning republicans are gone forever...they arent even marginalized they are basically just gone...the "fringe" is now the party in the case of the righties and when they are out of power they will do everything possible to make sure nothing gets done and when they are in power the country gets sent backwards at an alarming rate

[smeags]

Second, get states to adopt "alternative voting." One reason independent, third-party, centrist candidates can't get elected is because if, in a three-person race, a Democrat votes for an independent, and the independent loses, the Democrat fears his vote will have actually helped the Republican win, or vice versa. Alternative voting allows you to rank the independent candidate your No. 1 choice, and the Democrat or Republican No. 2. Therefore, if the independent does not win, your vote is immediately transferred to your second choice, say, the Democrat. Therefore, you have no fear that in voting for an independent you might help elect your real nightmare — the Republican. Nothing has held back the growth of independent, centrist candidates more, said Diamond, "than the fear that if you vote for one of them you will be wasting your vote. Alternative voting, which Australia has, can overcome that."

this sounds interesting.

[rjs246]

It does sound interesting, though if that system had been in place for Presidential elections George Bush senior would have won in 92 by a landslide... just sayin.

[smeags]