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Beauty and the Beast of a Representative Republic 2010 July 21 by Sally Meininger <http://www.newsrealblog.com/author/sally-wilson/> <http://www.newsrealblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/homecoming-king.jpg> http://www.newsrealblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/homecoming-king-259x3 00.jpg Now that Obama <http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=852> is sinking fast in <http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/21/2010/07/19/gallup-polls-shows-obama- should-start-planning-for-life-after-the-white-house/> the polls due to his abysmal performance as President, a guaranteed second term is slipping away like the bloom of youth. Solution? Change <http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/Rules%20for%20Revolution%20%282 %29.pdf> the rules in the middle of the game. Why not? It <http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/21/2010/03/14/the-slaughter-solution-th e-metamorphosis-of-the-american-republic-into-government-by-fiat/> 's been done before. The latest (but hardly new) game changer to come down the pike is to make the Electoral <http://video.foxnews.com/v/4287322/sanctuary-cities-breed-bankruptcy#/v/428 7604/electoral-college-obsolete/?playlist_id=87937> College obsolete. A group going by the moniker of National Popular Vote is leading the way to get states one-by-one to switch from the electoral college system and go straight to a majority rules vote in presidential elections. Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Washington, and Maryland have already enacted the bill (is it a coincidence that all these states <http://www.uni.illinois.edu/og/media/photos/d/21185-1/electionmap1.gif> went for Obama?) and its passed in another 19 states. Why do we have the Electoral <http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/11/The-Electoral-College-Enli ghtened-Democracy> College anyway? Popularity contests worked just fine when electing the Homecoming Court in high school, so it should work on the national level, right? Unless you were like me; bitterly mocking the whole dog and pony show because you felt unrepresented and outnumbered by the popular kids and their sycophants who threw the friggin' election every year since high school was invented. The main idea behind the Electoral College as set out by the U.S. Constitution is to make sure every state, regardless of population, is represented. Otherwise a handful of the most populous states-essentially cities-would decide the next President of the United States. There would definitely some bitter mockery then-with real consequences for American families. After all, who likes to be forgotten and unrepresented? I thought the whole idea of a representative republic was created so that all Americans have a voice in the political process. Contrary to popular belief, we are not a direct democracy. Either American presidential politics is about a popularity vote, or it's about beautiful <http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html> ideas. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
