How Was Your Week?

Last week was so-so, but this week has been pretty good. I opened our Madir to a few visitors and did a little preaching again. That set the mod for the entire week. Felt good!:)
 
I encountered someone walking a "tiny" dog Tuesday. To give you an idea of the dog's size, he's half Labrador/half Great Pyranees. Yesterday, I met the new apartment manager while my apartment was undergoing bedbug inspection (a beagle,) then I went to class.

At least my week was less eventful than the instructor's (she suffered a mild concussion after slipping in her bathroom while cleaning said bathroom, landing in her bathtub.)

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
Oh, just a stellar week for me! Got all of 5 hours sleep. Even did my fair share on the farm. Well, my uncles have a different opinion. Ya see, my son ditched a new combine in a bog, damaging one of the supports for the cutter in such a way, it couldn't be removed without cutting it in half. So they did that, heated it up and straightened it out. Now Gramps taught all of us how to weld, so I volunteered to weld it back together. A damn perfect weld it was too. Small problem. Welded the piece they cut off to the wrong end!:oops:
 
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Seven fooking political ads in a fooking row! I can't wait for the end of political season! *heads for the :kitty: corner where there are some new kittens waiting for "fud"*

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
Two things I learned this week:
1: The massive boost in turnover of media outlets across the board as a result of intense election campaigning. Net result might be that although neither side is good for America, both are good for business ... and Trump is money in the bank every time he opens his mouth.

2: You guys don't vote for a president! Your votes go to the Electoral College of each state, and the Electors elected, then cast their vote for their choice of president. Two Republican Electors have gone public and said they will not vote for Trump under any circumstance. Now, while I admire their stand, but nevertheless, if they were elected on the Trump ticket, they are ignoring the will of the people. And the Electors are under no legal obligation to vote in accordance with the vote that elected them ...

So who, among your Founding Fathers, set up a constitution that proclaims freedom, equality, the will of the people, etc., etc. and then discreetly removed that from the people on the perhaps foresighted opinion that it's unwise to let the general populace make such far-reaching decisions?

Here in the UK we vote for a party. We vote for our local candidate and the side with the most number of candidates wins. Like you, the representation of the people is far from proportionate and so not fair. One example is that UKIP (UK Independence Party) polled over 12% of the vote nationally, which should accrue 80 seats, but as won a majority in only one seat ... one is all they get.
 
While the electoral college is under no compunction to vote the will of the people they normally do....we haven't seen them not.

They are a sort of last ditch to save the republic from its own idiocy in case the people are stupid..

The real problem with many is that when you win a state, you get all the votes, they aren't portioned out by percentage (except a few states)
 
wil said:
While the electoral college is under no compunction to vote the will of the people they normally do....we haven't seen them not.
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There's a first time for everything ...

wil said:
They are a sort of last ditch to save the republic from its own idiocy in case the people are stupid...
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Not an unwise move, but it also gives the state the power to veto the will of the people. That's a wise move in itself, as the people are usually 30 years behind the times, or rather fed an image by the media that panders to the lowest common denominator.

Oh well ... Who was it said democracy is the least worst?

We have a House of Lords to prevent the House of Commons doing the same thing. So we have an unelected body, largely made up of hereditary posts and rewards for cronyism, that can toss a bill back into the Commons for a rethink.

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The real problem with many is that when you win a state, you get all the votes, they aren't portioned out by percentage (except a few states)
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Yep. Proportional representation seems a massive stumbling block for politicos.
 
Thomas said:
Two things I learned this week:
1: The massive boost in turnover of media outlets across the board as a result of intense election campaigning. Net result might be that although neither side is good for America, both are good for business ... and Trump is money in the bank every time he opens his mouth.

2: You guys don't vote for a president! Your votes go to the Electoral College of each state, and the Electors elected, then cast their vote for their choice of president. Two Republican Electors have gone public and said they will not vote for Trump under any circumstance. Now, while I admire their stand, but nevertheless, if they were elected on the Trump ticket, they are ignoring the will of the people. And the Electors are under no legal obligation to vote in accordance with the vote that elected them ...

So who, among your Founding Fathers, set up a constitution that proclaims freedom, equality, the will of the people, etc., etc. and then discreetly removed that from the people on the perhaps foresighted opinion that it's unwise to let the general populace make such far-reaching decisions?

Here in the UK we vote for a party. We vote for our local candidate and the side with the most number of candidates wins. Like you, the representation of the people is far from proportionate and so not fair. One example is that UKIP (UK Independence Party) polled over 12% of the vote nationally, which should accrue 80 seats, but as won a majority in only one seat ... one is all they get.
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True about the president, but I have to vote for the senate seat that's up (Johnson vs. Feingold.) Johnson's the incumbent, Feingold was the one who was defeated by Johnson and is trying to regain his former seat.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine (and :kitty: delegation)
 
Thomas said:
So who, among your Founding Fathers, set up a constitution that proclaims freedom, equality, the will of the people, etc., etc. and then discreetly removed that from the people on the perhaps foresighted opinion that it's unwise to let the general populace make such far-reaching decisions?
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That is precisely why the electoral college was written into the constitution. The FF did not believe the people would always have the sense to make the 'right' choice for the country. I agree with Wil, though, in that I do not believe the electors will vote against their constituency. If either candidate gets the required electoral votes, their presidency will be legitimized by the electors.

The only question is if Trump loses how much of a stink he is going to make that it was all rigged, and everyone was against him from the beginning. He is already crying voter fraud in certain locations, and also that people who pre-voted should have their votes held out separately for some reason. Trump will not concede if he loses. He just won't. All we can hope is that if Clinton wins, she wins by a large enough margin that the majority of his followers will accept that he lost. Cause if she wins but the vote is close, I guarantee the Trumpsters will take to the streets over the' fraud' that lost him the election.

So tighten your seat belts folks, as this is far from over.
 
Found out that I have an abcess tooth, plus a rl friend had another major stroke (her fourth one.) What's worse is that she's not even fifty! I need a major dose of :kitty: time!

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine said:
Found out that I have an abcess tooth, plus a rl friend had another major stroke (her fourth one.) What's worse is that she's not even fifty! I need a major dose of :kitty: time!

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
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Sorry to hear both of those facts, Phyllis:(
 
I wish that my teeth were the worst of my problems.

One of my neighbors turned in a false alarm by pulling a fire alarm "box" inside the building midnight yesterday, and I didn't get back to bed until somewhere between 4:30 am and five am, the alarm still making the fooking racket (the fire department personel couldn't turn it off, and we couldn't get ahold of the maintenance people.) Can you tell that I'm a tad beyond :mad:?

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
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