Rhaedas

Right, it’s been demonstrated for years why it’s a broken system, but ironically the only ones who can change it are those in power because of it. State and local are a different matter, and there has been progress in some states to use multiple pick systems. The gerrymandering though…I’m from NC, so I know all too well about a corrupt state congress, drawing lines to benefit one side, and lots of voter intimidation in certain areas (that would vote Democrat, of course). When I was in grade school decades ago I read about using computers to draw fair voting maps and how it could help representation. Decades ago…and fixed maps are still a thing.

The baffling part is how not only are we stuck with a two party system that keeps any significant changes from getting a foot hold, but also how we have so few choices with the parties we have. In a country of millions of leaders in various forms, we have nothing to pick from outside of Biden, and he’s potentially losing to someone with Trump’s long track record of failure both in politics and business. Remember when Trump running for office used to be a regular late night show joke for years?

The only hope for change in politics is local races, and even lots of those are pretty sad. “Get out and vote”, yeah, but years of doing that hasn’t really helped much, so pardon my pessimism. I’m not George Carlin level just yet, but I always understood his point.

No surprise. They ended up agreeing that he was guilty of impeachable offenses too, but were okay with it and didn’t want him to be kicked out or made non-electable because of them. “One of us”, literally.

I don’t think any judge wants to be the one who throws a Presidential Candidate in jail

The political backlash would be difficult, but a judge being able to state “in my courtroom no one, NO ONE, is above the law” would be a great career thing.

If it looks to potentially reduce Republican votes, then Republicans will just compensate by more effort trying to restrict certain demographics and areas from getting their vote in. They never have been supportive of everyone getting a chance to vote, it skews things towards the left. Anyone still remember when Karl Rove lost his mind on live TV because he knew what the numbers should have been had everything gone to plan, and liberals getting more votes was inconceivable to him.

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He was right to vote for impeachment. And then dropped the ball and went with the party when the vote would do something. So close to getting Democrat respect for a moderate, and chickened out.

Proof in point: We’re still suffering from the lingerings of Reaganomics. Both Bushs caused their own shifts against a progressive society, often by throwing out things built up by the previous administration to improve things. Trump did a lot of things too, but the ironic one is where he dismantled the very things that GWB helped create to fight worldwide pandemics (credit to George there for reading a book, asking his advisors how true it was, and doing something).

I would even go so far as to say the party has abused and relied on the excuse “they’re worse than we are” to the point of failure. Even the last few elections a popular stance is to go full reverse logic and let things burn down because the “better” side doesn’t care about the people either vs. the position of power. And I’m finding it hard to argue against them.

Locally, get informed about real choices (hopefully) or even get those choices to run, and vote. That is what makes the difference for things that affect you directly. The national scene is all but a lost cause though. The ones who could start to fix the inherit problems within are the ones benefiting from the status quo.

Same here. When I stop at a stop sign and there is a car behind me, I routinely take bets in my head to see if the next car just goes through it. Most often they do. Running red lights is another…if you are at a red light waiting for it to change to green, always wait a split second before going and also give a glance both ways. Don’t assume because the light is good there isn’t someone trying to beat the red. Or just going through an obvious red because they’re more important than everyone else in their head. I’ve gone through many a yellow light thinking to myself that I really cut it close, then I notice one or even more people have followed me through the intersection. Boy they get upset too if you actually stop for that yellow.

Regulatory measures shouldn’t be relaxed because people aren’t following them, they should be enforced better. Of course how to do that in many situations such as this is the question. Other things are similar, like group speeding or smart phone use while driving.

If I didn’t call or show up a few times to my job I’d be fired. Different rules.

A fleet/company car. A Chevette. I pressed the accelerator to the floor, the engine went “huh? you want what?”

The bill would have some merit if it just hadn’t tacked on the chemtrail nonsense. The issue of geoengineering and how one group or country’s activities can affect others negatively is valid concern, but it goes far beyond protecting a single state within its borders. Is Tennessee going to sue states west and south of them because weather movement there ends up spawning tornadoes in TN? The environment is shared, we all have to act together.

That was disappointing, when you grow up thinking your parents are progressive and then as old age and its symptoms happen their guards drop and you find out that they always had some racist tendencies. I guess credit to them suppressing them for so long.