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Originally posted by grimreaper797
Originally posted by jsobecky
Government by consensus would never work. The public isn't educated enough to decide isues other than local/state ones' they would succumb to the slickest salesman.
well, I wonder why that is. maybe if we stopped cutting education and such then we would be able to better educate the public huh? anyway what party stands for less budget for education. Theres a pattern.
Cell phone voting? Think of the potential for abuse.
I have a system I think would work great, but for now I will just keep it to myself.
Originally posted by Astronomer70
It isn't that the old don't have passion, it's just that they have learned to temper it as the result of sometimes bitter experiences. Whereas the young are much more certain of their position simply because they haven't had such experiences.
Originally posted by Apoc
1. The Leftwing political view is intellectually easy.
Bush Bashing is fashionable.
2. Conservatives do their talking at the polls. Why do you think republicans have all 3 branches?
Originally posted by Jamuhn
First off, the judicial branch is not voted upon, it is not supposed to be influenced by mere politics.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Some judges need to win elections. Of course, not at the SCOTUS level, but..
Who gets to appoint them? The ruling party. So in effect, they are elected.
Originally posted by SkepticOverlord
You've taken deep long swigs of that dangerously poisonous "Kool Aid" as has the vast majority.
Originally posted by Seekerof
just to prove my point,
Originally posted by jsobecky
Government by consensus would never work. The public isn't educated enough to decide isues other than local/state ones' they would succumb to the slickest salesman.
Cell phone voting? Think of the potential for abuse.